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©1998 University Child Development School and Bonnie Campbell Hill. No part of the Continuum may be reproduced or used without written permission of University Child Development School. Continuum adapted by University Child Development School with permission from Bonnie Campbell Hill.
In this Math Vitamin, students help the Read Aloud characters Rosie and Bailey make the Italian dessert tiramisu. Each layer of the dessert contains only one ingredient, or color of rod, and different-sized pans create a challenge to find ingredients that fit. Once students have combined rods of different lengths, they fill the pan, record their work, and write equations to describe what they've built.
Story: We have enjoyed soup and pasta. Now it's time for a delicious dessert! Let's try our hand at making the Italian dessert tiramisu. This dish is made up of layers. Each layer of your concoction should contain only one color (ingredient), and you will notice not all ingredients work in every pan. Explore our colorful Cuisenaire ingredients and get cookin'!
Inspired by Granny Torelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech; HarperCollins Books, 2005