On the first day of school, Xiao An was worried about his math homework. Those numbers that looked like little bugs crawling, those incomprehensible word problems all made her want to escape. Until her good friend Xiaopang told her a secret: mathematics can be represented by five-pointed stars, triangles and circles!
With her mother's encouragement, Xiao An tried to use graphics to understand mathematical relationships. She was pleasantly surprised to find that the mystery among minuends, subtrahends and differences could be solved by drawing pictures. When she finally solves the correct answer on her own, math is no longer a scary homework assignment but a fun adventure.
This story records the mathematical dilemmas that every child will encounter, and also shows the process of finding the joy of solving problems through graphical thinking. Let us follow Xiao An and discover the wonderful world hidden in mathematics, making learning a journey of exploration full of surprises!
Purpose: Describe the trajectory of growth