Author/Illustrator: Marcie Aboff/Sarah Dillard
Publisher/Place of Publication/Date: Picture Window Books, Mankato, MN 2009
Price: $19.99
ISBN-13: 978-1-40484-796-5
ISBN-10: 1-40484-796-0
Dewey: 513.2
Reading Level: 2.7
Brief Description of Content: Whimsical illustrations explain basic math concepts
Personal Review/Selection rationale: This book offers another opportunity to explain math fundementals to young children. The illustrations and story context can help reach a larger number of students and help reinforce basic math concepts to others.
Review Sources:
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Standards:
Terms/Symbols(Grade 1):
place value: ones, tens, greater than, less than, equal to, fewer than, more than, equivalent, sum/add, difference/subtract, coins: penny, nickel, dime, quarter, bills, fair trade, compare/contrast, length, height, weight, estimate, hexagon, cylinder, cone, rectangular prism, corner, vertex , =, +, -, even, odd, tally mark, bar graph, ½, ¼, skip counting
M1N4. Students will count collections of up to 100 objects by dividing them into
equal parts and represent the results using words, pictures, or diagrams.
a. Use informal strategies to share objects equally between two to five people.
b. Build number patterns, including concepts of even and odd, using various concrete representations. (Examples of concrete representations include a hundreds chart, ten grid frame, place value chart, number line, counters, or other objects.)
c. Identify, label, and relate fractions (halves, fourths) as equal parts of a collection of objects or a whole using pictures and models.
d. Understand halves and fourths as representations of equal parts of a whole.
Notes: "Math Fun" series
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