Author/Illustrator: Jerry Pallotta/David Biedrzycki Publisher/Place of Publication/Date: Charlesbridge; Watertown, MA;2001
Price: $14.40
ISBN-13: 978-0-88106-952-5
ISBN-10: 0-88106-952-3
Dewey: 513.2
Reading Level: Follett - 2.2; ATOS - 3.7
Brief Description of Content: Marine animals teach readers to count up to 50 by even numbers.
Personal Review/Selection rationale:
Although this is an older title, it was well reviewed and published by a reputable, independent publisher that I like. It was also a math-related, numbers book that is unique, and not part of a cookie cutter series.
Review Sources:
Elementary School Library Collection 06/01/00 | School Library Journal 04/01/01 |
| Publishers Weekly 02/03/97 | Library Talk 01/01/02 |
| Science Books & Films (A.A.A.S.) 10/01/97 | L.A. Recommended Foreign Language 02/01/99 |
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.
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