Pete   the Cat and His Four Grooving Bottoms

Posted by Nikaurys Grullon

Title: Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons

Author and Illustrator: Eric Litwin & James Dean

Recommended Grade Level: k-2

Common Core Standards addressed:

Math.Content.K.CC.A.1
Count to 100 by ones and by tens.

CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.B.4.b
Understand that the last number name said tells the number of objects counted. The number of objects is the same regardless of their arrangement or the order in which they were counted.

CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.B.5
Count to answer "how many?" questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1-20, count out that many objects.

CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.C.6
Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies.

CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.C.7
Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals.

CCSS.Math.Content.K.MD.A.1
Describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight. Describe several measurable attributes of a single object.

Summary: In his fourth picture book, Pete the Cat loves (and sings about) the buttons on his yellow shirt, but when they pop off one by one, he doesn’t freak out: “Did Pete cry? Goodness, no! Buttons come and buttons go.” In bold, primary colors, the number of buttons remaining on the shirt appears at left, both as a numeral and written out, and the diminishing buttons are represented in basic equations (3-1=2). Even after all his buttons are gone, Pete takes it as a cue to go surfing.

Rating: ****This is a fun and a colorful book. Children learn subtraction and to deal with loss in a positive way. This book allows children to sing the song of “My buttons, my buttons, my four groovy buttons” while learning about simple math skills.

Classroom Ideas: This book can be used to teach numbers and operations, the effects of adding and subtracting whole numbers, equations. Encourage math vocabulary such as how many (How many buttons are left on Pete’s shirt?). The teacher can make adaptations supporting children at different levels.

The very hungry caterpillar

THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR

      

Posted by: Priyanka Goenka

Author and Illustrator: Eric Carle

Recommended Grade Level: Pre-K – 1

Common Core Standards Addressed:

CCSS.Math.Content.3.i - When counting objects, say the number names in the standard order, pairing each object with one and only one number name and each number name with one and only one object.

CCSS.Math.Content.4.ii - Count to answer “how many?” questions about as many as 10 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as any as 5 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1 – 10, count out that many objects.

Summary: The Very Hungry Caterpillar starts off with a little egg lying on a leaf. The egg hatches and a very hungry and tiny caterpillar crawl out. Focusing on the basic concept of the number of days in the week, the hungry caterpillar sets out to look for some food. He begins on Monday, eating through one apple. Tuesday, he eats through two pears. Wednesday he eats through tree plums, but he’s still hungry. The story goes on as he eats his way through various fruits and food until Saturday.  Finally ending up with a stomach ache, he eats through one fresh green leaf, and finds he is no longer a little caterpillar, but a big fat one. He builds a cocoon around himself and stays inside until he emerges as a beautiful butterfly.

Rating: ***** This is a short and simple story and full of learning opportunities from days of the week, to counting. The words are easy enough for a small child to understand the story line and for a beginning reader to get through with little difficulty. The adorable and colorful illustrations engage even the youngest children.

Classroom Ideas: In the classroom this story presents an application in an engaging setting. It encourages students to talk about each other's thinking, in order to improve their mathematical understanding. It allows flexibility for group or individual work. This can initiate counting practice. For instance, children can count out the food that the hungry caterpillar eats each weekday. The teacher can ask questions introducing the concept of more and less. Such as, how many things does he eat on Saturday? How many more things is that than he ate on Friday? The other concept is to introduce the days of the Week.

FRIENDSHAPE

Friendshape, POSTED BY AMINA UMMA

Title: Friendshape

Author: Amy Krouse Rosenthall  

Illustrator: Tom Lichtenheld

Recommended Grade Level: Pre-K & Kindergarten

Common Core Mathematics Standard:

PK.OA.2. Understand simple patterns.

PK.G.1. Describe objects in the environment using names of shapes, and 

describe the relative positions of these objects using terms such as top, bottom, up, down, in front of, behind, over, under, and next to.

PK.G.2. Correctly name shapes regardless of size.

PK.G.3. Analyze, compare, and sort two- and three-dimensional shapes and objects, in different sizes, using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, and other attributes (e.g., color, size, and shape).

K.G.2. Correctly name shapes regardless of their orientations or overall size.

Summary: This book is about friendship and how friends come in all different sizes and shapes. It describes the similarities and differences that exist amongst friends and peers. It uses shapes and patterns to introduce basic geometry as well as teaches social and emotional skills.

Rating: *****I like this book a lot and would highly recommend it to all Pre-K and Kindergarten teachers. This is a great book to use at the beginning of the school year as an introduction to shapes and colors. Along with the different shapes and patterns, it can also be used to teach students the social and emotional skills required by the common core standards. Overall, this is a great book that presents students with situations they encounter on a daily basis and thus can make connections to.

Classroom Ideas: This book could be used to teach students logic and sequence, introduction to measurements and basic geometry such as shapes and sizes. Logic and sequence can be covered by asking students to do a response to literature through art after each reading of the book. Students can either draw or cut out the picture of the different shapes they remember from the story and place them in the order they were introduced in the book. While students dictate their story, the teacher can assess their understanding by writing down their dictation of the sequence of events based on their drawings. This book can also be used to help students build socialization skills.

Summertime Math

Summertime Math

Posted By: Kenia Perez

Summertime Math

Author: Amy Ayers

Illustrator: Lorin Walter

Recommended Grade Level: Kindergarten and up

Common Core Standard Addressed:

CCSSMath Content. K.CC.3 Write numbers 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a wrriten numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).

CCSSMath Content. K.CC.4 Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality.

CCSSMath Content. K.CC.4a When counting objects, say the number names in the standard order, pairing each object with one and only one number name and each number name with one and only one object.

CCSSMath Content. K.CC.4b Understand that the last number name said tells the number of objects counted.  The number of objects is the same regardless of their arrangement or the order in which they were counted.

Summary: This book is about a little girl visiting the beach in the summer and doing math at the beach.  She tells the many things she can count at the beach and thinks that math at the beach is fun.

Rating:  

I gave this book four stars because the content is very child friendly.  This is an extraordinary book because it teaching both parents and children that there is not a specific place to learn and teach math.

Classroom Ideas: This book can be used in class to teach children cardinality, shapes, and sorting, composing and decomposing numbers and skip counting.  Children could benefit from making numbers at the time as they are learning about sorting objects by size.  The mathematical concept in this book can be implemented in various ways where children will be able to learn that there different ways to make a giving number.

FRIENDSHAPE

Friendshape, POSTED BY AMINA UMMA

Title: Friendshape

Author: Amy Krouse Rosenthall  

Illustrator: Tom Lichtenheld

Recommended Grade Level: Pre-K & Kindergarten

Common Core Mathematics Standard:

PK.OA.2. Understand simple patterns.

PK.G.1. Describe objects in the environment using names of shapes, and describe the relative positions of these objects using terms such as top, bottom, up, down, in front of, behind, over, under, and next to.

PK.G.2. Correctly name shapes regardless of size.

PK.G.3. Analyze, compare, and sort two- and three-dimensional shapes and objects, in different sizes, using informal language to describe their similarities, differences, and other attributes (e.g., color, size, and shape).

K.G.2. Correctly name shapes regardless of their orientations or overall size.

Summary: This book is about friendship and how friends come in all different sizes and shapes. It describes the similarities and differences that exist amongst friends and peers. It uses shapes and patterns to introduce basic geometry as well as teaches social and emotional skills.

Rating: *****I like this book a lot and would highly recommend it to all Pre-K and Kindergarten teachers. This is a great book to use at the beginning of the school year as an introduction to shapes and colors. Along with the different shapes and patterns, it can also be used to teach students the social and emotional skills required by the common core standards. Overall, this is a great book that presents students with situations they encounter on a daily basis and thus can make connections to.

Classroom Ideas: This book could be used to teach students logic and sequence, introduction to measurements and basic geometry such as shapes and sizes. Logic and sequence can be covered by asking students to do a response to literature through art after each reading of the book. Students can either draw or cut out the picture of the different shapes they remember from the story and place them in the order they were introduced in the book. While students dictate their story, the teacher can assess their understanding by writing down their dictation of the sequence of events based on their drawings. This book can also be used to help students build socialization skills.