Bridgette Scott

Date: March 1, 2016

Title: Five Little Ladybug

Author: By Melanie Gerth

Illustrator: Laura Huliska-Beith

Recommended Grade Level:  Prekindergarten

New York State Common Core Learning Standard:

Mathematical Practices

A) Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

B) Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

C)Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.

D)Model with mathematics.

E) Use appropriate tools strategically.

F) Attend to precision.

G) Look for and make use of structure.

H) Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

Domain 5: Cognition and knowledge of The World

Mathematics. (From the NYS Common Core Learning Standards)

Summary: This story is about five lady bugs seeking adventure with the world surrounding them. The story starts off by introducing five ladybugs sitting by the shore- along came a fish and then there was four. The story continued to count backwards until they reach one ladybug reaching her home.

Rating: ***** I highly recommend this book to very young children because it introduce the number and object corresponding.

Classroom Ideas: The teacher can use this book to introduce visual numbers from one to five with ladybug objects instead of rote counting. Teacher can use the addition and subtracting method by adding and taking away lady bugs. Teacher can also introduce pattern concept by having different color lady bugs. (2 reds- 2 blacks and 1 yellow) Teacher can engage the children in an art activity that will assess their receptivity development by asking them to draw a picture of five ladybugs.