Biscuit's 100th Day of School - POSTED by Natasha Moore

Title: Biscuit’s 100^th Day of School

Author: Alyssa Satin Capucilli

Illustrator:  Mary O’Keefe Young

Recommended Grade Level: Pre-K, K 

Common Core Mathematical Standards: K.CC- Counting and Cardinality:

Know number names and count sequence

1.      Count to 100 by ones and by tens

2.      Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence (instead of having

to begin at 1.

Count to tell the number of objects.

            4. Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to

                cardinality.

                        a. 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.

           

Common Core Standard for Mathematical Practice:

CCSMP 5 Use appropriate tools for strategically

Summary: This book is about a little girl who takes her dog, Biscuit to school for the 100^th day celebration. On this day, everyone is going to find ways to count to 100. Throughout the book, the little girl makes and observes her classmates making 100^th day collections. Some class mates use hand-prints, other use blocks, and crayons; however, biscuits gets excited and often disrupts the process. At last, she decides to use dog biscuits and he takes number 100. However, she realizes she still has a 100^th Biscuit, her dog!

Ratings: ****I recommend using this book with children in Pre K or Kindergarten. This book has colorful pictures and displays various ways that children can make 100^th day collections. There are pictures of a calendar counting by 1s and flags counting by 10s. The illustrations in the book assist children get ideas and visually see the process. This book is also a short easy read with slight humor.

Classroom Ideas: This book is great for the 100^th day celebration in school. This book can definitely be used in conjunction with art class. This book allows for different modalities of teaching techniques to be displayed and assist children with disabilities (see, hear, process, hands on). The visual depictions in the book makes it easier for a teacher to utilize different manipulative's and replicate the little girl’s classroom. Students can utilize problem solving skills and model their understanding of numbers and counting through the use of objects provided by the teacher. This book also prompts an assignment to get parents involved by requesting each child bring in a 100^th day celebration project to share with the class.