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.

 

The shape of things

Book Title:  The shape of things

Posted by Marcia Black

Title:  The shape of things

Author:   Dayle Ann Dodds.     
Illustrator:  Julie Lacome
Recommended grade level:   Pre K – 1^st grade

New York State Prekindergarten Foundation for the Common Core (Math)

Identify and describe shapes (squares, circles, triangles, rectangles).

Analyze, compare, and sort objects.
 

Summary:

This book is about simple shapes that we can find in our environment.   The shapes are shown alone on one page and on the next page; the shapes are included in objects.  For example, there is a blue circle on one page and on the consecutive page there is a Ferris wheel.   There is a triangle on one page and on the other page the triangle becomes a sailboat.  There is a square on one page and on the other the square is shown in a house.  It is a reminder that if we really encourage children to look at objects that they see and use daily,  they will see how shapes are used.   Shapes are everywhere.

Rating:

The book encourages children to look for shapes in different images and to identify the shapes in different orientations.  I find this book to be a great book for children, it is colorful and engaging.  It provides images that young children are familiar with such as ships, houses and Ferris wheels.  I highly recommend this book for young children.

Classroom ideas

The children will be encouraged to use a variety of precut shapes to create a person.   As they select the shapes to construct a person they will discuss the attributes of the shapes and why they choose to use that particular shape.  If any of the children are interested in creating any other particular image from, the book or any other image that interests them they will be allowed to do so.

Using shapes, the children can also create a shape book by selecting a variety of shapes, one for each page and describe the shapes and tell where in the classroom we can find the shapes.

 

Book Title: The Three Bears

          Posted By: Daisy Colon

 

Title: The Three Bears

Author and Illustrator:  Paul Galdone

Recommended Grade Level:  PreK-2

Common Core Standards Addressed:

CCSS. Math. Content. Measurement and Data; Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Pk.MD.1- Describe and compare measurable attributes. Identify measurable attributes of objects, such as length, and weight.  Describe them using correct vocabulary (e.g., small, big, short, tall, empty, full, heavy, and light).
Pk.MD.2- Sort objects and count the number of objects in each category.  Sort objects into categories; count the numbers of objects in each category (limit category counts to be less or equal to 10).
Pk.OA.2- Understand simple pattern: Duplicate and extend (e.g., what comes next?) simple patterns using concrete objects.

Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice:

CCSSM.SMP5-Use appropriate tools strategically

Summary: This is a tale about a little girl named Goldilocks who was walking through the woods and happens to come across the home of some bears.  She takes it upon herself to make herself very comfortable in their home. 
Rating:  ***** This book is highly recommended.  The text is easy to read and the illustrations are very brightly colored and large, making the distinction in size very visable through the story and also allows for various listeners to enjoy at one time. 
Classroom Ideas: This story lends itself to a couple of mathematic lessons.  One can be a sorting activity in which children can be given sorting trays and manipulatives that can be sorted by size.  Students and also be encourage to count how many of each objects of each size they have, as an extension to this activity.  Another can be developing reasoning skills by having students compare sizes of objects, e.g., which is smaller/ bigger. As an extension to this activity students can also be encourage to arrange them in order from smallest to biggest.  Recognizing and completing patterns can also be another activity. Pictures with items from the book can be provided encouraging the child to point and name each pattern out loud and pick the picture that completes the pattern.

Title: Missing Mittens

Author: Stuart J. Murphy

Illustrator: G. Brian Kara

Recommended Grade Level: 1st

Common Core Mathematics Standard:

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.A.1: Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.1

Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice:

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.A.1

CCSSM SMP4 Model with mathematics.

Summary: This story takes place on Farmer Bill’s farm during the winter season, where he realizes that every animal is missing one mitten. As you read the story you learn about the concept of even and odd numbers. At the end of the story Farmer Bill and his animals find out who the culprit is.

Rating: ***** I recommend the book “Missing Mittens” because it incorporates the concept of subtraction and odds and evens. The book has visuals in which it benefits students who are visual learners. It also rhymes in which can grasp children attention.

Classroom Ideas: This book could be used with several mathematical concepts including subtraction, odds and even. Students can use manipulatives to figure out which items are even or odd. Using a hands on activity can make the lesson engaging and they can retain information longer.  A picture reading can be done before reading the book. Students can make predictions on what is going to happen next in the story.

The Doorbell Rang - Posted by Kimberly Johnson

THE DOORBELL RANG

POSTED BY KIMBERLY JOHNSON

Title: The Doorbell Rang

Author and Illustrator:  Pat Hutchins

Recommended Grade Level: Pre-K – 2

Common Core Standards Addressed:

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.B.4

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

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.OA.A.1

Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations.

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.

Summary: 

In this story, Mom makes one dozen cookies for her children.  They notice that they each can eat 6 cookies.  As they are about to eat, the doorbell rings! In come two neighbors.  The children decide to split their cookies with their friends and realize that now that four people are eating cookies, each child can eat three cookies.  But once again, as they are about to eat the doorbell rings!  Read to find out how many cookies each child finally gets to eat!

Rating: *****

This is an excellent book!  Not only does it help children see the importance of sharing with friends and being kind, and have repetition to all children to read along, it also introduces them to many mathematical concepts such as fractions and division!

Classroom ideas:

This book can be used within the classroom in many ways. The children can practice one-to-one correspondence as they count the different amount of cookies each child gets throughout the story.  It can also be used to introduce the concept of division.  Using fake cookies or manipulatives, children can divide the cookies for each new character that arrives in the story, making sure to share the cookies evenly.  Depending on the amount of children in the class, two students can pretend to be Sam and Victoria having six cookies each in front of them.  As the story progresses, allow different students to pretend to be the neighbors ringing the doorbell and have the class figure out how to evenly share all twelve cookies.  Students can also be asked to figure out how many less cookies do the characters have after the doorbell rings.  As a culminating activity, bake a different amount of cookies and repeat the activity allowing the students to enjoy eating them at the end!      

Ten Little Ladybug

Book Title: Ten Little Lady Bug
Posted By: Jacqueline Albino

Author: Melanie Gerth

Illustrator: Laura Huliska-Beth

Recommended Grade Level –Prekindergarten

CCSSM Standards:
Counting and Cardinality PK.CC
 4. 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.

5. Identify whether the number of objects in one group is more, less, greater than, fewer, and/or Equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies (Up to 5 objects).

CCSSM Standards for Mathematical Practice: CCSSM SMP4 Model with mathematics

Summary – The book is about counting 10 ladybugs that one by one they disappear. The book is counting backwards the lady bugs from 10-1.

Rating 1-5 **** This books is great it has ladybug as characters and there popping out of the book, which makes it fun to count. The illustrations on the books are amazing because they’re very colorful and that gets the children’s attention.

Classroom Ideas: The book can be use in a lesson to demonstrate the basic and principles of subtraction and addition. The Ten Little Ladybugs could be used to teach children about different insects and to count their characteristics like legs, eyes, spots, ect.