Title: Monster Math
Picnic
Author: Grace
Maccarone
Illustrator: Marge
Hartelius
Recommended Grade Level: PK-1
Common Core Mathematics 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.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.
·
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
Summary: This book
is about 10 monsters that went for a picnic. They played many different
activities such as playing in the mud, sand and swimming. The book presented
numbers both decreasing and increasing. For example it said, seven monsters
chase squirrels and three chase bears then six sit on benches and four sit on
chairs.
Rating: ***** I
highly recommend this book as it gives a very clear way to count to 10 and to
count down as well. The book has great visuals and rhymes that help children to
understand and follow when reading the book.
Classroom Ideas: This
book could be used in several ways. One way it can be used its to count up from
zero to ten. Another way is to count down from ten to zero. Also, we can show
them a picture and ask them how many they see.
I also think that this book is good for kindergarten students. Kindergarten students must learn how to count up to 100 and a good way to assess whether they truly have learned is to have them count backwards.
ReplyDeleteGreat book and ideas to teach students cardinality, 0-10. I got to hear you read this book and I LOVED the illustrations! I think preschoolers and kindergarteners would honestly love this story.
ReplyDeleteI like this book so much I incorporated it into my lesson plan. I can only imagine how much more kids would love it. It is certainly good to show the kids how to solve word problems involving addition and subtraction within 10 and to teach them the understanding of combining and conserving number 10
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