Double the Ducks

Double the Ducks  (Giselle Almonte)

Title: Double the Ducks

Author: Stuart J. Murphy

Illustrator: Valeria Petrone

Grade level recommended: K-2

Common Core Mathematics Standards Addressed

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

a.     When counting objects, say the number names in standard order, pairing each object with one and only one number name and each number name with on and only one objects.

b.    Understand the last number name said tells the number of objects counted. The number of objects is the same regardless of their arrangements or the order in which they were counted.

c.     Understand that each successive number name refers to a quantity that is one larger.

Add and Subtract within 20.

Relate counting to addition and subtraction. 1.OA.5

Summary: The young cowboy in this fun book has his two hands full with five little ducks. They need three sacks of food and four bundles of hay. And when they each bring home a friend, it's twice as much work. For 10 little ducks, he needs double the food, double the hay and double the hands!

Rating: **** The author explains a math concept in a simple, in a story with bright, clear pictures. The numbers are on the pages and so are all the things to count. In a double-page spread at the back of the book, Murphy suggests lots of activities and games for parents to use in the kitchen and at play to make preschoolers' first steps into addition and multiplication more fun.

Classroom activities: I will let students play a game to help them understand the concept of doubling a number. I will say a doubled number, and the students will guess what the original number was. For example, I will say the number is 10, so students should say 5. For students that need extra help, I will provide them with manipulatives such as blocks, snapping cubes, pennies, or buttons. They will take out ten objects and will divide objects into two groups. They will understand the concepts of doubling a number. This also teaches them how to multiply by two.