Author/Illustrator: Paul Giganti, Jr./Donald Crews
Paul teaches mathematics to teachers at the University of California at Berkeley where he graduated with a degree in mathematics. He taught in the public schools for fifteen years and now lives with his family in Albany, California.
Synopsis:
This story talks about a child walking to different places talking about what he sees on his way there. Each page has a picture of different images where students can count, add, or multiply their way to find the answers!
Pre Reading Activity:
Activity:
Have the class look at the cover and ask them how many oranges, how many orange slices and how many seeds in all?!Post Reading Activity:
Activity:
After reading the story, have the students look around the room and see if they can find things around the room they can use to make questions of their own.Reflection:
I think this is a very good book to use in a classroom because it allows students to practice counting, adding, and multiplying depending on the grade level you are working with. This book is repetitive so students as young as Kindergarten will be able to predict what comes next and how they can answer the questions themselves. It is a good book for math practice!
I like this book. I didn't care for math when I was in school, but a picture books like this one might have made me enjoy it a little bit more. I think children today need to be read math books so they can have a visual and some sort of entertainment instead of staring at the whiteboard. I like that counting, addition and multiplication are all included in the book. It will be my mission as a teacher to find great math picture books to use while teaching math.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment Kim! I agree there need to be more math books out there because so many kids struggle with the subject!
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