Title – A Chair for My Mother

Author- Vera B. Williams

Illustrator- Vera B. Williams

Recommended Level- Pre-Kindergarten - 3rd Grade

CCSSM Content Standards-

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.A.1
Count to 100 by ones and by tens.

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.B.2
Understand that the two digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones. Understand the following as special cases:

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.B.2.A
10 can be thought of as a bundle of ten ones — called a "ten."

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.MD.C.8
Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately. Example: If you have 2 dimes and 3 pennies, how many cents do you have?

CCSSM Standard for Mathematical Practice-

CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP4 Model with mathematics

Summary- This story is told from the daughter/granddaughter’s point of view. A mother, daughter, and grandmother lose their house and belongings due to a fire. They stay with an aunt and uncle until they have saved enough to move to an apartment. When they move, the neighbors gather and are very generous and helpful by donating to them with house supplies and some furniture. They get a table, and table chairs among other things. The mother works long hours at a diner, she is always tired when she gets home and her feet hurt. The family starts filling a jar with coins, in the hopes of one day being able to afford the perfect comfortable chair.

Rating- 4 out of 5: I rate this book a 4 out of five because it has a great and realistic story line. It demonstrates how saving coins can add up over time and become more money. However, it does not really discuss real number amounts. The book just mentions that quarters, dimes, and nickels were exchanged to dollar bills at the bank, once the jar is full.

Classroom Ideas/ Lesson Ideas –

This book can be used when introducing the value of coins. The coins can be used as manipulatives for word problems that include money. The class can also use the coins to determine how many of each of the cents (quarters, nickels, dimes, pennies) ae equivalent to $1.00 or more. Students can also start a jar of their own in their classroom and see how much money they can save over a certain period of time, and use the savings for something for the class (a pizza party, a classroom pet, etc.). 

Counting Crocodiles by: Judy Sierra (Yanery Cuzo)

Author: Judy Sierra
Illustrator: Will Hillenbrand

Recommended Grade Level: K-2nd

CCSSM Content Standards: 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. 

d. Develop understanding of ordinal numbers (first through tenth) to describe the relative position and magnitude of whole numbers. 

CCSSM Standard for Mathematical Practice: 

1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. 

Summary: Poor Monkey. All she has to eat are sour lemons...morning, noon, and night. One day she spies a banana tree on a faraway island, but the only way to get there is to navigate the crocodile infested waters of the Sillabobble Sea. That's no problem when your a brave and clever monkey who knows how to count to ten and back!

Rating (1-5 Stars): ***** I highly recommend this fun filled story. The students will definitely enjoy helping Monkey find her way to the banana tree.

Classroom Ideas/Lesson Ideas: 
I would use the book to practice problem solving skills. The students can explore ways to count forwards and backwards using unifix cubes, other manipulatives/objects, and themselves to make things fun and engaging. They can also make book innovations and substitute the characters using the same counting concepts. 

Let's Count to 100! Posted by Melissa M. Acosta

Author-Illustrator: Masayuki Sebe

Recommended Grade Level: Kindergarten -1st Grade

CCSSM Content Standards:

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.B.2

Understand that the two digits of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones. Understand the following as special cases:

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.B.2.A

10 can be thought of as a bundle of ten ones — called a "ten."

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.B.2.B

The numbers from 11 to 19 are composed of a ten and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.B.2.C

The numbers 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 refer to one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine tens (and 0 ones).

Summary: A fun book for children to learn how to count to 100. At first there are 100 mice, then 100 cats, then 100 moles, then 100 sheep, then 100 birds, then 100 fish, then 100 elephants, then 100 kids, then 100 ants, then 100 cars and trucks, and finally 100 houses. Readers are to count each animal, person, and item and are prompt to find specific details within the images, such as “How many different kinds of fish are there” and “How many ants are carrying candy?” At the end, readers are encouraged to count 10 of each animal, 10 kids, and 10 houses to make 100 in all.

Rating: 4 Stars out of 5

Classroom Ideas/Lesson Ideas:

Students will bridge prior knowledge with new learning by the teacher asking questions that previews the upcoming topic- such as, "Have you ever thought why grouping ten things together is so important?" and then, "What might happen if you tried to count all things in a group one at a time?"

*After students provide their feedback, the teacher will explain to students that it is quicker and easier to count things bundled up.

*Students will be told that they will now play a game called "Making Bundles".

*Students will be handed the lesson's materials:

·         Craft Sticks

·         Mat

·         Die (0-6)

*Students will be instructed to roll a die and place that number of sticks on their mat.

*Students will be instructed to keep rolling the die and adding sticks to their mat until they have enough to make 10 bundles of ten like the animals/kids/items in the story book to make 100 in all.

Inch by inch (Faith Munford)

Inch by Inch (Faith Munford)

By: Leo Lionni

Grade level: K-2 (1st grade)

CCSSM: Measurement & Data 1.MD

Measure lengths indirectly and by iterating length units.

1. Order three objects by length; compare the lengths of two objects indirectly by using a third object.

2. Express the length of an object as a whole number of length units, by laying multiple copies of a shorter object (the length unit) end to end; understand that the length measurement of an object is the number of same-size length units that span it with no gaps or overlaps. Limit to contexts where the object being measured is spanned by a whole number of length units with no gaps or overlaps.

Represent and interpret data.

4. Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another

CCSSM Standards for Mathematical Practice

 4. Model with mathematics  and 6. Attend to precision

Summary:

To keep from being eaten, an inchworm measures a robin's tail, a flamingo's neck, a toucan's beak, a heron's legs, and a nightingale's song.

Meet a winning, winsome inchworm, proud of his ability to measure anything under the sun. When a hungry nightingale threatens to eat him for breakfast unless he can measure her song, it's a good thing he's so skilled — and so tricky.

Perfect for classroom units on the seasons or measurement.

Rating: 5 stars

Classroom Ideas/ Lesson Ideas: Introduce the ruler as a primary device of measurement

Objective:

Students will learn that a ruler is marked with numbers

Students will learn that each number represents a unit of measurement

Students will learn to use a ruler to measure many objects in the class room environment

Materials: "The Ruler, King of measurement song

A ruler for each student

Blank paper so each child can collect data

crown to color and tape to rulers

Crayons, scissors, and double stick tape

 

 

A Fair Bear Share By Nesia Huryn

Author: Stuart J Murphy

Illustrator:  John Speirs

Recommended Grades: 1-2

Common Core Mathematics Standard: New York State Learning Standards

Common Core standard for Mathematical Practice Grade 1

1.NBT.2

Number & Operations in Base Ten 

2. Understand place value of a two-digit number represent amounts of tens and ones. Understand the following as special cases.

a. 10 can be thought of as a bundle of ten one-called a "ten."

b. The numbers from 11 to 19 are composed of a ten and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.

c. The numbers 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 refer to one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.

Summary:The bear cubs gather berries seeds, and nuts for Mama's Bear's Blue Ribbon Blueberry Pie. Each time the bear cubs fill up their baskets the cubs count berries, seeds and nuts into groups of tens and ones to see if they have enough for mama to bake her pies. One little sister did not want to do her fair share she skipped, jumped and ran around. In the end she worked hard, did her fair share and the cubs were able to have their pies.

Ratings: **** This book was fun to read. I liked the colorful pictures and the way group of the tens and ones numbers were shown in the book.

Classroom Ideas: This book could be used for both addition and subtraction. Students could be placed in groups of three and given 100 Popsicle sticks and rubber bands. The teacher could ask the students to group the number of sticks like what was shown in the book. The students would group the sticks in tens and ones. Questions could be asked how many groups of tens are in 49? The students could the bundle of sticks to give the answer, 4 tens and 9 ones.

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Anna Gonsalves

Title: Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Author: Eileen Christelow

Illustrator: Eileen Christelow

Recommended Grade Level: Pre-Kindergarten 

Common Core Mathematics Standard:

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.PK.CC.B.3.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. 

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.PK.CC.C.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).

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

Demonstrate an understanding of addition and subtraction by using objects, fingers, and responding to practical situations (e.g., if we have 3 apples and add 2 more, how many apples do we have all together? 

Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice:

CCSS MATH PRACTICE MP4 Model with mathematics.

Summary: This story is about five monkeys who, instead of going to sleep when mama says 'goodnight', decide to jump on the bed. In the story the five monkeys jump on the bed and then one falls off each time. Whenever a monkey falls off the bed the mama calls the doctor for advice. The injured monkey stays with mama and the remaining monkeys go back to bed where there are told not to jump anymore. However, the monkeys continue to jump on the bed and each time one falls off the mama has to take care of them and fewer monkeys go back to bed. Eventually all the injured monkeys go back to bed and fall asleep... giving mama monkey time to go jump on her bed!

Rating: ***** I highly recommend this book because it is a fun and interactive way for younger students to learn about mathematics. 

Classroom Ideas: This book could be used in many ways to teach students different topics in mathematics. This book could be used to teach counting, addition, subtraction and comparing numbers. Students could be fully involved by acting out the story. The teacher could ask five students at a time to jump, have one jump off the 'bed' and then have the class count how many remain on the bed.  The students could count the amount of monkeys, adding to find the amount that fell off the bed and subtracting to find the amount that remain on the bed. They can also compare whether there are more monkeys on or off the bed. They could also increase the amount of monkeys initially on the bed in order to work with larger numbers. The students could also be given manipulatives to act out the story.

MATH-terpieces : The Art of Problem - Solving

Blog Posted by Leonie Haughton

Title: MATH-terpieces : The Art of Problem - Solving

Author: Greg Tang

 Illustrator: Greg Paprocki

Recommended Grade Level: 1- 2

Common Core Mathematics Standards:

1.OAB. 3: Apply properties of operations as strategies to add and subtract. 2 Examples: If 8 + 3 = 11 is known, then 3 + 8 = 11 is also known. (Commutative property of addition) To add 2 + 6 + 4, the second two numbers can be added to make a ten, so 2 + 6 + 4 = 2 + 10 = 12. (Associative property of addition)

2.OAB. 2: Fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies.2 By end of Grade 2, know from memory all sums of two one-digit numbers.

1.NBT. 4: Add within 100, including adding a two-digit number and a one-digit number, and adding a two-digit number and a multiple of 10, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used. Understand that in adding two-digit numbers, one adds tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose a ten.

Common Core Standard for Mathematical Practice:

CCSS MATH PRACTICE MP2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively &4 Model with mathematics.

Summary:

This book is about problem solving which is of one of the most important areas of mathematics. It in-cooperates art and poems that rhymes. Students learn to add two or more groups at a time, which teaches them to think about numbers in pieces. The math problems are visually interesting, engaging and clear. There are many learning experiences such: famous paintings, looking for patterns, and a conducive, creative learning environment that will guarantee students’ success in math. They will be challenged, inspired and entertained. Students will love the brain teasing aspects of the problems.

Rating **** (4.12) This book has an amiable introduction to math, various artists, art forms and pieces, as well as interesting poems that rhymes. Each page consists of a famous piece of art and then the author developed a math question using a component from the painting that the reader must solve by using simple brain workout for kids. This is a great multi-disciplinary resource for the lower and middle grades.

Classroom Ideas:

This book is an innovative multi-disciplinary resource which uses famous pieces of art to inspire creative rhymes and problem solving activities. It can teach topics in mathematics such as addition, subtraction, time, square, pattern, grouping, math sentences and colors. Poems that rhymes can develop an interest in reading and phonics/rhyming words and Art can teach colors, painting/drawing and artists. On each page spread there is a masterpiece on the left followed by a rhyme that gives a little information about the art and challenges the students to find a certain number of different ways to group the drawings on the opposite page. For example, on the page with one of Dali's famous paintings of clocks, students are challenged to find seven ways to group on the opposite page to make a big group of eight clocks. The opposite page has groups of 4, 3, 3, 2, 2 and 1 clock, available to be combined to create eight in seven different ways. Students will learn about different artists and some of their art pieces This resource facilitates learning, creativity, motivation and enjoyment.   

Measuring Penny

Title: Measuring Penny

Author: Loreen Leedy

Illustrator: Loreen Leedy

Recommended Grade Level: K-2

Common Core Mathematics Standard:

Describe and compare measurable attributes.

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.MD.A.1

Describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight. Describe several measurable attributes of a single object.

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.MD.A.2

Directly compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common, to see which object has "more of"/"less of" the attribute, and describe the difference. For example, directly compare the heights of two children and describe one child as taller/shorter.

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

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

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.

Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice:

Count to tell the number of objects.

Describe and compare measurable attributes.

Summary: This story is about a girl named Lisa who is given an assignment by her teacher to measure something. She is able to measure the object she choses in different ways. She can measure height, weight, width etc. She can use standard and nonstandard units of measurement. She decides to measure her dog. She goes to the dog park to measure the other dogs and compare them to her dog. She gets creative and uses different measuring standards such as money, inches, temperature etc.

Rating: **** I recommend this book for the classroom because it is a great example on how to measure. It uses standard units but also nonstandard units, which can be fun for children and can create the foundation to learn how to use standard measurements. It also uses dogs which many children have at home (or some kind of pet).

Classroom Ideas: This book could be used to teach measurement. Money can be introduced when talking about using it to buy food for pets. Students could use paper clips for measuring as well as rulers. They can use the paper clips to practice measuring things around the classroom, in their homes and themselves. They can later use a ruler or measuring tape to translate exact measurements.