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Two of Everything by Lily Toy Hong

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Two of Everything Reviewed By: Janet Young Author & Illustrator: Lily Toy Hong   Recommended Grade Level: Kindergarten – 4 th grade Common Core Content Standards Addressed CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.OA.A.1 Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem. 1 CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.NBT.B.6 Add up to four two-digit numbers using strategies based on place value and properties of operations. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.NBT.B.9 Explain why addition and subtraction strategies work, using place value and the properties of operations. 1 Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP1  Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP4  Model with mathemat...
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Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes

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Title: Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes Author and Illustrator: Kimberly and James Dean Recommended Grade Level: Kindergarten through 2 nd Grade Common Core Standards Addressed: CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP4  Model with mathematics. CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP8 Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.B.4 Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality. 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. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CCB.5 Count to answer "how many?" questions about as many as 20 things arra...
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Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes by Kimberly and James Dean

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Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes Reviewed by:  Jaquel Hackett Author & Illustrator: Kimberly & James Dean Recommended Grade Level:  K – 2 nd  grade Common Core Content Standards Addressed CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.A.1 Use subtraction to keep track of how many cupcakes are going missing. Students could use addition to find out how many cupcakes are being eaten.  Common Core Standard for Mathematical Practice CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP7 :  Look for and make use of structure. Mathematically proficient students look closely to discern a pattern or structure. Young students, for example, might notice  that the number of cupcakes keep decreasing by twos. Summary: Pete the Cat and his friends bake cupcakes for a cupcake party but someone keeps taking them. Two cupcakes go missing at a time and nobody knows who is taking them. Pete the Cat and his friend finally solve the mystery, their friend the Grumpy Toad took all of ...
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