Spring 2018 EDE715/DEC437 Children's Literature Blog

Book Title: Shark Swimathon by Stuart J Murphy Illustrated by Lynne Cravath Your Name/Posted By:   Jonathan Carter Recommended Grade Level:   2 nd Grade 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. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.OA.C.4 Use addition to find the total number of objects arranged in rectangular arrays with up to 5 rows and up to 5 columns; write an equation to express the total as a sum of equal addends. This book centers around a swim team comprised of different types of sharks that is presented with a challenge of swimming 75 laps by the end of the week.   If they swim these laps then they’ll have the opportunity to go to a swim camp the city wi...

One Was Johnny A Counting Book Reviewed By: Nayary Rosario Author & Illustrator: Maurice Sendak Recommended Grade Level: Pre-K - 2nd Grade Common Core Content Standards Addressed: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.C.5 Given a two-digit number, mentally find 10 more or 10 less than the number, without having to count; explain the reasoning used. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.NBT.B.3 Compare two two-digit numbers based on meanings of the tens and ones digits, recording the results of comparisons with the symbols >, =, and <. Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice: CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP4 Model with mathematics. CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP5 Use appropriate tools strategically. CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP8 Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning. Summary: One was Johnny is a story about a character named Johnny that lives alone. One day he didn’t get to be alone in his home because he received company. He was no longer one person in his home but two, ...

Leaping Lizards  Posted By : Gina Gutierrez  Author : Stuart J. Murphy  Illustrator : JoAnn  Adinolfi Recommended Grade Level : 1 st  grade  CCSSM Standards :  CCSS.MATH.C O NTENT.1.NBT.B.2.A   10 can be thought of as a bundle of ten ones — called a "ten." Summary :  This book is about a group of lizards trying to get enough lizards to put on a show. Throughout the book we see lizards  coming  into the pictures by fi ves and by tens. When there are fifty lizards in total, they are able to put on  “ The Fifty Leaping Lizards Show! ” Rating : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐  I give this book 5 out of 5 stars. T his book is very simple and easy for children to go along with. It is entertaining as the largest lizard goes on to look for the lizards that will put on the show. The book has rhymes in it as well, which allows the children to have a bit of fun while reading, and makes it sound very  plea...

The Doorbell Rang   Posted by: Betty Jo Mareth   Title : The Doorbell Rang Author and Illustrator : Pat Hutchins Recommended Grade Level : Grades PreK-K, 1-2   Common Core Standards Addressed : CCSS.Math.Content.K.OA.A.1 Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings1, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations.   CCSS.Math.Content.2.OA.A.3 Determine whether a group of objects (up to 20) has an odd or even number of members, e.g., by pairing objects or counting them by 2s; write an equation to express an even number as a sum of two equal addends.   Summary : The mother while busily sweeping, mopping and making dinner, bakes a dozen chocolate chip cookies for her children Victoria and Sam. Between the two they would each have six cookies. But when the doorbell rings and friends drop by, the cookies must be shared. The doorbell rings ag...

The Greedy Triangle Author: Marilyn Burns   Illustrator: Gordon Silveria Reviewed By: Sharmillha Rajkumar Recommended Grade Levels : 2 nd , 3 rd , 6 th , 7 th , and 8 th Grade   Common Core Content Standards Addressed: Reason with shapes and their attributes . CCSS.Math.Content.2.G.A.1 Recognize and draw shapes having specified attributes, such as a given number of angles or a given number of equal faces. Identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes. CCSS.Math.Content.2.G.A.2 Partition a rectangle into rows and columns of same-size squares and count to find the total number of them. CCSS.Math.Content.2.G.A.3 Partition circles and rectangles into two, three, or four equal shares, describe the shares using the words halves, thirds, half of, a third of, etc., and describe the whole as two halves, three thirds, four fourths. Recognize that equal shares of identical wholes need not have the sa...