children's Literature in mathematics
Book Name/Author/Copyright
1. Viorst, J. (1978) Alexander, who used to be rich last sunday. Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers. 2. Crews, D. (1995) Ten black dots. Harpers Children, GreenWillow Books. 3. Axelrod, A. (1997) Pigs will be pigs: Fun with Math and Money. Aladdin Reprint edition. 4. Hong, L.T. (1993) Two of everything. Albert Whitman & Company. 5. Dodd, D.A. (1996) The shape of things. Turtleback. 6. Henkes, K. (2008) Chrysanthemum. Mulberry 7. Sloat, T. (1995) From one to one hundred. Puffin. 8. Kasza, Keiko (1996) The wolf’s chicken stew. Puffin. 9. Appelt, K. (2000) Bats around the clock. HarperCollins. 10. Tilley, D. (2008) Spaghetti and meatballs for all! Scholastic. |
Synopsis
1. Alexander used to be rich last Sunday, but he came across items that he could buy with a dollar. As he bought from the drug store, the yard sale, little by little he began to have less money. Once all his money was gone, he only had bus tokens left. 2. A counting book, using black dots. It shows everyday objects to what you can do with 10 black dots. 3. Mother pig bought groceries in the morning. By the time they were hungry later that day, there was no food left. The little pigs had eaten all the food. They all go around the house to round up some money so that they can go to their favorite restaurant. 4. Mr. and Mrs. Haktak were poor. He dug up a brass pot in his garden. They come to realize that the pot made two of everything. They ended up rich, including another Mr. and Mrs. Haktak. 5. A shape is given and shown what all can be made out of a shape. 6. Chrysanthemum loved her name, until she went to school. She was made fun of. Classmates thought her name was too long, and how she was named after a flower. Until one day when the class met the music teacher. She was also named after a flower. Classmates then wanted to be named after a flower. 7. This is a counting book from one to one hundred. Each page has objects that students will count, it also as the numeral. 8. The wolf was craving chicken stew, so he thought he would fatten up the chicken he came across. So he fed her different measurements of 100 in donuts, cake, and pancakes. Surprisingly he ends up making new friends! 9. The bats dance every hour on the clock. The dances are from the good old days. 10. The comforts had planned to have a family dinner. Mrs. Comfort plans out the arrangement of the tables and chairs. As everyone showed up, tables and chairs were moved around. Mrs. Comfort started to worry. But it all worked out. |
Common Core Standards
1. 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? 2. CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.B.4 Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality. 3. 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? CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.3.4c Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary. 4. CCSS.Math.Content.2.NBT.A.2 Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s. 5. CCSS.Math.Content.K.G.A.2 Correctly name shapes regardless of their orientations or overall size. 6. 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. (Students can compare their name to Chrysanthemum) 7. CCSS.Math.Content.1.NBT.A.1 Count to 120, starting at any number less than 120. In this range, read and write numerals and represent a number of objects with a written numeral. 8. 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. 9. CCSS.Math.Content.1.MD.B.3 Tell and write time in hours and half-hours using analog and digital clocks. 10. CCSS.Math.Content.4.OA.B.4 Find all factor pairs for a whole number in the range 1–100. Recognize that a whole number is a multiple of each of its factors. Determine whether a given whole number in the range 1–100 is a multiple of a given one-digit number. Determine whether a given whole number in the range 1–100 is prime or composite. |