Just Saving My Money

Title: Just Saving My Money

Author and Illustration: Mercer Mayer

Recommended Grade Level: k-2

Common Core Standards Addressed:

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.MD.B.3
Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count.

Classify objects and count the number of objects in each category.

 K.MD.3: Classify objects or people into given categories; count the numbers in each category and sort the categories by count.

Work with time and money

2.MD.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?

Summary: This book is about a little Critter who asks his dad to buy him a skateboard. Instead of buying him the skateboard, his dad tells him he has to save up to buy it himself. To earn money the little critter completes house chores and discovery’s that saving money is not easy. Through this, the little critter learns the value of money.

Rating: 3.5/5

Classroom Ideas: This book can be used to teach students the value of money. Through reading this book students will learn that when they want to purchase something there is a price attached to it. If they want to purchase it they must have a certain amount of money to do so. Before they understand this concept they have to know the value of coins and bills. After reading the book the teacher can tell the class that before you start to save money, you have to know the value of what you’re saving. Each coin can we presented to students along with the value. Then move to combining coins together, first the coins that are the same (1 dime= 10, 2 dimes= 20, and so on), and then once that concept is mastered they can move on to combining coins that are different (1 dime, 1 quarter and 2 pennies = 37 cents). Over the course of the year they can move on to bills.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Title – The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Author- Eric Carle

Illustrator- Eric Carle

Recommended Level- Pre-Kindergarten - 3rd Grade

CCSSM Content Standards-

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.A.3
Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.B.4
Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality.

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

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CCSSM Standard for Mathematical Practice-

CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP4 Model with mathematics

Summary- The Very Hungry Caterpillar is picture book which was written and illustrated b Eric Carle. Through the life of a caterpillar this book teaches counting, the days of the week, colors,  growth, and identification of food and objects.

Rating- 5 out of 5: I rate this book a five out of five because it is very intriguing to preschoolers and toddlers. This book was very relatable to toddlers and they were able to see some of their favorite things like food, and candy. Also this book provides students with counting, growth, colors, the days of the week, and vivid images to grasp their attention.

Classroom Ideas/ Lesson Ideas –

This book can be used when introducing numbers, counting, addition, and the days of the week. Students can be given a chart with the days of the week labeled. The second time reading the book students should be able to count the days of the week by putting one number on each day of the chart by counting up. The following day students should be told to keep count of the number of food the caterpillar ate each day.

Just Enough Carrots by Diana De Leon

Title: Just Enough Carrots

Author: Stuart J. Murphy

Illustrator: Frank Remkiewicz

Recommended Grade Level: Grades K-1

Common Core Standards Addressed:

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC. C.6

Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies.

Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice:
CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP1: Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

Summary: This book is about elephants, rabbits, birds and other animals who go shopping at the Super Star Market. They shop for carrots, worms and peanuts. As they walk through the supermarket purchasing their favorite items, they are also trying to figure out who has more, the same or fewer of the grocery items. After the rabbits get home from their grocery shopping they wait for elephant and bird since they will be joining them for lunch.

Rating: ***** This book is an amazing book. The illustrations and colors are very appealing for young readers. The book introduces the abstract mathematical concepts of more, fewer and same amounts through visuals and character dialogue. Furthermore, lessons can be interactive through think-pair-share activities.

Classroom Ideas: This book can be used to teach the mathematical concept of more, fewer and same amounts. Students would be provided with various classroom items (pencils, crayons, glue sticks, scissors, blocks, etc) and 2 graphic organizers. The first graphic organizer will ask the student to display “more” and “less” groups of the same objects. The second graphic organizer will ask the students to display two groups of one object to show the “same” amount. This work will be conducted in small groups.