Posted by: Gergely Nemeth
Title: Amanda Bean's Amazing Dream: A Mathematical Story
Author: Cindy Neuschwander
Illustrator: Liza Woodruff
Recommended Grade Levels:1-3
Common Core Standards Addressed:
CCSS.Math.Content.1.OA.B.3
Apply properties of operations as strategies to add and subtract
CCSS.Math.Content.1.OA.C.6
Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10. Use strategies such as counting on; making ten (e.g., 8 + 6 = 8 + 2 + 4 = 10 + 4 = 14); decomposing a number leading to a ten (e.g., 13 - 4 = 13 - 3 - 1 = 10 - 1 = 9); using the relationship between addition and subtraction (e.g., knowing that 8 + 4 = 12, one knows 12 - 8 = 4); and creating equivalent but easier or known sums (e.g., adding 6 + 7 by creating the known equivalent 6 + 6 + 1 = 12 + 1 = 13).
CCSS.Math.Content.2.OA.C.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.
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 <.
CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.A.1
Interpret products of whole numbers.
Standards For Mathematical Practice:
CCSS.Math.Practice.MP1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
CCSS.Math.Practice.MP4 Model with mathematics.
CCSS.Math.Practice.MP5 Use appropriate tools strategically.
Summary: Amanda Bean really likes to count. She counts anything and everything she can. Anywhere she goes she always counting. Her nickname is "Bean Counter." When Amanda has trouble falling asleep, her mother tells her to count sheep and she'll fall asleep. What Amanda did was stay up all night and count sheep, a lot of them. The next night she wants to count simple things like her bike and its wheels, but she ends up counting sheep on bikes and their legs. At the end Amanda learns to multiple rather than count things.
Ratings: I rate this book 4 out of 5. There is a lot material that can be used for a math lesson or multiple lessons.
Classroom Ideas: For 1st graders this book works because children can add and subtract all the different things that Amanda counts. They can compare which group is bigger. They can create their own groups. For 2nd graders children can compare the odd and even amounts of numbers after they count groups of objects. For 3rd graders the children can multiple the groups of objects rather than counting them.
This is a great counting book for elementary students. The simplicity of it makes it possible to range for different age groups as well as differentiated within one age group with varying levels. I like your suggestion about older students being able to multiply groups of objects rather then just counting. I think you chose very appropriate common core standards as well as standards for mathematical practice.
ReplyDeleteThis book would be great for all classrooms to have because each time you read it to the students they can explore it from a different point of view, which also encourages students to read a book more then once because you will find something you did not see before. You can even have your own students make a mathematical story
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