Ten Black Dots
Lesley Baez
Author and Illustrator: Donald Crews
Recommended Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade.
CCSSM Standards:
K.CC.4 - Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities;
connect counting to cardinality.
K.CC.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.CC.B.4.C - Understand that each successive number name refers to a quantity that is one larger.
CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP4 - Model with Mathematics
Summary:
“How many black dots? One? Two? Three? What can you make? Read this book and See!”
The book is all about counting to 10 but in a fascinating twist. The book connects the dots to items
young children see everyday. What are those items? Keys, sun, moon, hands and even buttons on a
shirt. After reading this book, your child will be wanting to count all items around them.
young children see everyday. What are those items? Keys, sun, moon, hands and even buttons on a
shirt. After reading this book, your child will be wanting to count all items around them.
Ratings:
Goodreads, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble gives this book a 4 out of 5 stars. I agree that this book
is a 4 out of 5 star book because the illustration could look a little more realistic. This book being for
Pre-K and Kindergarten I agree with, but this book would seem a little boring for a 1st or 2nd grade
class.
is a 4 out of 5 star book because the illustration could look a little more realistic. This book being for
Pre-K and Kindergarten I agree with, but this book would seem a little boring for a 1st or 2nd grade
class.
Classroom Ideas:
The ideas that come to mind for this book is basically counting. I see myself having my students
draw a trace of there hand and adding black dots to the end of each finger to count. I have this thought
(as shown above) to have my children mimic the cover of the book and have the 10 and add 10 items
to the page. They could add buttons, stickers, beads, or whatever comes to mind for when counting 10
items on a paper. I could also have it as an outdoor activity where the children each pick 10 items from
around the park; not only would they be counting up to 10 items but also adding (composing) and
subtracting (decomposing) items. An example would be a child picking up 6 leaves, 2 sticks, and
2 rocks. The child could count the items separately as groups or count all together for 10. I could also
see the class making up to 10 play-dough balls in different colors. This could also support in counting
higher than 10 for the upper grades. An example is have 10 red, blue, black, green, and purple balls;
that would already be 50 balls accounted for.
draw a trace of there hand and adding black dots to the end of each finger to count. I have this thought
(as shown above) to have my children mimic the cover of the book and have the 10 and add 10 items
to the page. They could add buttons, stickers, beads, or whatever comes to mind for when counting 10
items on a paper. I could also have it as an outdoor activity where the children each pick 10 items from
around the park; not only would they be counting up to 10 items but also adding (composing) and
subtracting (decomposing) items. An example would be a child picking up 6 leaves, 2 sticks, and
2 rocks. The child could count the items separately as groups or count all together for 10. I could also
see the class making up to 10 play-dough balls in different colors. This could also support in counting
higher than 10 for the upper grades. An example is have 10 red, blue, black, green, and purple balls;
that would already be 50 balls accounted for.
This book is such a great way to apply math to the real world. It shows students of young age to see math beyond a classroom, which is important because math is all around us. I love that you chose this book because I personally believe that this is a nice way to show students how to count as well as a good way to show them what the quantity of a number looks like.
ReplyDeleteI like this book because just like the book I picked, this book connects a simple thing such as dots to real life objects. It's funny though that you mention the illustrations not looking up to par because I read this book to the students in my class the other day and they had a hard time figuring out some of the illustrations which isn't good because they get distracted trying to figure out what they are looking at instead of focusing on the main topic.
ReplyDelete