Ten Apples Up on Top!
Posted by Solange Ortiz
Title: Ten Apples Up on Top!
Author: Dr.Seuss and Theo LeSieg
Illustrator: Roy McKie
Recommended Grade Level: Grades Pre-K – 2
Common Core Standards Addressed:
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.CC.B.4
Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality.
Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality.
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.
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.PRACTICE.MP2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively
Summary: This story is about three friends, a lion, a dog, and a tiger. They are trying to balance apples on their head while competing with each other. They show one another that they can balance apples while they skate, jump and drink milk; in addition, to watching out for the bear coming through with the mop!
Rating: 5 Stars *****
This is an amazing book for learning how to count and add. The story is funny, silly and the illustrations are child-friendly. The rhymes used and the character dialogue is brilliant as well as humorous.
Classroom ideas:
This book is a good start for the mathematical concept of counting and addition. As the teacher read the story she/he can point out to the students that the characters are adding “1 more” apple to their heads as the story unfolds. Furthermore, as the characters add apples to their heads, the students can take turns counting how many apples each character has. At the end of the story the students can be asked, “How many apples did the lion, tiger or dog end up having on their heads?” In addition, the teacher can invite the students to draw themselves and to add apples to their drawings head just like the animals in the story. Furthermore, play dough or small wooden blocks can be provided as an alternative for the students who do not wish to draw. Every student will follow similar instructions and will use the play dough or the blocks to represent the apples as they count from 1- 10.
I think this book allows the opportunity to create different counting to 10 games with the children! These games can even be played outside during gross motor/recess.
ReplyDeleteKetty D. Duberry- I loved this book as a child and I still love it now. I love it because it has literary techniques such as rhyming that keeps the students engaged and while they are engaged they then pick up the math concepts even quicker. I also like the fact that this book uses apples because apples are fruits that all students know of. The first thing that many teachers teach is "A for apple!" and so students are used to using apples in the classroom already. Apples can easily be brought in and an activity of stacking apples can be done as a follow-up after the book. The apples can also be cut and the concept of halves can be taught as well to the higher grades.
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