"THE SHAPE OF THINGS"

 Posted by Ketty D. Duberry

Title: "THE SHAPE OF THINGS"

Author: Dayle Ann Dodds

Illustrator: Julie Lacome

Recommended Grade Level: Pre-K - K

CCSSM Content Standards:

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.G.A.1
Describe objects in the environment using names of shapes, and describe the relative positions of these objects

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.G.B.5
Model shapes in the world by building shapes from components

           
CCSSM Standard for Mathematical Practice:

CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP7 Look for and make use of structure

Summary:

This story is about how shapes are so ordinary until you add other shapes or objects and that turns it into something else. It also talks about how if we look around us, we can see shapes all around.

Rating:

*****

I would highly recommend this book because it uses the rhyming technique to keep children engaged. Also, it touches a very important concept which is having children see the way things can be created.

Classroom Ideas/Lesson Ideas:

An idea that can be incorporated from this book into the classroom is for the students to search around the room and see how many shapes they can find that create objects. A good lesson plan idea is for the children to create their own objects from shapes such as a car with a rectangle and two wheels.