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LOWER GRADES (k - 2)
Standards:
The Hershey's Kisses Addition Book by Jerry Pallotta and illustrated by Rob Bolster. What better way to introduce simple addition concepts than with delicious Hershey¹s Kisses? To illustrate math concepts, this book features a cast of miniature clowns struggling under the weight of life-sized Hershey¹s Kisses.
The Hershey's Kisses Subtraction Book by Jerry Pallotta and illustrated by Rob Bolster. Children love chocolate! And what better way to teach them the basics of subtraction than with yummy Hershey's Kisses? This follow-up title to THE HERSHEY'S KISSES ADDITION BOOK, which also features wacky and colorful clowns, is taught by Jerry Pallotta in a fun, relaxed way that has become his trademark!
Activity:
Students will practice their addition and subtraction skills with a fun interactive game with dice and candy.
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- First Grade Reading: LAFS.1.RI.2.6 - Distinguish between information provided by pictures or other illustrations and information provided by the words in a text.
- First Grade Language Arts: LAFS.K12.L.3.6 - Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when encountering an unknown term important to comprehension or expression.
- First Grade Math: MAFS.1.NBT.3.4 - Add within 100, including adding a two-digit number and a one-digit number, and adding a two-digit number and a multiple of 10, using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning used. Understand that in adding two-digit numbers, one adds tens and tens, ones and ones; and sometimes it is necessary to compose a ten.
The Hershey's Kisses Addition Book by Jerry Pallotta and illustrated by Rob Bolster. What better way to introduce simple addition concepts than with delicious Hershey¹s Kisses? To illustrate math concepts, this book features a cast of miniature clowns struggling under the weight of life-sized Hershey¹s Kisses.
The Hershey's Kisses Subtraction Book by Jerry Pallotta and illustrated by Rob Bolster. Children love chocolate! And what better way to teach them the basics of subtraction than with yummy Hershey's Kisses? This follow-up title to THE HERSHEY'S KISSES ADDITION BOOK, which also features wacky and colorful clowns, is taught by Jerry Pallotta in a fun, relaxed way that has become his trademark!
Activity:
Students will practice their addition and subtraction skills with a fun interactive game with dice and candy.
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uPPER GRADES (3 - 5)
Standards:
Math Curse written by Jon Scieszka and illustrated by Lane Smith. When the teacher tells her class that they can think of almost everything as a math problem, one student acquires a math anxiety which becomes a real curse.
Activity:
Students will be able to make connections between the text of Math Curse by Jon Scieszka and the concepts learned from their mathematics textbooks, develop real or imagined narratives describing experiences where they observed mathematics in everyday situations after playing an interactive game with questions from the book.
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- 4th Grade Reading: LAFS.4.RL.3.7 - Make connections between the text of a story or drama and a visual or oral presentation of the text, identifying where each version reflects specific descriptions and directions in the text.
- 4th Grade Writing: LAFS.4.W.1.3 - Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
- 4th Grade Mathematics: MAFS.K12.MP.4.1 - Model with mathematics. Mathematically proficient students can apply the mathematics they know to solve problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace. In early grades, this might be as simple as writing an addition equation to describe a situation.
Math Curse written by Jon Scieszka and illustrated by Lane Smith. When the teacher tells her class that they can think of almost everything as a math problem, one student acquires a math anxiety which becomes a real curse.
Activity:
Students will be able to make connections between the text of Math Curse by Jon Scieszka and the concepts learned from their mathematics textbooks, develop real or imagined narratives describing experiences where they observed mathematics in everyday situations after playing an interactive game with questions from the book.
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