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The educators explored texts in small groups and had rich conversations about the concepts, questions and extensions that would support their book.
We thought carefully about how books could be a springboard for other learning in the classroom. Read Alouds can be used as provocations, they can be re-read to explore concepts with more depths, they can be brought into small group contexts to solve problems, and they can be adapted for different developmental and academic needs.
Below we have included all of the beautiful math read alouds shared by educators in our course. If you click on the book, it will direct you to Amazon where you can read more about the text and purchase it for your classroom.
If you click on the link underneath each book, you will be directed to another page that explains the mathematical concepts, questions that can be used before, during and after the book, as well as extensions and provocations connected to the text.
Keep in mind that all ideas are just suggestions that will spark further thinking in your planning process. We wouldn't ask all of the questions provided and we would not set out 3-4 provocations based on one book. We have found that chunking our read alouds into more than a day and revisiting books with students allows for further depth and understanding in the content. Please feel free to add your ideas, extensions through comments! We hope that these texts and ideas will provide simple sparks for programming next year.
Thank you to all of the educators who contributed their ideas, books, and knowledge to creating a wonderful resource that will support mathematical thinking in FDK!
Perfect Square
Perfect Square: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Zero Is The Leaves On The Tree
Just How Long Can A Long String Be?!
Just How Long Can a Long String Be?: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Circles of Round
Circles of Round: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Big Fat Hen
Big Fat Hen: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
The Shape of Things
The Shape of Things: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Sizing Up Winter
Sizing Up Winter: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Ten for Dinner
10 for Dinner: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
The Napping House
The Napping House: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Ten Pink Piglets
Ten Pink Piglets: Concepts, Questions, Extensions
Quilt Counting
Quilt Counting: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Balancing Act
Balancing Act: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Changes, Changes
Changes, Changes: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Super Sand Castle Saturday
Super Sand Castle Saturday: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
One-Dog Canoe
One-Dog Canoe: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
None the Number (The Hueys)
None the Number: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Piggies in the Pumpkin Patch
Piggies in the Pumpkin Patch: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Ten Birds
Ten Birds: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Zero
Zero: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
More
More: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
LOOK!
Look: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Pete The Cat And His Four Groovy Buttons
Pete the Cat: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Count the Monkeys
Count the Monkeys: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
ANIMAL ANTICS
Animal Antics: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Tap the Magic Tree
Tap the Magic Tree: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Ten Black Dots
Ten Black Dots: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Equal Shmequal
Equal Shmequal: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Zero
Zero: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Ten Red Apples
Ten Red Apples: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Pool
Pool: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Windblown
Windblown: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Math-terpieces
Math-terpieces: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Perfect SquarePerfect Square: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy ButtonsPete the Cat: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
MoreMore: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Just How Long Can A Long String Be?!Just How Long Can a String Be: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Little Quack's Hide and Seek
Little Quack's Hide and Seek: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Love You When...
Love You When: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Harriet's Halloween Candy (Revised Edition) (Nancy Carlson Picture Books)
Harriet's Halloween Candy: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Shape Shift
Shape Shift: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Stuck
Stuck: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Actual Size
Actual Size: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
Scribble
Scribble: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
The Doorbell Rang
The Doorbell Rang: Concepts, Questions, and Extensions
At the conference there were many other rich read alouds that we wanted to include, but did not do complete write ups on. Below are some of the books and the concepts that could be explored further:
City by Numbers
Concepts: Number Sense, Numbers in the Environment
Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On
Concepts: Quantity, Number Sense, Counting
The Greedy Triangle
Concepts: Geometry, composing/decomposing shapes
Along A Long Road
Concepts: Measurement, Positional Language
Two
Concepts: Number Sense, Number Two
Ten Little Pirates
Concept: Number Sense, Counting, 1:1 Correspondence, Adding/Subtracting
Mr. Koala's Steam Train
Concept: Spatial Awareness, Shapes/Geometry
Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers
Concepts: Probability (possible/impossible)
Mouse Count
Concepts: Number Sense, 1:1 Correspondence
Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business
Concepts: Patterning, 1:1 Correspondence, Sorting, Quantity (more/less/same)
Shapes That Roll
Concepts: Geometry, Properties of 2D shapes and 3D figures
Circle, Square, Moose
Concepts: 2D shapes in the environment
Concepts: graphing, more/less, quantity
Fantastic post as always Tracy!! I wish I could've been a part of such rich learning!! You've provided teachers with such a wonderful springboard for discussion with each other and with their students - makes math so exciting!! Thank you for sharing all of your participants hard work, discussion and insights around making math meaningful through literacy!
ReplyDeleteInspiring as always :)
Your friend,
Jocelyn
www.ljpskindergartenteam.blogspot.ca
Thanks Jocelyn! Cheryl and I wanted to share the rich learning from the workshop with those who couldn't attend. I love opportunities to think critically and talk about literature as educators, so valuable!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to exploring some of these new books in our classroom next year too!
Thank you so much for the fabulous list! It is so much more than I ever hoped for! You are both inspirational!
ReplyDeleteThank you Beth for contributing and being part of such incredible learning! Hope you enjoy your time getting ready for the new school year!
ReplyDeleteThanks for gathering this information together for us. I had a great time at the workshop. It was fun to try out new math materials.
ReplyDeleteThank you Tracy for taking the time to capture and share the amazing learning, which took place at your workshop. I am new to FDK and have recently found your blog- love it! You are so inspiring and have helped keep my September jitters at bay :) This post has shifted my thinking about math and how rich literature can make it that much more meaningful and exciting for students. Offering the book list with ideas and links has been so helpful, especially for teachers new to FDK.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate you sharing and look forward to reading about all the learning adventures in your classroom this year!
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