ROAR! A
Noisy Counting Book
Posted
by Alexandra Bernasconi
Title: Roar! A Noisy Counting Book
Author: Pamela Duncan Edwards
Recommended Grade Level: PreK-2
Common Core Standards
Addressed:
-CCSS. PK.CC.A.2.
Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-5 (with 0 representing a
count of no objects).
-CCSS.PK.OA.A1.
Demonstrate an understanding of addition and subtraction by using objects,
fingers, and responding to practical situations.
Summary: A lion cub just wants to have fun and
play with a friend but his big roar scares all the animals away. The lion cub
goes from scaring one red monkey to 8 brown gazelles and is left lonely in the
jungle with no friends, until he comes across 9 other lion cubs. Now there are
10 happy cubs roaring and playing together.
Rating: ***** I found this to be a great book to read
to children. Each page is very colorful with a number of how many animals there
are. The book is fun because its entertaining, each page rhymes
and roars! With the combination of color learning, rhyming, literacy and counting
I think this is a great book for Pre-K students.
Classroom ideas: This book can be used to teach mathematical
concepts in addition. After reading this book the class could partake in several
activities using this text. The teacher can have the children act out the book
by having each child represent the animals. The children can learn the name of the
animals and their sounds along with counting to 10. The sequencing in this book
allows for questioning and curiosity, the children can predict what will happen
next by either drawing or writing. The teacher can display different colored objects
in front of each child and have the children count and follow along with the
book. They could use stacking blocks to represent the colors and animals as
they count.
Allie, I think the book you choose is really interesting and fun to help children learn to add. As you mention having colorful and catching rhyming book helps children to be involve and enthusiasm into learning. Besides the great ideas you mention, I will suggest also to create photo props of the different animals used in the book from number one to ten. A good idea to assess student understanding can be asking children to do a drawing of some animals adding from one to ten. Students will do up to the number they remember and record the number writing it down. For example, one drawing of a lion, two giraffe and so on. In addition, under the drawing of the lion write number one, etc. This lesson can be extended to other subjects such as, music, and art.
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