Posted by Stephanie Delaurentiis
Title: One Red Dot
Author and Illustrator: David A. Carter
Recommended for Ages 3-6
Recommended Grade Level: Pre-Kindergarten—Kingergarten
CCSSM Standards:
PK.CC. 3.
Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities to
10; connect to cardinality.
PK.CC. 4.
Count to answer “how many?” questions about as many as 10
things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 5
things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1-10, count out that
many objects.
Summary:
“One Red Dot” by David A. Carter is a colorful 3-D pop-up
book that helps readers count 1-10 by providing artistic, visual stimuli in the
form of sculptures in different shapes and sizes. Also, each page allows readers to be involved
in a hide and seek game where readers must search for the one red dot hidden on
each page. In addition, the author uses
fun language to intrigue his audience, (ex. Six fluttering flicker clickers.)
Children can interact with the pop-ups, and folds simply by pulling or turning
the page. The book would be a great
addition to story time.
Rating: 5
Classroom Ideas:
This story can be an extension for lessons in counting
numbers 1-10. In one activity, the teacher
may want to ask students to represent numbers 1-10. Students can cut and paste different shapes
of construction paper, or materials of various textures onto poster paper or
cardboard. Illustrating numbers can be a
hands-on project that can quickly turn into individual or group presentations. After illustrating numbers, students can take
a museum walk around the classroom to see how their classmates represent
numbers 1-10. This activity mirrors the
visual component, “One Red Dot” provides to help students count numbers
1-10.
Hi Stephanie,
ReplyDeleteI was really excited when you brought in this book. I think it is such a fanstastic way to introuduce numbers to our students. I would really want to intrudce this to my population of kids because as time passes, I see that a lot of my students with special needs, even more the students I have that have little to no conversational language, will really be engaged with the visuals in this book. I think it will be a great tool to introduce to my students in the classroom and can be combine with a number of fun activities in the classroom for students of all populations. Thank you for introducing this book because I do not think I would have ever stumble upon it on my own!
Hello Stephanie,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the book "One Red Dot" because of the way it kept my attention. This book is great for visual learners because it helps them stay focus with its illustrations through 3D pop up illustrations, It is a good way to start up for children who are not familiar with the meaning of a number.