1. Lemonade For Sale: By Stuart J. Murphy
The kids' club house is falling apart so they decide they need to sell lemonade to make some money. They decide selling about 30-40 cups each day would be enough to fix their clubhouse. Sheri will keep track of the sales with a bar graph. On Monday they sold 30, Tuesday 40, Wednesday, 56, Thursday 24, and on Friday they sold so many cups that the number went over their original top of the bar graph. They were able to repair the clubhouse and the juggler joined their club.
2. This book teaches the reader about bar graphs. I teaches the reader how to draw a bar graph and properly label each axis. The book does a great job at teaching children what a bar graph is and how to plot data on one.
3. Picture books are a great way to combine entertainment with math. This is necessary to teach small children who are easily bored and distracted by complex and dry material.
Great job! It was really cool to see how "Lemonade for Sale" represented the concept quite simply.
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ReplyDeletegood job of explaining the plot of the story. you mention that picture books a good for teaching concepts to children but could they also be used effectively to reinforce concepts with adults?
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