Title: Pigs Will Be Pigs
Author: Amy Axelrod
Illustrator: Sharon McGinley-Nally
Recommended Grade Level: K-3
Common Core Mathematics Standards Addressed: Operations and Algebraic Thinking, Number and Operations in Base Ten, Measurement and Data
Summary: This story is about a family of pigs who need to collect money in order to purchase a meal at a restaurant. In the story, each of the family members finds a different amount of money in the form of dollar bills, dimes, quarters, pennies and nickels. They combine their found money and go to a restaurant to purchase one of the restaurant's specials. After their meal, they come home and realize the mess that they have left after searching the house for money.
Rating: **** I recommend this book as it presents math in cases that most students could relate to: money and food. It encourages students to develop their mathematical skills in counting to 100, addition and subtraction. It even includes a page that includes questions like "How much did the Pigs spend at the restaurant?" and "How much money did the Pigs have left?".
Classroom Ideas: This book could be used with several mathematical topics including addition, subtraction, budgeting, and money. Students could keep track of the Pigs' money by using manipulatives and adding money as each new discovery was made. They could even have copies of the menu from the book and when the Pigs reach the restaurant in the story, the students could discuss the Pigs' possible food choices with the amount of money that they had available to them.
Matthew
ReplyDeleteI love this book, and the ideas you gave were excellent to help students to understand the concept of money.