Book Title:  Ten for Me

Author: Barbara Mariconda

Illustrator: Sherry Rogers

Recommended Grade Level: Kindergarten – 2^nd grades

CCSSM Standards Addressed :

K.OA Operations and Algebraic Thinking

K.OA.A Understanding addition as putting together and adding to, and understanding subtraction as taking apart and taking from. 

K.OA.A.4 For any number from 1-9, find the number that makes 10 when added to given number, e.g, by using objects or drawings, and record the answer with a drawing or equation.

MP.2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively

MP.4 Model with Mathematics

Summary: 

This book is of two friends that go on a butterfly hunt, where they begin to race each other to see who will catch the most butterflies on this adventure in addition. How many in all? The book is written in rhyme, and is fun and engaging to read. Ten for Me has both an English and Spanish translation to support ELL and dual language learners. This book also comes in an enhanced eBook form that reads aloud in both languages, with word speed control available.

Rating:

5 stars

Classroom Ideas:    

In my Kindergarten classroom, the story “Ten and Me” will be read to the children while on the rug. The children will be asked what is the missing number to solve the equation? Or how many in all? Then the children will be broken up into groups of two friends as in the story. First the two friends will be given a Field Journal sheet where they will work together to write number sentences with the sum of 10. They will be encouraged to write the numbers in the number sentence, draw pictures to represent the numbers to solve the equations. Then the two friends will be given 10 cutout  paper butterflies to work with together to show how they will break apart the 10 butterflies and place/paste them in two separate jars.