Ten in a Bed

Book Title: Ten in a Bed

Author & Illustrator: Mary Rees

Publication date 1988

Posted By: Caridad Grijalva

Recommended Grade Level: Pre-K – 1^st Grade

Pages-29

CCSSM Standards:

Kindergarten

K.CC.4 : Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities; connect counting to cardinality.

a.        When counting objects, say the number names in the standard order, pairing each object with one and only one number name and each number name with one and only one object. 


b.        Understand that the last number name said tells the number of objects counted. The number of objects is the same regardless of their arrangement or the order in which they were counted. 


c.Understand that each successive number name refers to a quantity that is one larger. 


Summary:

Ten in a Bed is a uniquely illustrated version of the traditional counting rhyme.  The author uses water colors to illustrate children of all colors and pets in one household.  The children roll out of bed and engage in different activities around the house.  One last child wanted to have the bed to herself asking all of the other children to roll over one by one. Nine unhappy friends return to the bed with a plan of their own.

 

Rating:

 

This book is extremely charming with colorful and creative illustrations.  I love the idea of a rhyme along with pictures that tell their own story.  The story itself is funny and silly that uses subtraction in the counting process in a very child friendly manner. 

Classroom Ideas:

•  The students can engage in role play to retell the story. 
•   The students can use counter bears to retell the story and model  the events backwards, going from one in the bed to ten. 
•  The students can practice arranging numbers in descending and ascending order.
•    The students can use number cards from 10-1 and arrange the cubes to correspond with the number of cards shown.