The Doorbell Rang Book

Grade Level(s):  3^rd Grade

Content Area:                                                                        Process Area:

Numbers and Operations                                           Problem-Solving

Algebra                                                           Reasoning and Proof

Geometry                                                                    Communication

Measurement                                                             Representation

Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability                    Connections

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.NF.A.3: Explain equivalence of fractions in special cases, and compare fractions by reasoning about their size.

Targeted Needs of Student:

Introducing fractions, understanding the meaning of fractions and significance of fractions, connecting reading and daily life to mathematics, relating division to fractions, understanding parts and whole

Goal:

To introduce the concept of fractions through literature

Materials Needed:

1.      The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins

Explanation/Summary:

In this book, a group of children are excited to eat cookies but they need to divide them evenly. Each page more children come and they have to divide them so that everyone gets the same amount of cookies. The teacher could have students divide cubes or other manipulatives on their desk during the book being read. Also this book can be great for introducing the vocabulary part and whole.

Resource:

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