A Collection for Kate

Title: A Collection for Kate

Author: Barbara deRubertis

Illustrator: Gioia Fiammenghi

Recommended Grade Level
– Kindergarten-
2nd Grade

Rating: ***** I would definitely recommend this book. It is
cute, witty and child friendly. The book focuses on Addition not through direct
numbers but through the amount of objects collected by each class. The pictures
are bright and colorful and easy to see what objects are used. The math in this
book isn’t overwhelming and confusing.

Topic Addressed: Addition

Common Core Math
Standards Addressed: Counting and Cardinality, Operations and Algebraic thinking,
Measurement and Data

Summary: Kate and her classmates are asked to
sign up and bring in a Collection of things. Kate is excited at first but when
she can’t find “a lot of things” like everyone else, she becomes frustrated.

Classroom Ideas: This book can be used at home or in
school. It is part of a series of books called Math
Matters. The
last page and back cover contain an Addition chart and several activities. It can
be linked to Literacy, Social Studies and help students work on Predictions. I would
have students use their white boards and other manipulatives while I read the book
out loud so that they could record the amount of items collected. I would bring
in a collection of my own and ask my students to bring in a collection they have
as well.