Title: My Even Day
Author: Doris Fisher and Dani Sneed
Illustrator: Karen Lee
Recommended Grade Level: K-2nd
Rating: ***** I highly recommend this book for younger children. It is captivating and math driven. I guarantee that your children will be intrigued by its humor, series of strange events, and math focus.
Topic Addressed: Odd & Even Numbers
Common Core Math Standards Addressed:
Kindergarten: Counting and Cardinality
Author: Doris Fisher and Dani Sneed
Illustrator: Karen Lee
Recommended Grade Level: K-2nd
Rating: ***** I highly recommend this book for younger children. It is captivating and math driven. I guarantee that your children will be intrigued by its humor, series of strange events, and math focus.
Topic Addressed: Odd & Even Numbers
Common Core Math Standards Addressed:
Kindergarten: Counting and Cardinality
Know number names and the count sequence
2. Count forward beginning from a given number within the known sequence.
Compare Numbers
7. Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals.
Summary:
This literary work is a rhyming sequel to “One Odd Day.” The main character, a young boy, wakes up to his mother who has two heads and a room filled with eight beds. The character journeys through his day encountering a series of strange “even” events (elephant with four trunks, gators who wore eight golden rings, etc). In the end, the boy wakes up to a new day and a NORMAL life.
Classroom Ideas:
In the classroom this book can be utilized as a great introductory tool to a math lesson on even and odd numbers. A teacher might want to focus on even numbers one day and odd numbers another day, since this book is a sequel to “One Odd Day.” One may also use this book after a mini lesson is conducted about even and odd numbers. After teaching children about odd and even numbers one can read this book to students to see if they can identify events in the story which discussed odd and even numbers. To make it fun, distribute white boards or some other form of writing material for each student and have them record as many examples as they can. One can also have students continue the story by creating a page that has an even and odd component and illustration.
7. Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals.
Summary:
This literary work is a rhyming sequel to “One Odd Day.” The main character, a young boy, wakes up to his mother who has two heads and a room filled with eight beds. The character journeys through his day encountering a series of strange “even” events (elephant with four trunks, gators who wore eight golden rings, etc). In the end, the boy wakes up to a new day and a NORMAL life.
Classroom Ideas:
In the classroom this book can be utilized as a great introductory tool to a math lesson on even and odd numbers. A teacher might want to focus on even numbers one day and odd numbers another day, since this book is a sequel to “One Odd Day.” One may also use this book after a mini lesson is conducted about even and odd numbers. After teaching children about odd and even numbers one can read this book to students to see if they can identify events in the story which discussed odd and even numbers. To make it fun, distribute white boards or some other form of writing material for each student and have them record as many examples as they can. One can also have students continue the story by creating a page that has an even and odd component and illustration.
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