Polly's Pen Pal (MathStart 3)

"Polly's Pen Pal" is about two little girls, one living in Canada and one living in the United States. The two girls discuss what they look like and how much they have in common. One tells the other their height in centimeters and the other one's dad helps her figure out how tall that is. Polly's dad is going on a business trip to Montreal and Polly is tagging along to meet her new pen pal. This is a great book for partner reading since it talks about 2 friends. The grade level of this book is probably 3rd or 4th grade.

Polly's Pen Pal is a great book to read when introducing the metric system. It gives real-life situationsto which students can apply their previous knowledge in order to create a better understanding of the metric system. ( )