Ray Gibson (1)

Simple instructions to draw some very simplified animals. I don't think I've ever seen the word "crayon" used so much as a verb before.

FOR REFERENCE:

Contents: I can draw . . . -- . . . a lion -- . . . a cat -- . . . a dolphin -- . . . a lizard -- . . . a rabbit -- . . . a hen -- . . . a teddy -- . . . a tiger -- . . . a fish -- . . . a monkey -- . . . a frog -- . . . a horse -- . . . a turtle -- . . . a flamingo -- . . . a reindeer -- . . . a bee

Simple instructions and illustrations to teach kids how to draw people the way kids usually end up drawing people even without instructions. It's a step up from stick figures at least.

FOR REFERENCE:

Contents: I can draw . . . -- a workman -- an angel -- a giant -- a pirate -- a queen -- a ballerina -- a soccer player -- a scuba diver -- an astronaut -- a parachutist -- a skier -- an ice skater -- a cowboy -- faces -- a horse and rider

Summary:
The book starts off explaining how to add and gives easy examples. It asks how many butterflies have spots, then it wants you to cut out some paper to add spots to the ones that don’t have any! Then wants to know how many butterflies have spots now! The book goes on like this and starts to get harder. By the end of the book they are also getting them started on subtraction!

Personal Reaction:
I really enjoy this story because it is not just a book, but also teaches them math in a show more hands on activity way! I would love to use this book when teaching younger students to add and subtract!

Classroom Extension Ideas:
1. When teaching children to add I would use this book as a group activity. Spilt the students into centers making this one of them for them to get there hands on the book and practicing!
2. I would then use the book as a review and a transition into subtraction! show less

So this book is called I CAN ADD and it is an excellent book for first addition learners. The book allows the students to work problems from the book and add things to pictures. For example, the book will be showing a group on lions and only three have tails. The student would cut a pies of yarn and add two for tail to the group and all the lions would have a tail. The book is an excellent manipulative for addition.

The book does sort of relate to me. When I was younger I had a huge problem show more with math. If I were able to read something along this books road I may have gotten math a little quicker than I did. I would most differently have understood addition a whole lot better.

I would most definitely use the book in my elementary class room. Mainly for students who are having problems with addition. I would have a list of material need to used the book as a manipulative. The yarn and colored paper with some scissors. I then would read the book to the student and have the student work out the problem as we read along. show less