A Collection for Kate

Math Matters®

by Barbara deRubertis, Rebecca Thornburgh (Illustrator)

It's Collection Week at school and Kate signs up to show a collection--which she doesn't have! Time is running out. What can she Do? Full color.

Genres: Childrens, Addition, Mathematics

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Vo Khon · Rating 3 out of 5]

ADDITON to 100
This book don't have amazing drawing but the content of story is good.
At the end of this book has a sum how to add for kid, by many ways.
Count on, use related fact, double, skip count.

[Dominique Woodbridge · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a great book for students in 1st or 2nd grade. It is easy to read, and the math that is done in the book is at the right level for students in grades 1 or 2. The story is interesting as well, and the students would find it engaging. One other reason I think students would love this book is because they can relate to it, and the main character is the same age as the students. I would use this book as a read aloud for the whole class. I would relate it to math, because that is what it is about. It would also be fun to have students bring in their own collections after reading this book. The math unit I would focus on with this book is addition. The addition that is done in the book is simple, yet could be challenging enough for the kids reading the book. This book has images that the students would love, and images that a teacher would like as well. They are all accurate in the amount of items each collection has. This books math is accurate, and the way it is presented is direct. After reading this book, I think students may be more interested in math, or at least realize that they use math in their everyday lives.

[Heather Torgersen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really loved A Collection for Kate, and enjoyed reading it to my 1st graders. Though it's not your typical read aloud book, if read with pizazz, your students will love it. The story follows Kate, who must bring a collection to school for show and tell. After days of witness her classmates collections get bigger and bigger, Kate starts to really worry because she doesn't have any large collections of her own. Kate goes home to figure out her dilemma, and comes across a solutions; she has a collection of small collections! This story introduces children to grouping and addition, as well as incorporates literature into a math lesson.

[Brent · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really good for our child: with math as part of the deal!