Monday, June 22, 2009

The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins

Genre: General fiction

Publishing info: Mulberry Books, 22 pages

Summary: Mom made twelve cookies for Tom and Hannah so they could have six a piece. The doorbell starts ringing and each time the door opens there are more people to share the cookies with. Each time the children have to divide the cookies among themselves.

Personal rating: ***Good This is a fun story to introduce the concept of division.

Reading level: 1.9

Interest level: K-2

Integration: This story would be great to read to a class when the teacher introduces division. The teacher could take paper cookies or plastic cookies and have the students act out the story in front of the class.
The teacher could also use this book during a social studies lesson about everyone getting their fair share.
The teacher could finish up talking about this book by bringing in cookies that can be divided up among the class.

Potential problems: The students may have some trouble discussing how division works.

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