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Title: Greedy Triangle, The by Marilyn Burns, Gordon Silveria ISBN: 0-590-48991-7 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: 01 March, 1995 Format: School & Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great introduction for Geometry!
Comment: This book is awesome! I am a fourth grade teacher and used this book as an anticipatory set for my Geometry unit. It illustrates polygons in real life situations and exposes kids to a lot of different polygons. All of my students loved this book and it is a short read.
Rating: 4
Summary: Greedy Triangle
Comment: Two-dimensional shapes with human characteristics tell this story. A triangle who enjoys being a musical instrument, and catching the wind for sailboats shares his stories with his friends. Eventually, he began to feel dissatisfied and asked the shape-shifter to give him an extra side and an extra angle. After working for a while as a quadrilateral and sharing his new stories with his friends he once again becomes dissatisfied with his role and returns to the shape-shifter to have more sides added. The reader sees where the shape lives his life with his different amounts of sides and angles. With continued dissatisfaction, he adds sides and angles until he is nearly round and rolls down a hill. This is when he asks the shape-shifter to return to his former self.
Because the back of this book includes tips for teachers and parents to incorporate this book, it can be very useful as an educational tool. Taking a walk and searching for a particular shape in the world, or even spotting several makes students think about how they are seen. One pitfall that should be combated is children's tendency to recognize shapes only when they are in their most familiar form. That is, they should have some practice with flipped, turned and rotated shapes. Asking students to view a shape and then incorporate it into a drawing of a real-world illustration will help them as well.
Why 4 stars?:
Marilyn Burns has changed the way that many teachers approach the subject of math in the elementary school. This book is a wonderful accompaniment to her teaching philosophy and methods. The tips and strategies included at the end for teachers, parents and anyone else who may want to use this book just help to reinforce her teaching. I did have to take a point off for reusing the concept and becoming a little sparse with examples of shapes - the illustrations were also somewhat lacking. But in the end, this is a wonderful addition to the library of anyone who teaches about shapes.
Rating: 5
Summary: My daughter loves this book
Comment: As a high school math teacher, I place an emphasis on shape recognition and attributes with my 5 year old. For example, how many sides/angles does a triangle/square/circle(!) have. The Greedy Triangle fits in very nicely with her knowledge level, and she very much enjoyed it from beginning to end. I should note that I edit some of the content to be age appropriate, changing quadrilateral to square, and skipping some of the later, many-sided, polygons. In any case, she laughed her way through the book, which is a great thing for a 5 year old!!
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Title: How Big Is a Foot? by Rolf Myller ISBN: 0440404959 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1991 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: Spaghetti and Meatballs for All: A Mathematical Story (Marilyn Burns Brainy Day Books) by Marilyn Burns, Debbie Tilley, Silverstein ISBN: 0590944592 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Sir Cumference and the First Round Table: A Math Adventure by Cindy Neuschwander, Wayne Geehan ISBN: 1570911525 Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Math Curse by Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith ISBN: 0670861944 Publisher: Viking Childrens Books Pub. Date: October, 1995 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: The Grapes of Math: Mind Stretching Math Riddles by Greg Tang, Harry Briggs ISBN: 043921033X Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: February, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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