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Amanda Bean's Amazing Dream, A Mathematical Story

Amanda Bean's Amazing Dream, A Mathematical Story, Marilyn Burns 9780590300124
Our latest Marilyn Burns Brainy Day Book, Amanda Beans Amazing Dream, is written by Cindy Neuschwander, a classroom teacher for more than twelve years who is currently teaching third grade. If Cindy had written this book seven years ago when I was writing Math By All Means: Multiplication, Grade 3, I would have for sure included it in the unit. Its perfect for children just learning about multiplication as well as for those who are on their way. Amanda Bean loves to count anything and everything. But sometimes she just cant count fast enough. Her teacher tries to convince her that multiplying might help, but Amanda will have none of ituntil she has an amazing dream about free-wheeling sheep on bicycles, speed-knitting grandmas, and who knows how many long-sleeved sweaters. Only then does Amanda realize that she can count on multiplication.In Amanda Beans Amazing Dream, Cindy Neuschwander makes a convincing case to children about why they should learn to multiply. The story helps children see what multiplication is, how it relates to the world around them, and how learning to multiply can help them. The story is enhanced by Liza Woodruffs zany and imaginative illustrations.At the end of the story, the section titled For Parents, Teachers, and Other Adults, which is part of all Brainy Day Books, explains whats important for children to learn about multiplication and suggests three activities to extend childrens learning. The first activity explains how to use the illustrations in the book to help children think about multiplication. The second activity is Things That Come in Groups, is taken from the Math By All Means multiplication unit. The third activity, Which Has More?, suggests multiplication riddles for children to solve. Children love riddles, and these are designed to have them use multiplication to compare quantities. Here are three samples that relate to Amanda Beans Amazing Dream:Which has more wheels5 tricycles or 7 bicycles?Which has more cookies3 rows with 8 cookies in each row or 4 rows with 6 cookies in each row?Which has more panesa window with 5 rows and 4 panes in each row or a window with 3 rows and 6 panes in each row? After your students solve these riddles, have them work together to make up others. Encourage them to look around the classroom for ideas or think of situations from their own lives. Then have children present the riddles they wrote for their classmates to solve. You might also compile the childrens riddles into a multiplication riddle book and duplicate copies so that each child can take one home to share with their families. The children will enjoy sharing the riddles. Also, sending the book home is an effective way to communicate with parents about the kinds of math thinking their children are doing in class.
9780590300124
  • Title:Amanda Bean's Amazing Dream, A Mathematical Story (Marilyn Burns Brainy Day Books)
  • Author:Cindy Neuschwander
  • Publishing House:Math Solutions
  • ISBN-13:9780590300124
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