Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
Reviewed By: Rosa Alvares
Author & Illustrator:
Eric Litwin & James Dean
Recommended Grade Level: Pre- K – 2th grade
New York State Pre-K Mathematics Standards
Counting and Cardinality
PK.CC. Content. 2, 4
· Represent a number of objects with a written numeral 0-5
· Count to answer “how many?”
Operations & Algebraic Thinking
PK.OA. Content.1
· Demonstrate an understanding of addition and subtraction by using objects, fingers, and responding to practical situations.
Summary
This book is about counting and subtraction. Pete the cat is
wearing his favorite shirt that has four groovy buttons; he loves his shirt so much
that he even sings a song “My buttons, my buttons, my four groovy buttons. My
buttons, my buttons, my four groovy buttons.” While he was playing around one of
his buttons popped off, but he did not cry because of that instead he
continuous sing the song, but now he said “My buttons, my buttons, my three
groovy buttons. The rest of the buttons continued to pop off of his favorite
shirt but he kept on singing his song. So, at the end he lost all of his
buttons and he looks down at his button less shirt and he finds out that he has
his belly button. At the ends of the
book you will find a reflection sentence that teach the children that we will
get stuff and we will lose it, but is not a reason for us to cry.
Rating
We can use this book from pre – K to second grade. I will give
five stars to this book because it covers the basic math concepts, you can use
it to teach such as addition, subtraction, colors, shapes, repetitive language
and a positive way to deal with emotional situation.
Classroom Ideas
1.
We can use a big shirt
with big button to represent Pete the Cat because at this age children learn
better when they make connections between graph and ideas.
2.
We can ask the children if they are wearing
anything that has buttons.
3.
Children can count their
buttons and they can tell you the color and shape.
4.
We can ask the children
to draw their favorite part of the story.
I love Pete the Cat books! This one is one of my favorites to read to my kids. I like the fact that it rhymes and has a song to go with it, which really engages children.
ReplyDeleteI love this book as well. Pete the Cat books engage the children and draw their attention. This book teaches them basic subtraction and recognition of quantity.
ReplyDeleteI like this book very much. Last year we played the book video a lot for our first graders. We used it during math and literacy and the kids loved it. Not only does it help students learning things like subtraction and colors but also ,as you stated in your summary, has a good message at the end; "At the end of the day materials things are not important, so we do cry for them".......
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