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Summary: MAT 146 Review
Review: (...) I read The Grapes of Math to a resource room class, during their math hour. The kids thought that the riddles were silly, but did not really understand the concept, that the riddles had answers to them. There were grade levels first through fifth in the class. I think that the kids would have enjoyed the book more if they were up to speed with the math terms in the book. When I was reading the book, I had to stop and explain the math vocabulary for reach riddle. I enjoyed the book, but I would use it for an older set of students.
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Summary: MAT 146 Review
Review: (...) I read The Grapes of Math to a resource room class, during their math hour. The kids thought that the riddles were silly, but did not really understand the concept, that the riddles had answers to them. There were grade levels first through fifth in the class. I think that the kids would have enjoyed the book more if they were up to speed with the math terms in the book. When I was reading the book, I had to stop and explain the math vocabulary for reach riddle. I enjoyed the book, but I would use it for an older set of students.
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Summary: MAT 146 Review
Review: I am a Pima College student, majoring in Elementary Education. I read The Grapes of Math, to a resource room class, during their math hour. The students in the class were grade first through fifth. The kids thought that the riddles were silly, but did not understand that they were supposed to answer the riddles. Most of the students were not familiar with the math terms that were used in the book, and I had to explain the vocab to them for each riddle. I really enjoyed the book, but I would recommend that it be used for 5th or 6th grade classrooms.
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Summary: MAT 146 Review
Review: I am a Pima College student, majoring in Elementary Education. I read The Grapes of Math, to a resource room class, during their math hour. The students in the class were grade first through fifth. The kids thought that the riddles were silly, but did not understand that they were supposed to answer the riddles. Most of the students were not familiar with the math terms that were used in the book, and I had to explain the vocab to them for each riddle. I really enjoyed the book, but I would recommend that it be used for 5th or 6th grade classrooms.
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Summary: The Grapes of Math: A New Way of Counting
Review: I am currently a student at Pima Community College in Tucson, Arizona. I read this book to a third grade student and she loved it! The Grapes of Math has wonderful bright colored pictures that are great for kids as well as rhyming which is fun for them. Each page in the book gives different math problems dealing with animals, food, and everyday objects that make it easier for kids to relate to. The book helps gives students hints on different ways of counting.Instead of counting items one by one, the book gives examples of how to group and pair items together. The pictures in the book helped my student to visualize the groupings and it made it much easier for her to figure out the problems in the book. What is also great about this book is that at the end of the book, the author gave the answers to the math problems in the book and ways to explain how to do them. I reccommed this book for elementary age students.
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Summary: The Grapes of Math: A New Way of Counting
Review: I am currently a student at Pima Community College in Tucson, Arizona. I read this book to a third grade student and she loved it! The Grapes of Math has wonderful bright colored pictures that are great for kids as well as rhyming which is fun for them. Each page in the book gives different math problems dealing with animals, food, and everyday objects that make it easier for kids to relate to. The book helps gives students hints on different ways of counting.Instead of counting items one by one, the book gives examples of how to group and pair items together. The pictures in the book helped my student to visualize the groupings and it made it much easier for her to figure out the problems in the book. What is also great about this book is that at the end of the book, the author gave the answers to the math problems in the book and ways to explain how to do them. I reccommed this book for elementary age students.
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Summary: the grapes of math
Review: The Grapes of Math targets elementary students around the ages of 8-12, yet can be used in a simpler way with even younger children as an introduction to counting. There are sixteen colorful counting problems in the book, which are accompanied by a poem that provides a hint at counting the objects using a different method. Children are instructed not to count individual objects in the regular manner - "1...2...3..." - but rather to open their minds to new ways of perceiving the problems. Readers are encouraged to use creative methods, such as finding patterns, grouping, and using advanced problem-solving skills. These strategies direct students to solve a problem faster and more efficiently, and greatly incorporate the use of addition, subtraction and multiplication.
A teacher could use The Grapes of Math in many ways. One could post a problem each day, or week, on the board for children to solve at the beginning of a math lesson, to get students thinking mathematically, and on a higher level. Instructors could also break a class into pairs or small groups and photocopy the sixteen different problems, passing out a different problem to each pair/group. The children could have an allotted amount of time in which to come up with creative ways to count the objects on the page. After the pair/group has found several ways, they could vote on the most efficient method. Then the students could take turns sharing their solutions with the class. Furthermore, a teacher could share the book with his/her class, taking suggestions for the various problems and solving as a whole-class group. As a follow-up activity, children could design their own "counting problems," making colorful pictures with accompanying poetry to give their readers hints - such as the layout of The Grapes of Math. Then the children could trade with a partner and solve their partners' work.
I would highly recommend The Grapes of Math to future teachers. There are so many ways to implement this book, and it helps children who are learning multiplication a great deal. I enjoy the pictures, the poems, the creative solutions, and the challenges! I whole-heartedly rate this 5 STARS!
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Summary: Yes! Math is FUN!
Review: This book delivers as advertised. The riddles are clever. On each page, you are supposed to count a certain item within an illustration. The riddles give hints as to how to count them the easiest way. Each page has it's own problem. A clear answer key/diagram is in the back of the book. Some knowledge of multiplication is necessary. But a child just beginning to multiply could see the benefits of learning their times tables so that they could solve the riddles in the Grapes of Math.
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Summary: Grapes of Math
Review: This book is a collection of 16 illustrated poems. In the back are the complete solutions. Most of the riddles deal with the repeated addition style of multiplication, but with a twist. In an array of five rows and five columns, there may be three missing. So, in order to find the total of 22 quickly, the student is guided to multiply five times five and then subtract the three missing ones.The rhymes are catchy with the question in a different color font to help students when learning to decipher word problems. There is also a tip to the mental math solution following the question. The goal of this book is assisting students in learning to manipulate groups of objects in their mind. I would suggest using a few poems as examples with real manipulatives and demonstrating to students how and why the solution can be found mentally. Read the solution along with them and physically move objects to show how they can multiply and then add or subtract, or even regroup objects. When students begin to catch on, invite them to try some more from the book, and write out the solutions before checking their answers. Advanced students may even want to create their own puzzles and illustrations. As an extra challenge, they can write the poems to go along with it. All of Tang's poems are written in couplets and this has the potential for being a good integration with language arts. Why 5 stars?:
Tang has crafted a wonderful set of thinking exercises for students to explore mathematical properties through the use of patterns. By practicing with these poems, hopefully they will change the way in which they "see" difficult problems and be able to visualize in a way that makes sense to them.
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Summary: Grapes of Math
Review: This book is a collection of 16 illustrated poems. In the back are the complete solutions. Most of the riddles deal with the repeated addition style of multiplication, but with a twist. In an array of five rows and five columns, there may be three missing. So, in order to find the total of 22 quickly, the student is guided to multiply five times five and then subtract the three missing ones. The rhymes are catchy with the question in a different color font to help students when learning to decipher word problems. There is also a tip to the mental math solution following the question. The goal of this book is assisting students in learning to manipulate groups of objects in their mind. I would suggest using a few poems as examples with real manipulatives and demonstrating to students how and why the solution can be found mentally. Read the solution along with them and physically move objects to show how they can multiply and then add or subtract, or even regroup objects. When students begin to catch on, invite them to try some more from the book, and write out the solutions before checking their answers. Advanced students may even want to create their own puzzles and illustrations. As an extra challenge, they can write the poems to go along with it. All of Tang's poems are written in couplets and this has the potential for being a good integration with language arts. Why 5 stars?:
Tang has crafted a wonderful set of thinking exercises for students to explore mathematical properties through the use of patterns. By practicing with these poems, hopefully they will change the way in which they "see" difficult problems and be able to visualize in a way that makes sense to them.
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