Jelly Beans for Sale
Jelly Beans for Sale by Bruce McMillan
Genre: Math
This simple book uses jelly beans to help young mathematicians learn to count change ... and what's more popular with these young mathermaticians than candy? There are very few words in the book--just bright, colorful pictures of kids eating jelly beans, and equations showing how many pennies, nickels, dimes, or quarters one might pay for jelly beans (assuming beans cost a penny each). The book doesn't strike me as particularly inspired, but it does strike me as particularly useful and practical.
Lesson idea: the book premise seems like a lesson idea in and of itself. Students could be allotted play currency and use it to buy jelly beans from other students. Simple and effective!
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Genre: MathThis simple book uses jelly beans to help young mathematicians learn to count change ... and what's more popular with these young mathermaticians than candy? There are very few words in the book--just bright, colorful pictures of kids eating jelly beans, and equations showing how many pennies, nickels, dimes, or quarters one might pay for jelly beans (assuming beans cost a penny each). The book doesn't strike me as particularly inspired, but it does strike me as particularly useful and practical.
Lesson idea: the book premise seems like a lesson idea in and of itself. Students could be allotted play currency and use it to buy jelly beans from other students. Simple and effective!
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