Lemonade
in Winter: A Book About Two Kids Counting Money
Posted
by Maryemy Baez
Written
by: Emily Jenkins
Illustrated
by: G. Brian Karas
Grade
level: Kindergarten through 2nd Grade
CCSSM
Standards:
Count to 100 by ones and by
tens.
Count forward beginning from a given number within the known
sequence (instead of having to begin at 1).
Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities;
connect counting to cardinality.
Understand that the last number name said tells the number of
objects counted. The number of objects is the same regardless of their
arrangement or the order in which they were counted.
Count to answer "how many?" questions about as many as
20 things arranged in a line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as
10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1-20, count out
that many objects.
Identify whether the number
of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of
objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies.1
Use addition and
subtraction within 20 to solve word problems involving situations of adding to,
taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in
all positions, e.g., by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol
for the unknown number to represent the problem.1
Apply properties of
operations as strategies to add and subtract.2 Examples: If 8 + 3 = 11 is
known, then 3 + 8 = 11 is also known. (Commutative property of addition.) To
add 2 + 6 + 4, the second two numbers can be added to make a ten, so 2 + 6 + 4
= 2 + 10 = 12. (Associative property of addition.)
Relate counting to addition and subtraction (e.g., by counting on 2 to add 2).
Use addition and
subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems involving situations
of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with
unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol
for the unknown number to represent the problem.1
Fluently add and subtract
within 20 using mental strategies.2 By end of Grade 2, know from memory all
sums of two one-digit numbers.
Use addition to find the
total number of objects arranged in rectangular arrays with up to 5 rows and up
to 5 columns; write an equation to express the total as a sum of equal addends.
Fluently add and subtract
within 100 using strategies based on place value, properties of operations,
and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.MD.C.8
Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately. Example: If you have 2 dimes and 3 pennies, how many cents do you have?
Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately. Example: If you have 2 dimes and 3 pennies, how many cents do you have?
Summary:
This book is about two
siblings Pauline and John-John and their determination to make a lemonade stand
in the winter. They go about and sell lemonade and limeade—and also
lemon-limeade to different customers walking by. On this silly and cold
adventure, the children collect their quarters and learn how to count coins as they
sell lots of lemonade along the way, with their lemonade stand, within a
snowstorm.
I give this book
a rating of 4 stars out of five. I think it’s a great book that introduces the
concept of counting money to younger learners. It also introduces real life
experiences that children could relate to and apply to their lives. Pauline and
John-John collect their quarters, go and buy ingredients from the corner store
for their lemonade stand. I also really liked the book because it’s a good
introduction to the face value of coins (e.g. 1 quarter=25 cents, 1 penny = 1
cent, 1 dime =10 cents, 1 nickel =5 cents). I think the book overall was
visually engaging for children and the concept of the book would be appealing
for all children in these grade levels (e.g. Making their own lemonade stand). The
story had a catchy tune that was repeated throughout the story which read as
follows, “Lemon lemon LIME, Lemon lemon LIME, lemon LEMONADE! All that it will
cost ya? Fifty cents a cup! All that it will cost ya? Fifty cents a cup!” I
think this would be a great way to keep the children engaged and keep their
interest throughout the story by having them chant the catchy tune while the
teacher reads along.
Classroom Ideas:
- One great idea would be to make our own classroom
lemonade stand and have the children figure out how much money they would
need to buy a lemonade that cost 50 cents a cup or 25 cents a cup. The children could use different coins to represent each amounts ( e.g. 2 quarters= 50 cents, 1 quarter, 2 dimes, and 1 nickel= 50 cents.)
- Another idea could be making our own grocery store
where the children use different coins in order to buy the ingredients for
the lemonade stand (lemons, limes, sugar, and ice). For example, the
teacher could ask the students, how much would it cost to buy 4 lemons if
they each cost 10 cents? Another math problem that can be integrated would
be, if a bag of sugar cost $1.00, you need to buy two bags of sugar, and you
have $4.00, how much money would you have left? This is a great book to
introduce word problems.
- Another great idea would be to group the cups of
lemonade sold at 25 cents a cup and find the total, then group the cups of
lemonade sold at 50 cents a cup and later have the children figure out the
grand total of cups of lemonade sold. See example below.
- This is also a great book to use to introduce the face value of different coins for younger learners in the earlier grades. They could readily identify the different coins and their corresponding values (e.g. A quarter = 25 cents). The book also depicts some characteristics of the different coins which the teacher could discuss with the children in class.
- This is also a great book for counting by ones using pennies up to one hundred.
Hello Maryemy,
ReplyDeleteThe day of the Book Club presentations, I was fascinated with your book; there are so many math topics on this book that can be taught from kindergarten to second grade. The story is engaging and the illustrations caught the attention of the reader. Some of the topics that came to my mind the day you read the book to me first of all obviously counting money, addition, subtraction, categorizing, sorting, understanding positive and negative integers, fractions, etc. the book is also culturally sensitive because characters are racially diverse. Looking at your blog, I noticed you included a great list of the Common Core Standards that this book covers which I think its great because you give a insight of the range of math topics covered by this book. I also like that the book is about real life experience that children can relate to it. Your classroom ideas are great! I also though of the idea of making a classroom stand to sell inside the class or during lunch to practice counting money, probability (how much money is needed), addition, subtraction, etc. I just wonder what was the reason you gave the book four out of five.