Title – Full House An Invitation to Fractions
Author- Dayle Ann Dodds
Illustrator- Abby Carter
Recommended Level- 3rd Grade
CCSSM Content Standards-
CCSS.Math.Content.3.NF.A.1
Summary- In the Strawberry Inn Ms. Bloom has 6 rooms. In our story she begins the story with a empty house. One of the rooms belongs to her and 5 others she gives to her guest. As the day goes on she has some very interesting guest come in and fill each room and we are introduced to fractions by 1/6, 2/6, 3/6 ect... Once the house is full and they all sit down to dinner where they find out that Ms. Bloom has baked a cake and everyone wants a piece. In the middle of the night Ms. Blooms realizes that there is something wrong in her inn and when she goes downstairs she discovers that her guest have equally divided her cake into 6 pieces. They all sit and enjoy an equal amount of the cake and realize that there is always enough for every one in the inn.
Rating- 4 out of 5: I rate this book a 4 out of five because it has a great story and a wonderful introduction to how fractions are equal parts of a whole fraction. It shows and demonstrates how fractions can be divided up but that they are a greater part of a whole product.
Classroom Ideas/ Lesson Ideas –
This book can be used when introducing how fractions can be divided from a whole to equal parts. The story is a fun way of an introduction of fractions. You can also make a connection to rhyming words as the story makes a connection with English language arts and rhyming words.
I loved your book because I feel that fractions is one of the most important topics in the early years of students. By reading this book its an amazing way to introduce the topic. I loved your classroom idea because its very engaging and fun. You can even make a song out the story as well.
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