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Animals on Board
by Stuart J. Murphy
Anno's Counting Book
Eleven truck drivers deliver thirty-nine animals and the top of a merry-go-round ride. Add up the tigers, swans, frogs, horses, and pandas as they pass by.
Resources for Animals on Board:
Full Book Review (English)
Full Book Review (Spanish)
Brief Book Review (English)
Brief Book Review (Spanish)
Where are all the animals going?
Math Connections:
Addition Equations
Activities to Do Together:
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Talk about how the numbers, addition signs, and equal signs represent what is happening in the pictures of this story.
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Talk about what it means to be equal.
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Make your own addition equations. For example, if you have three crayons and four pencils write an equation to show how many objects you have, 3 + 4 = 7.
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Explore whether 3 + 4 and 4 + 3 equal the same number.
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Talk about why it is correct to write the pencil and crayon problem both of these ways: 7 = 3 + 4 and 3 + 4 = 7.
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Compare the values of numbers. In this story, five different types of animals were driven to the merry-go-round. Put the number of each type of animal in order from least to greatest.
Extension Questions:
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Find the pages of the story that show two trucks driving five tigers. Why does 3 + 2 = 5 explain what is happening on these pages. What do the 2, 3, and 5 stand for?
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What does it mean when something is equal? What is the purpose of the equal sign in the equation 2 + 3 = 5?
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If 2 + 3 = 5, is it also true that 5 = 3 + 2? Why do you think so? How could you prove you are correct?
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What are some of the different ways that two trucks could be loaded with 10 horses?
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Find the pages that show the trucks taking the pandas to the merry-go-round. Why does 9 + 0 = 9 explain what is happening with the two trucks? What is different about the second truck? What do you think that truck is doing?
Vocabulary for Building Math Concepts:
add, all, another, big, count, eight, finally, five, four, little,
more, nine, one, seven, six, ten, three, two, zero