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 Pima math 147 March 12, 2005
Crystal Burnette (tucson, az)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I read this book to a 4th grader. She loved the book. She thought the riddles were funny and we solved them together. I loved that the different ways to solve the riddle are in the back of the book. We would read the riddle together, talk about the answer, and then look at the different ways we could have solved it. This was a fabulous book! The riddles are clever, and cute and its a great way to challenge kids to think creatively!
 PCC Student Review March 11, 2005
SomeGuyInTucson (Tucson, Arizona)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My audience was a nephew who is currently in the 4th grade. Overall he found the book to be visually appealing and easy to follow. The math involved in the book seemed to be below his level of math comprehension as he was able to correctly and quickly see the patterns of the shapes and was able to come up with various way to find the correct answer. The patterns became easily visible to him, but only after one or two examples were done, from there on out he breezed through it. The rhymes placed a smile upon his face and I was asked to read the book one more time. Perhaps this book was a little above him, but for the target school year group of 1-4, its not at all bad to aid children in conceptualizing a typical problem in a different manner to ease solution finding.
 MAT 146 Review April 21, 2004
Patricia (Tucson, AZ)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
(...) 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.
The Grapes of Math: A New Way of Counting April 21, 2004
Kelly Morgan (Tucson, Arizona)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
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.
MAT 146 Review April 20, 2004
Patricia (Tucson, AZ)
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
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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