The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
This Children's picture book is about a little caterpillar that seems to always be hungry! on the first day he eats 1 apple and is still hungry. So on the 2nd day he eats 2 pears and is still hungry. Every day he eats one more thing then he did before because he never seems to be able to get rid of his hunger. Then one day he turns into a marvelous butterfly.
This book is a perfect example of linear growth because every day what the caterpillar eats grows by the same amount of 1. On the first day he eats 1 on the 2nd day he eats 2 and on the 3rd day he eats 3. This sequence continues until he finally becomes a caterpillar. This pattern could be shown in linear function of y=1x+1 because he starts on the 1st day which is the Y intercept then the slope is 1 since he is eating one more thing every day. This book does a great job at explaining the concept of linear growth. Literature is a great way to teach math because it is a easy way for childreno understand more complicated concepts. Stories are a lot easier to grasp then concepts. By teaching math through literature it is also much easier to fully understand how the mathematical concepts are applied in real life.
love this book and how effective it is in explaining linear growth.
ReplyDeleteI was very close to using this book for my own blog however I struggled to find a connection to the math ideas we were presented. You did a great job relating linear growth to the childrens story though !
ReplyDeletei read this book all he time when i was little! i agree that it does a great job of explaining linear growth in a way that appeals to little kids
ReplyDeleteI really like the example in this book! You did a good job explaining the math concept that was shown and you really dug deep into the story to find what the lesson was that was taught.
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ReplyDeletenice job of showing linear growth with a non-math children's book. also, i like your last paragraph where you say that literature helps to understand math concepts in real life.
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