Grandfather Tangs Story

Posted on 03 January 2018 by Ann Tompert

Illus in full color Drawing on a Chinese form of storytelling with sevenshapes cut from a square of paper, Tompert recounts the tale of two foxfairies Parker s pen and watercolor art adds drama, while the tangram insetswill motivate children to try their own versions Ingenious Bulletin, Center for Children s Books. New Read [ Grandfather Tangs Story ] Author [ Ann Tompert ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Used as a literature connection for second grade math, as a way to introduce tangrams Our curriculum included paper tangram pictures for the students to create using manipulatives tangram shapes This w...This book contains a story within a story Little Soo is sitting with her grandfather under a tree, and they each have a set of tangrams The each make a fox out of their tangrams, and then the grandfather tells a story about the fox friends In the story the foxes keep changing their forms into other animals, and they keep trying to outdo the other The story becomes one of survival as the creatures try to eat each other, but in the end both of them return to their fox shapes and continue their This book contains a story within a story Little Soo is sitting with her grandfather under a tree, and they each have a set of tangrams The each make a fox out of their tan...I can t believe I hadn t read this book before considering I love tangrams and other puzzles In fact, I m sure this was a reread and I had just forgotten to include it on my blog and Goodreads feed A grandfather and his granddaughter spend an afternoon playing tangrams and he uses the pieces to tell a story about a couple of playful fox fairies who shapeshift into different creatures with corresponding tangram set up But it s not all fun and games when the foxes encounter an unexpected dan I can t believe I hadn t read this book before considering I love tangrams and other puzzles In fact, I m sure this was a reread and I had just forgotten to include it on my blog and Goodre...This has lots of words, and I think the experience would gain a lot from going through the story with two sets of tangrams and making the shapes as the creatures transform The last page uses three sets, but for the rest two is enough The frame story is sweet and familial, and the story inside...A really fun picture book to read along if you have a few sets of tangrams The kids and I raced to make the tangram pictures as I read the book to them A nice way to incorporate different types of learning into our story time.I used the book with my first graders for a unit on tangrams I liked how the tangram pictures are incorporated I also liked how there would be clues about what the next animal would be The students loved shouting out what would be next.Good book to read before playing with tangramsUses tangram shapes to tell the story.Tanagram is the use of seven pieces of triangles arranged in different shapes Great use of the geometric tools in story telling.This book is has an amazing story line I love the use of incorporating math tangrams into the story This book can be used in an elementary classroom with individual station where the child can attempt to make the shapes on the pages.

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03 January 2018

Ann Tompert