A Remainder of One

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Hup, two, three, four We re in the 25th Army Corps Queen s count Two, three We are the marching infantry Poor Joe He wants to march in the parade, but every time the lines are uneven, he must stand aside What s a poor bug to do Joe is determined He studies the problem, relining the twenty five bugs in his squadron from two lines to three lines to four lines, until inspiration and fortitude result in five lines of five and Joe fits in the last. Download A Remainder of One author Elinor J. Pinczes – kino-fada.fr This is a fun book with a math lesson about groups of different numbers woven into the tale I love that the little beetle tries several different combinations of groups to find one that will allow him to join the formation After three failed attempts, Joe did not give up, which by itself is a terrific lesson on perseverence and pushing on despite failure We discussed the mathematical principles and the division and multiplication properties of each combination that he tried and I think this w This is a fun book with a math lesson about groups of different numbers woven into the tale I love that the little beetle tries several different combinations of groups to find one that will allow him to join the formation After three failed attempts, Joe did not give up, which by itself is a terrific lesson on perseverence and pushing...A Remainder of One is a story about a bug named Joe who is struggling to fit in with the marching infantry He is constantly the remainder or odd one out of the crowd, which the queen does not fit The book issquared shaped than other picturebooks, and has bright yellow endpages to represent the vibrant determination of Joe The book jacket features a short description of the bug Joe and the problems he encounters in the storyline The illustrations blend well together as they are a pat...This colorful and fun children s book is a creative way to look at a math concept remainders The cover is very colorful and the typeface is unique The end pages are bright yellow which correspond with and represent the lightheartedness of this book The text and the vibrant, bordered illustrations compliment each other nicely and effectively Children will probably enjoy the fact that the story rhymes and has a nice flow to it, and hopefully also understand the educational message this story...I used this book in my third grade placement for my lesson on division with remainders It was the very first time students were introduced to this concept and this book really helped to engage students prior to the lesson I actually incorporated the book in my lesson and had students mimic the story by dividing the unifix cubes ladybugs and make a straight line any unifix cubes that made the line uneven became remainder Joe An alternative can be to use this book for multiplication and stud I used this book in my third g...Good for multiplication factors.Math can be fun I wish I d read this when I was learning about remainders Really cute story and the illustrations woodcuts are so amazing They re so fun to look at and the colors are great.Fun book with a connection to division skills.Used this with my Maths class to introduce the concept of remainders, getting the children to line up in each formation, the writing the relevant number sentence on the board Went down wellJoe the ladybug goes out to find out the real meaning of remainders a soldier for the queen, his group paired into two, except for Joe, because he smelled of poo The queen was disappointed by the odd number of troopers, so she kicked Joe out, and so he was sent packing out and about He had become the remainder, a remainder of one, which for Joe couldn t have been much fun Joe tried to get into line again, now in forms of 3 but no line was free And again that night Joe was left alone, perhap Joe the ladybug goes out to find out the real meaning of remainders a soldier for the queen, his group paired into two, except for Joe, because he smelled of poo The queen was disappointed by the odd number of troopers, so she kicked Joe out, and so he was sent packing out and about He had become the remain...A Remainder of One is a book written all in rhyming verse that introduces some difficult math concepts This book is a visual representation of division that shows when it doesn t divide out perfectly and there is a remainder In this book there are 25 marching soldier bugs marching for the queen and they divide into lines of 2 but there s a remainder of 1 bug marching behind and the queen gets angry So the bugs divide by 3 the next day, but there is still a remainder of 1 and the queen is even A Remainder of One is a book written all in rhyming verse that introduces some difficult math concepts This book is a visual representation of division that shows when it doesn t divide out perfe...

A Remainder of One
  • English
  • 16 January 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 32 pages
  • 0395694558
  • Elinor J. Pinczes
  • A Remainder of One