The Great Divide

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In this crafty story of a cross country race, numerical division accounts for the narrowing of the field All lessons should be this gratifying PUBLISHERS WEEKLY starred review Bang goes the gun The race is on.Eighty racers explode from the starting gate, determined to win The Great Divide They surge ahead, rushing toward OH NO the wide hungry mouth of a grand canyon that claims half the racers And this is only the beginning More dangers lie ahead, waiting to divide the group once, twice, three times, and Will there be anyone left to cross the finish line Best Download eBook The Great Divide Author Dayle Ann Dodds – kino-fada.fr Who this book would be for 1st 5thActivity Dividing have students use manipulatives to use while you read the bookReflection I really like how this book uses the idea of a race and its participants I m sure all students have been in a large group or race so they would be able to relate this book to a prior experience The first division problem is when 80 cyclist come to a divide in the road where half must go left while the others go left The students have to figure out what half of 80 is Who this book would be for 1st 5thActivity Dividing have students use manipulatives to use while you read the bookReflection I really like how this bo...This book is a very cute story about division I really enjoyed the author s word choice and all of the action throughout the book I would use this story as a way to introduce the concept of division or even as a way to review division word problems with older kids The whole book is essentially one long word problem, but I think kids would enjoy it They could even break into groups and work out the math to see if t...Good book to use when teaching halves and division Starts from the number 80 then divides into halves til their is one left I think the idea of this book was pretty cute I didn t really like the illustrations as much though for some reason I think the c...This is a great book to introduce a division lesson to a class Integrated lessons are great ideas for the classroom, and the children may get engaged in a subject they would typically not enjoy This book also mentions left, right, north, south, east, and...This book shows how diving up groups of people will eventually lead to just one person left After reading the book, I would have the students do and experiment with dividing people I would take all the students to one side of the room and then ask them to follow me...Looking for a book about dividing into halves This is the book for you The Great Divide starts out with 80 racers and ends with one prevailing winner It can easily be used in a lesson on dividing and making equal g...Great for introducing division to 1st through 3rd grade students.Story about a race and the mishaps that cause the number of contestants to continually be reduced.Good illustrations good to use with math manipulatives.Teaches basic division properties.Representing division Use with caution Not a read aloud story but use to present the math ideasThis book is ideal for teaching division to students It is repeated subtraction taking away half of the remaining group each time.It would be good to use this book for a lesson in division and remainders The illustrations could be a little confusing, but some do show the concept of division.

The Great Divide
  • English
  • 14 October 2018
  • Paperback
  • 32 pages
  • 0763615927
  • Dayle Ann Dodds
  • The Great Divide