Title: Miss Spider’s Tea Party
Author: David Kirk
Illustrator: David Kirk
Recommended Grade Level: K-2
Common Core Mathematics Standards Addressed:
1.1 Count how many objects are in a set (1-10)
1.2 Count to 10 by 1's
1.3 Identify numerals 1-10
Summary:
Miss Spider really wants to have a tea party. She invites all of her fellow bugs, however each of the creatures seem terribly afraid of Miss Spider. As the bugs are invited the one lonely spider has her invitations declined by 1, then 2, then 3, then 4, then 5, etc, until finally 12 bugs decline and 1 tiny insect agrees. After 10 bugs decline one tiny bug gets recruits all of the bugs to come to a nice tea party of 10 critters, with ten place settings, and ten cups of tea.
Rating: I give this story a good rating for what it is about. The illustrations are very engaging and each page depicts the number of critters that Miss Spider is speaking to. It is a good book for counting to the number 10. It uses words like trio to describe a group of three and uses rhyming words with the number they are describing so that that it really stands out to the students.
Classroom Ideas:
I think it would be a nice idea for the students in the class to create a party for their own ten friends. They could include a list of 5 things they want to have at their party (balloons, slices of cake, juice, etc) and sort out piles of ten for each member of the piles. They would gain experience in counting up to ten and sorting as well as learning how to plan for something which is important as well.
Summary:
Miss Spider really wants to have a tea party. She invites all of her fellow bugs, however each of the creatures seem terribly afraid of Miss Spider. As the bugs are invited the one lonely spider has her invitations declined by 1, then 2, then 3, then 4, then 5, etc, until finally 12 bugs decline and 1 tiny insect agrees. After 10 bugs decline one tiny bug gets recruits all of the bugs to come to a nice tea party of 10 critters, with ten place settings, and ten cups of tea.
Rating: I give this story a good rating for what it is about. The illustrations are very engaging and each page depicts the number of critters that Miss Spider is speaking to. It is a good book for counting to the number 10. It uses words like trio to describe a group of three and uses rhyming words with the number they are describing so that that it really stands out to the students.
Classroom Ideas:
I think it would be a nice idea for the students in the class to create a party for their own ten friends. They could include a list of 5 things they want to have at their party (balloons, slices of cake, juice, etc) and sort out piles of ten for each member of the piles. They would gain experience in counting up to ten and sorting as well as learning how to plan for something which is important as well.
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