88 POUNDS OF TOMATOES
Author: Cindy Neuschwander
Illustrator: Terry Sirrell
Number of pages: 39
Publisher: Scholastic (USA) First published in: 2001 Format: Picturebook Is the mathematical focus explicit in the story? Yes Is this story part of a mathematics story series? Yes (Hello Math Reader) Preview and/or purchase this book on the Amazon websites: UK, USA, AUS, CAN Synopsis by the author/publisher
88 Pounds of Tomatoes is a story about two friends that use a tomato plant to learn about measuring time, height, and weight. Helping students to see how numbers are used in different situations and motivating them to reason numerically. |
“"That's 50 pounds of tomatoes," I say. "If we have 88 pounds of tomatoes from the Wonder Plant, we can use 50 pounds for the spaghetti sauce and still have 38 pounds of tomatoes left over."”
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6+ years old
Relevant mathematics topics:
Addition & Subtraction; Mass, Volume & Capacity; Time telling & Days of the week
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Recommended age range:
6+ years old
Relevant mathematics topics:
Addition & Subtraction; Mass, Volume & Capacity; Time telling & Days of the week
Possible teaching activities:
At MathsThroughStories.org, we believe that stories can be meaningfully incorporated in mathematics teaching in different ways. Thus, we are inviting you to share your experience of how you have used this story in your mathematics lesson with other members of the community. By sharing your experience with us, you will be added to our team of On-line Contributors here, where you can also find our submission guideline.