THE CASE OF THE MISSING BIRTHDAY PARTY
Author: Joanne Rocklin
Illustrator: John Speirs
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Number of pages: 48
Publisher: Scholastic (USA) First published in: 1996 Format: Picturebook Is the mathematical focus explicit in the story? Yes Is this story part of a mathematics story series? Yes (Hello Math Reader) Click here to preview and/or purchase this book via the Amazon (UK) website Synopsis by the author/publisher
Pauline is all dressed up to go to a birthday party, but her hamster chewed up the invitation. The only scrap left contains the number five, so she calls on her neighbor Liz the Whiz to track down the address using this clue--and her expert place value skills. |
“I grab the invitation. "Look!" I shout. "Your sweet hamster Spotty chewed holes all over this invitation! The party is not at 5 Twig Street. I'll bet Nick's address has two digits."”
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7 years old +
Relevant mathematics topics:
Place Value
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Recommended age range:
7 years old +
Relevant mathematics topics:
Place Value
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.
