Animal Antics

Book Title: Animal Antics

Author: Neil Griffiths

Mathematical Concepts and Language:

• 1:1 correspondence
• counting
• adding
• measurement
• problem solving

Questioning:

Before:

• What math do you see?
• What math questions can we ask when we look at different pictures?

During:

• On any page: use prompting questions to discuss the mathematics in the different images (questions about quantity, size, how many, patterns)
• How many birds are there in all?
• Do more birds have their feathers open or closed?
• What else do you see?

After:

• What other math do you see?

Extensions/Provocations (Small Group, Learning Centres, Whole Group, Transitions): 

• Educators can record the questions that students formulate and document their discussions on each page.
• Prompt: could you add another page to this book? (then discuss the math in their pictures/pages)
• Small Group: come up with questions to ask others about mathematics pictures (from book or stock photos)