{"id":1589,"date":"2009-08-31T14:23:11","date_gmt":"2009-08-31T19:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1589"},"modified":"2009-08-31T14:23:11","modified_gmt":"2009-08-31T19:23:11","slug":"teaching-process-skills-with-childrens-literature-the-great-graph-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/08\/31\/teaching-process-skills-with-childrens-literature-the-great-graph-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Process Skills with Children’s Literature: The Great Graph Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Great Graph Contest <\/em><\/a>written and illustrated by Loreen Leedy<\/a> is a colorful children’s book that tells the story of a graph contest between two friends.\u00a0 During the contest a salamander, Beezy, and a frog, Gonk, create different graphs using everday items such as cookies, bathing suits, and rocks while a third friend, Chester the snail, judges.\u00a0 Each time one friend creates a graph, the other tries harder to make a better one.\u00a0 Each graph is judged by creativity, correct math, and neatness showing children how everyday observations can be displayed as graphs.\u00a0 At the end of the book there is a few pages that explain each how each graph was created as well as the type of graph.\u00a0 The use of vivid pictures and unique items allow the children to see that making graphs can be fun and useful.<\/p>\n

Curriculum Connections<\/strong>
\nThis book is designed to work with students on both the introduction of graphs as well creating graphs from observed data.\u00a0 This book can be introduced as young as Kindergarten to introduce tallying all the way up to 4th grade to explore more difficult graphs such as Venn Diagrams. It would be most appropriate for 1st and 2nd grade SOL’s:<\/p>\n