{"id":215,"date":"2008-09-04T12:39:37","date_gmt":"2008-09-04T17:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/215"},"modified":"2008-09-04T12:39:37","modified_gmt":"2008-09-04T17:39:37","slug":"teaching-processes-skills-with-childrens-literature-inchworm-and-a-half","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2008\/09\/04\/teaching-processes-skills-with-childrens-literature-inchworm-and-a-half\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Processes Skills with Children’s Literature: Inchworm and A Half"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Elinor J. Pinczes' book Inchworm and A Half<\/a> takes the reader on a day in the life of an inchworm who loves to measure different objects in the garden.\u00a0 Along the way, the inchworm realizes that every object in the garden is not an exact inch and he needs help.\u00a0 The illustrations by Randall Enos are very lively and make it easy for the reader to visualize the inch, half-inch, third-inch, and quarter-inch in comparison to the objects being measured.<\/p>\n

This book by Elinor Pinczes walks the reader through the daily activities of an inchworm loves to measure different objects.\u00a0 He spends his days measuring fruit, vegetables, and leaves.\u00a0 However, when the inchworm begins to measure a cucumber he realizes that the cucumber is a little more than two inches, but not quite three.\u00a0 "My measurement's off just a bit. One, two, nearly three! How could this be?… (6)" The inchworm meets a smaller worm as he falls off the leaf that was attached to the cucumber.\u00a0 After a few minutes of discussion, the smaller worm yelps, "I'm a fraction, that length should be easy for me (10)."\u00a0 The smaller worm realizes that he is half the size of the inchworm and that he would fit perfectly on the end of the cucumber.\u00a0 Every one loop the inchworm made, the half-inch worm made two and they continued through the garden (16).\u00a0 However, the tandem came across another object- a carrot- that they were not able to measure.\u00a0 Luckily, a smaller worm than the half-inch arrived and he announced that he was one-third of an inch.\u00a0 The team received a new member and continued on their way, measuring everything they came across.\u00a0 However, another object- this time being a tomato- that they were not able to fully measure appeared.\u00a0 The three worms were astonished that something was smaller than one-third of an inch.\u00a0 Yet again, the day was saved by another worm in the area who just happened to be one-fourth of an inch.\u00a0 The four worms were ready to take on the world.<\/p>\n

Curriculum Connections<\/strong>
\nThis book can help students view objects in everyday life as measuring tools.\u00a0 Instead of just using a ruler, yard stick, or meter stick, children may think to use a pencil, pen, or piece of paper to calculate the length of an object.\u00a0 This book can create a new prospect for children and help them see more in an object than there appears to be.\u00a0 This book will meet the requirements for the SOLs K.1f, 1.1e, and 2.1e.\u00a0 The kindergarten and the first-grade SOLs require students to use non-standard object to measure objects.\u00a0 The second-grade SOL requires students to learn the standard English units.<\/p>\n

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