This Newberry Award and Caldecott Honor book is a great introduction to numbers as well as place value. My mother teaches first grade and reads it each time they begin learning place value vocabulary.
Millions of Cats
Millions of Cats
Author: Wanda Gag - As the oldest of seven children, Wanda Gag's father explained that whatever he couldn't accomplish before he passed away would fall upon Wanda Gag. From there, Wanda Gag inherited her father's love for art and creativity. This love motivated her to become a famous author and illustrator. Wanda Gag
Genre: Nonfiction
Grade Level: K -2
Theme/Skill: Mathematics - Numbers
Brief Synopsis: An older couple is lonely so the husband goes to look for a cat. On the other side of the hill there is hundreds, thousands, millions, billions, trillions of cats.
Pre-Reading Activity: What pets do you have? How many pets do you have? If you don’t have a pet, do you wish you had one? How do you write millions? Thousands? Billions? Trillions? Hundreds? Write these numbers on the board for all to see.
Post-Reading Activity: How many cats did the husband return with? What happened to all the cats? Did the couple get a cat in the end? After brainstorming as a class, students will write in their journals about what they would do with so many cats. Students will also be asked to journal about what they would want millions of.
Gag, W. (1956) Millions
of Cats. New York: Scholastic Inc.
Grades K – 2.
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