“Lemonade
For Sale” by Stuart J. Murphy is a story about a group of kids who decide to
sell lemonade to earn money for their club. The group of kids wear funny hats
and have a parrot who attracts customers to buy the lemonade. At first the
lemonade sells very well but as the book progresses competition arrives in
town, forcing the kids to reassess their business model. The story has very
cute images and makes the math seem easy and fun. The math in this book is very
simple. The concepts focus on basic tables and graphs. The mathematical
examples in this book are real life situations that happen everyday, which is
good when introducing the subject in this way. It makes kids and regular
individuals more invested in the topic when they realize it can be used in
everyday life.
arianna,
ReplyDeletegood synopsis of the story. a little more explanation about the math concepts would have been great, however, but i like what you said about literature getting learners to be more invested in a topic.
professor little