Posted By: Shelly Silverstein
Title: Benny’s Pennies
Author: Pat Brisson
Illustrator: Bob Barner
Recommended Grade Level: Kindergarten-2nd
Common Core Mathematics Standards:
Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in
more than one way, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each
decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 5 = 2 + 3 and 5 = 4 + 1).
Fluently add and subtract within 5.
Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word
problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together,
taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using
objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to
represent the problem.
Summary:
This is a very sweet story about a young boy named Benny
McBride, who is given 5 pennies to buy whatever he wants with. He is unsure
what to buy and asks his family, including his dog and cat what to buy. His mom
says to buy something beautiful, his brother says to buy something god to eat,
his sister suggests he buy something nice to wear, while he dog says “woof
woof” and cat says “meow!”. Benny goes out the next morning to spend his money.
Each page recites every item bought in sequence as well as how much money is
left after each item is bought.
When Benny arrives home, he gives the items bought
to his family and they are all very pleased since Benny followed their requests
and has surprisingly chosen to give them to his family instead of keeping the
items which he bought with his own pennies for himself.
Rating: ****
I really liked this book because it is a very sweet and
simple story and it is a great springboard for teaching multiple math concepts.
The repetition and flow of this book allows for students to truly grasp the
different concepts being taught.
Classroom Ideas:
This book is wonderful for aiding young children in
grasping early number concepts. This book is a great introduction for teaching
concepts such as value of a penny, subtraction, addition, and sequencing. Since
multiple concepts can be taught from this book for multiple grade levels, I came
up with an activity for 2 grade levels.
For K-1st Grade, each student will be given a paper piggy
bank and 5 manipulative pennies. Kids will start with 5 pennies in their bank
and the teacher will keep asking them to remove a penny, after each removal,
the teacher will ask how many pennies are left. This gives students a chance to
visually see the value of a penny as one as well as, the beginning of
subtraction. They start to conceptualize subtraction.
For older kids in 2nd Grade, students will follow the
sequence of the book to learn subtraction and addition of multiple numbers
using money. Students will be asked to write their own version of the book.
They will list five of their favorite things and how much each item costs (up
to a 2-digit number). They will then be asked to add up each item and come up
with a total cost. Then they will be asked to “return” an item, how much money
would you have left? This will help students conceptualize adding up to five
2-digit numbers and then subtracting from the total.
Using a 5 or 10 frame would also be a great activity for
K, 1st and 2nd Grades.
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