The Doorbell Rang

The Doorbell Rang

blog by Sofia Sinanovic

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title: The Doorbell Rang

Author: Pat Hutchins

 

Recommended Grade Level: K-3

 

Common Core Standards Addressed:

Mathematics- Grade 3 Operations & Algebraic Thinking 3.0A Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division.

Students will be able to divide evenly small numbers and learn problem solving.

Summary:

The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins is a fun book about a mom and her children who are about to enjoy a homeamde snack. “Ma” has made 12 delicious cookies for her two children. The plan is to split the cookies evenly between them, leaving each child with six cookies. However, just as the children split the cookies, The Doorbell Rings. Some friends arrive and the cookies are split amongst all of the children. The Doorbell Rings yet again and it continues to do so. Each time the doorbell rings a new person walks in and results in more sharing. This book is great for a math lesson because it involves dividing and multiplying, the children and the cookies.

 

Rating:  5 stars

 

 

 

I really enjoyed this book. Its so cute and cultivates sharing in your classroom environment. The book introduces patterns, division, and multiplication in an interesting and engaging way. I would use this in kindergarten, or up to 3^rd grade. Lessons could be modified and adjusted to suit different ability levels.

 

Classroom Ideas:

This book would be a great tool in a math lesson. It involves patterns, problem solving, computation, multiplication, and division. Something I would do as I read this book to a class is begin teaching data gathering skills. The story is full of visual and verbal patterns. The number of cookies per child changes each time The Doorbell Rings. The students can keep track of how many cookies Ma bakes and how many children arrive. In a lesson, a teacher can make a chart as she reads, to keep track of the cookies and children. Another idea would be using edible manipulatives (cookies, M&Ms) to divide amongst the class, mimicking the idea in the book.