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Through this newsletter, we hope to keep you informed on upcoming Carnegie Library events, introduce fun books and provide resources for use in your classroom.
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Books for Math Enthusiasts:
Mitsumasa Anno  Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar
authors: Masaichiro Anno, Mitsumasa Anno
illustrator: Mitsumasa Anno
What's in the jar? Students take on the challenge of multiplication - specifically, factorials. Inside the jar is an ocean with 1 island. On the island are 2 countries. In each country are 3 mountains. So continues the pattern until students find themselves
multiplying up to 3,628,800 items!
Grades 3-6
 Anno's Counting Book
author/illustrator: Mitsumasa Anno
A book for the youngsters - this counting story follows the development of a small village. Each page has one more of everything (people, trees, houses, etc.) than the previous page, starting with only 1 and ending with 12. As a bonus, the counting numbers also correspond with the months of the year, allowing children to observe seasonal changes of the landscape. PreK-Kindergarten
 author/illustrator: Mitsumasa Anno
Jack discovers that a plant grown from 1 seed yields 2 seeds. Each year, his crop expands, but is sometimes decreased by various types of setbacks. The challenge is keeping up with this book-length word problem using a combination of multiplication, addition, and subtraction. Make careful calculations, and you may be able to answer the final question.
Grades 3-5 |
Tech Resources: My StoryMaker My StoryMaker is a handy piece of online software that allows a user to construct story frames by selecting from a collection of characters, settings, and items.  Characters, such as genies, mermaids, ghosts, and pirates, can be made to interact with items and other characters. In fact, when the author manipulates the scene and causes such interactions, bits of the story are automatically written.  The user decides which text to keep and can add any additional text if desired, freely editing a story that can expand to be over 50 pages long! Upon completion, the story can be printed or saved for later. To use My StoryMaker for free, click here. ( http://www.clpgh.org/kids/storymaker/) |
| Other Books We Like K-1  Time to Eat author: Robin Page, Steve Jenkins
illustrator: Steve Jenkins Did you know that a baby whale drinks so much milk, it can gain 200 pounds in just one day? Time to Eat introduces a handful of animals that have interesting methods for finding and eating their food.
 2-3
author: Margaree King Mitchell illustrator: James Ransome
An eight-year-old girl accompanies her grandmother on a singing tour of the segregated South, both of them knowing that Grandmama's songs have the power to bring people together. 4-5  author: Mark Cassino, John Nelsonphotographer: Mark Cassino illustrator: Nora Aoyagi
This book features photos of beautifully diverse snow crystals and explains how they are formed into different shapes. It also includes instructions for catching snow crystals. |
| | | The BLAST program has been so fortunate to have your support! Whether you've shown it through positive evaluations, letters of support or simply by regularly scheduling us to visit your school - thank you! Since BLAST is dependent on library funding, we would also like to thank those of you who support the library. For more information on how you can help, visit our Advocacy Page.
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Sincerely,
Bonny Yeager, Andy Yeung and Dani Boyd
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh blast@carnegielibrary.org |
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