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1+1 Take Away Two!

Author: - Michael Berenstain

Title: - 1+1 Take Away Two!

Illustrator: - Doug Cushman

Publisher: - Western Publishing Company, Inc.

Year: - 1991


Format: - Hardcover

Genre: - Counting Book

Reading Level: - Beginner

Interest Level: - Preschool

Topics: - Math, Counting, Addition, Subtraction


Summary: - Jungle animals come and go, accompanied by addition and subtraction sentences describing the changes.


Extension Activities:

--Act out the addition and subtraction with children in the classroom. This could be done with puppets, stuffed animals, or even having the students dress up.

--Students could draw animal pictures to describe new math sentences that they are given. Inversely, students could be given pictures representing math problems and be required to write the coresponding mathematical equation.