Sam Sorts by Marthe Jocelyn (2017)
Every once in a while I find a book that
doesn’t really work for storytime, but works so well for programs and extension
activities (and presumably classroom use) that I just have to include it. Sam
sorts is one of those books. Probably best shared one on one or in small
groups, it’s a wonderful exploration of similarities, differences, sorting,
counting, and grouping. So it’s great for encouraging both early literacy, and
numeracy. Sam’s things are in a messy heap—time to sort them out!
Themes/topics: counting, messes, organization, cleaning
your room, mustaches
Sample text from a page that shows a Venn diagram and the
following spread:
Spider rock joins
the other rocks. Sam’s favorite
rock is the round one. He looks for more round things. Two of the buttons are
exactly the same. What else comes in twos?
Another way Sam
makes a pair is by finding a rhyme. Some things match because they have
stripes. A few have dots or holes. Only one has checks. The snake is striped
AND green...
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