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Algebraic Thinking
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1-Together and Apart
2-Collecting and Sorting
3-Plotting and Growing
4-Signs and Symbols
5-Steps and Distance
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Literature List

Developing Algebraic Thinking with Patterns and Data

Second Grade: Collecting and Sorting

March 2006

Books similar to the following can be used with the lessons in the second grade kit.

Algebra Lessons

Engage Phase of the Learning Cycle

Hannah’s Collections by Martha Jocelyn

Over in the Meadow by Ezra Jack Keats

Miss Mary Mack: A Hand-Clapping Rhyme by Mary Ann Hoberman

Apply Phase of the Learning Cycle

What Comes in 2’s, 3’s, & 4’s? by Suzanne Aker

Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews

Two of Everything: A Chinese Folktale by Lily Toy Hong

So Many Cats! by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers

Each Orange Had 8 Slices by Paul Giganti, Jr.

Data Analysis Lessons

Engage Phase of the Learning Cycle

Shoes by Elizabeth Winthrop

Guess Who My Favorite Person Is by Byrd Baylor

Apply Phase of the Learning Cycle

The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flourney and Jerry Pinkney

The Button Box by Margarette S. Reid

Daley B by Jon Blake

Cactus Hotel by Brenda Guiberson