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Literature List

Developing Algebraic Thinking with Patterns and Data

Third Grade: Plotting and Growing

March 2006

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

Algebra Lessons

Over in the Meadow by Ezra Jack Keats

Lots and Lots of Zebra Stripes: Patterns in Nature by Stephen Swinburne

Becca Backward Becca Frontward by Bruce McMillan

Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie by Connie Roop and Peter Roop

Six Dinner Sid by Inga Moore

Two of Everything by Lily Toy Hong

Eight Hands Round: A Patchwork Alphabet by Ann Whitford Paul

The Book That Jack Wrote by Jon Scieszka

Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellogg

The Lorax by Dr. Suess

Splash by Ann Jonas

Rooster’s Off to See the World by Eric Carle

Data Analysis Lessons

How Big is a Foot? by Rolf Myller

The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland

The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle

How a Seed Grows by Helene J. Jordan

The Rose in My Garden by Arnold Lobel

Tiger Math by Ann Whitehead Nagada and Cindy Bickel