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Title: Hands Down (Counting by Fives) Author: Michael Dahl Illustrator: Todd Ouren Recommended Grade Level: Kindergarten & 1st

Common Core Mathematics Standards Addressed: __Counting & Cardinality__ __Compare numbers.__ __Operations & Algebraic Thinking__
 * Know number names and the count sequence
 * Count to tell the number of objects.
 * Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction.
 * Understand and apply properties of operations and the relationship between addition and subtraction.

Summary: Counting by Fives walks the reader through illustrations of painted hand prints, composing various objects containing denominations of five. For example: Five fingers make a hand print, ten fingers make a crab (illustration of two hand prints, creating the image of a crab), and Fifteen fingers make leaves on an oak tree (illustration of an oak tree with three hand prints, creating the image of leaves on a tree). The counting ends at 45 and the final page show an accumulation of students' artwork, created by using hand prints and denominations of five.

Rating: 10

Classroom Ideas: Some ideas include, actually creating the art work in this story. Another idea is to Use the illustrations in this story to add and subtract in denominations of five.