Read the cropped-by-the-scanner version of Counting on Frank by Rod Clement (Gareth Stevens Publishing, 1991). (Warning: Due to the nature of this file, it is quite large – just shy of 25 MB.)

In addition to posting your impressions of the book, each of you will post here a true-to-life example which might be added to the text. Although many of the examples in the text are straightforward, proportional thinking exercises, your example should demonstrate an understanding of volume. (For help, see the example below, pages 2-3 of the text, or the peas or jelly bean example.) Explain how you came up with what you did, and (this next part is essential) how you know your example is reasonable.

PLEASE!!!  Type the codes <b><i> before your example and </b></i> at the end of your example.  This will make the text appear bold and italicized (like in my example below).  Do NOT include these codes around the explanation portion of your post.  Thanks!!!

Motivate: Videoconferences for Schools just hosted a couple of videoconferences for students between the ages of 6 and 8 to discuss The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns.

The Greedy Triangle

Shape up, make up your mind!
It’s the number of sides that you must find.
With sides you will see,
A triangle has 3.
A quadrilateral has 4,
There are no more!
A pentagon has 5,
Good heavens alive!
Shape up, make up your mind!
It’s the number of sides that you must find.

How well does the above poem capture the main idea of the story? In response to your reading(s) of The Greedy Triangle, I’d like each of you now to create your own short (rhyming/non-rhyming) poem, then post it here for others to read and provide feedback.