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How many seeds in a pumpkin? / by Margaret McNamara ; illustrated by G. Brian Karas.

McNamara, Margaret. (Author). Karas, G. Brian, (illustrator.).

Summary:

Carve out family time with this Halloween read that features the beloved Mr. Tiffin and his students and makes for a fun way to reinforce counting skills at home!This book makes a wonderful read-aloud companion to any math or science curriculum, and it's a fun way to reinforce topics like skip counting and estimation in a fun pumpkin-themed classroom experiment!"How many seeds are in a pumpkin?" Mr. Tiffin asks his class as they gather around the big, medium, and small pumpkins on his desk. Robert, the biggest kid, guesses that the largest one has a million seeds; Elinor, sounding like she knows what she's talking about, guesses the medium one has 500 seeds; and Anna, who likes even numbers better than odd ones, guesses that the little one has 22. Charlie, the smallest boy in the class, doesn't have a guess.Counting pumpkin seeds is messy business, but once the slimy job is done, to everyone's surprise, the smallest pumpkin has the most seeds! As Charlie happily exclaims, "Small things have a lot going on inside of them."And don't miss the newest addition to the Mr. Tiffin series, The Dinosaur Expert!

Record details

ISBN: 9780375840142
ISBN: 0375840141
Physical Description: 40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Publisher: New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, [2007]
Copyright: ©2007

Content descriptions

General Note:	Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary.
Target Audience Note:	Ages 3-7. AD560L Lexile Decoding demand: 81 (very high) Semantic demand: 79 (high) Syntactic demand: 80 (high) Structure demand: 79 (high) Lexile
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.2 0.5 116271.