10 flashing fireflies book

Phil wagreich, founder, former lead author and curriculum developer. Ten flashing fireflies by philemon sturges, 9781558586741, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Chicago turabian author date citation style guide sturges, philemon and anna. Introduce the ten frame by displaying it to the class on your board or using a document camera. Ten flashing fireflies is a story about a boy and girl collecting fireflies in their backyard. A beautifully illustrated story in which there are 10 fireflies at night and two friends are collecting them. I did modify it a bit to be a bit more repetitive since my kids love repeating the rhyme lines with me.

Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Anna vojtech two children catch fireflies on a summer night, putting them one by one into a jar until all ten are caught, and then they let them out to watch all ten fly away. As you reread the story, the children will buzz around the room as they are caught and put in the jar. This lesson plan engages learners in a variety of activities to build 1 to 1 correspondence, estimation, and problem solving skills. Once captured, the fireflies light flickers and fades, so in a generous goodnight gesture, the children release them. Then i looked up and pretended to see a light flashing, and then more, and soon hundreds of flashing lights. As you read the book, be sure to pause while you read and ask students guiding questions about number sense concepts subitzing, moreless, compare guiding questions. Explore the fascinating life of fireflies, including information about their body parts and structure, their habitat and how it supports them, and their unique way of communicating. Ten flashing fireflies leveled books paperback by philemon sturges, anna vojtech. Oct 17, 2011 the first grade teachers at school absolutely love introducing subtraction and addition number sentences to their kids using the book ten flashing fireflies by philemon sturges. Ten flashing fireflies by philemon sturges lesson plan for. I tape ten paper fireflies to a piece of chart paper. What you need to know cute firefly craft for a pbis themed family night.

Counting down from ten to one, a girl and a boy empty the night sky of fireflies ascounting up from one to tenthey fill their jar with them. Ten flashing fireflies book by philemon sturges, anna. I only put 7 fireflies in this blue ball jar, but if you do this as a follow up to that story, have children do 10 fingerprint fireflies. A boy and a girl catch fireflies during one summer night and place them in an empty jelly jar. In this story problems lesson, 1st graders sing a song about counting fireflies and then read a story about counting fireflies. Ten flashing fireflies by philemon sturges, anna vojtech. I would like to know how you modified the book for more repetition. I discovered this book in a lesson recorded in a math solutions book entitled minilessons for math practice k2. There is also a similar lesson i thinknot positive in another math. Every time one firefly is collected in their jar shown on the left side of each page, this is one less in the sky shown on the right side of the book, see below. Jun 12, 2012 we can use our 10 flashing fireflies as puppets. Chicago turabian humanities citation style guide sturges, philemon and anna.

Ten flashing fireflies book by philemon sturges, anna vojtech. This story is about two children who see ten flashing fireflies at night and they catch one at a time and place them in a jar. Ten flashing fireflies by philemon sturges and anna vojtech. Click to read more about ten flashing fireflies by philemon sturges. This counting book, with atmospheric, dusky chalk illustrations. Two children catch fireflies on a summer night, putting them one by one into a jar until all ten are caught, and then they let them out to watch all ten fly away. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read. Into the gloaming go two children, intent on gathering an ensemble of fireflies. My goto mentor text for making 10 is ten flashing fireflies. They discuss problem solving strategies, hear the story ten flashing fireflies, compose their own word problems, and complete a worksheet.

I make construction paper fireflies or you can print and color the fireflies template in the resources and i have a plastic jar. Ten flashing fireflies by philemon sturges readaloud revival. Luminous pictures and a buoyant, chantaloud text, combine to make this twoway counting book as joyous and magical as catching fireflies on a summer night. This engaging activity for making ten is based on the book ten flashing fireflies.

Ten flashing fireflies smart board lesson has been made to accompany the book ten flashing fireflies by philemon sturges. At the end of the story, let the students put the counters away to represent the fireflies flying away. Ten flashing fireflies paperback picture book, march 1, 1997 by philemon sturges author. Ten flashing fireflies lesson plan is suitable for kindergarten.

Dec, 2019 two children catch fireflies on a summer night, putting them one by one into a jar until all ten are caught, and then they let them out to watch all ten fly away. After reading the book, call 10 children to each come and hold one of the flies. This game helps children practice the concept of onetoone correspondence, counting, and simple addition. Ten flashing fireflies based on the book by philemon sturges ten flashing fireflies based on the book by philemon sturges. Because all 10 fireflies appear on each page whether they have been caught and placed in the jar or not the illustrations support understanding different ways to make 10. How many different ways could ten fireflies be arranged with some. Listen to the story ten flashing fireflies by philemon sturges. Begin the lesson by reading the childrens literature book ten flashing fireflies. Ten flashing fireflies philemon sturges, anna vojtech. First graders read a book to practice describing numbers and creating equations to solve story problems. Ten flashing fireflies interactive math smart board lesson by. This ten flashing fireflies by philemon sturges lesson plan is suitable for 1st grade.

A brother and sister add nine more fireflies to their collection. How many different ways could ten fireflies be arranged with some in the jar and some in the night sky. Once all ten fireflies are in the jar, however, the boy and the girl release them. Flashing fireflies audiobook by laura hamilton waxman. Ten flashing fireflies by philemon sturges goodreads. Philemon sturges was an architect and the author of several books for. I did use the book by philemon sturges as rhyme, so i will not be printing it here. The obvious learning opportunity here is to practice counting down from ten, but can be easily extended to a subtraction by one activity. It is also a simple book that the students can get creative with during read alouds. The first grade teachers at school absolutely love introducing subtraction and addition number sentences to their kids using the book ten flashing fireflies by philemon sturges.

Download a free booklet students use to record their friends of ten. Ten flashing fireflies by philemon sturges scholastic. Fireflies ii to end our camping theme, we sat around our pretend fire and told some ghost stories. The story of 10 flashing fireflies is a wonderful counting book for young learners. May 04, 2016 there are 3 fireflies in my jar and 7 fireflies are in the sky. Ten flashing fireflies philemon sturges, author, a.

Two children catch fireflies on a summer night, putting them one by one into a jar until all ten are caught, and then they let. Ten flashing fireflies lexile find a book metametrics inc. Philemon sturges first book, ten flashing fireflies, is a cute counting book about a boy and a girl catching fireflies. Ten flashing fireflies book columbus metropolitan library. Ten flashing fireflies by philemon sturges librarything. The book simultaneously counts down and up, like this. Now you can make this easy file folder game to go with it. A5 compare quantities, 1 to 10, using onetoone correspondence grade 1. How many different ways could ten fireflies be arranged with some in the jar and some in the night. As a group, have the students come together to write a class list of all the combinations for 10 that were made. Ten flashing fireflies by philemon sturges grade levels. Ten flashing fireflies paperback picture book, mar 1 1997 by philemon sturges author, anna vojtech author 4.

The following slide continues to have interactive fireflies and a jar along with interactive numbers to allow students to build equations to match the fireflies inside or out of the jar. Kindergarten a4 represent and describe numbers 2 to 10, concretely and pictorially. Buy a cheap copy of ten flashing fireflies book by philemon sturges. Ten flashing fireflies interactive math smart board lesson. He was a professor emeritus of mathematics, statistics, and computer science at. There are 3 fireflies in my jar and 7 fireflies are in the sky. Luminous pictures and a buoyant, chantaloud text, combine to make this twoway counting book as joyous and. This is a great activity to do after reading 10 flashing fireflies. Off comes the lid and the fireflies escape into the. Anna vojtechs luminous illustrations accompany philemon sturgess rhyming t.