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Dave's Down-To-Earth Rock Shop (Mathstart: Level 3 (HarperCollins Paperback))

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This book by Stuart Murphy is a good introductory lesson to sorting and classifying. My second grade students loved this book because they could go outside, collect a lot of rocks and classify them like the characters in the story. It's easy to tie in skills like creating and reading graphs too. There is some helpful information for parents/tutors/etc. in the back on how to get the most from this story. The illustrations were fairly basic, but enjoyable, and I look forward to sharing this book with other groups of students.

I purchased this book for my 7 year old grandson and he loved it. He and his younger sister have a beginning rock collection, just like the kids in the book. They like to sort things by type, too, so they really enjoyed the story. Since we live in the Chicago suburbs, we are planning a trip to Dave's Down-to-Earth Rock Shop in Evanston.