Reviews for Jump, Kangaroo, Jump! (MathStart)

The average rating for Jump, Kangaroo, Jump! (MathStart) based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-04-07 00:00:00 Steve Smith Jump, Kangaroo Jump! is a wonderful story for children in 2nd-4th grade who are learning about fractions. The story talks about Kangaroo and his friends are competing in Field Day activities and have to divide themselves into teams for each events. For example, when the friends competed in the tug-of-war, there were 12 of them therefore they have to divide themselves in half. A great activity for this would be for the children to demonstrate the activities themselves in the story by first dividing themselves like the characters had to in the story. Then they could even act out the events for fun.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-06-24 00:00:00 Kimberley Hunter This book is about forming different sized teams for different events. It helps students with fractions of a set. It is probably best for students in grades 3-5, but could be scaffolded down to 2nd grade. In the story, the 12 animals have to break into different numbers of groups. Have students use a white board or manipulatives, such as counting bears, to follow along with the story to figure out what 1/2 , 1/3, and 1/4 of 12 are.