The+Doorbell+Rang



**The Doorbell Rang** ** Written and Illustrated by Pat Hutchins **  ** Summary **  This is a story about two children and the 12 cookies made by their mother. As Victoria and Sam are splitting the cookies between themselves (6 each) the doorbell rang and two friends show up. The children reallocate the cookies, but before they can eat them... the doorbell rang, and rang, and rang. Eventually there are 12 children who will each receive one cookie. The doorbell rings a final time... and it's Grandma with a plate full of cookies.  ** Review  **  “The Doorbell Rang” is a perfect book to use to integrate literature into a math lesson. This book could be utilized in several different grade levels for various math topics. The best part of this book is that it helps to connect the math to the student’s lives (what student doesn’t love cookies?). This book would be a great introduction to the topic of division. As each child rings the doorbell you could perform a division problem to determine how many cookies each person would receive.  ** Author  **  Pat Hutchins was born in Yorkshire, England on June 18, 1942. From a young age she knew that she wanted to be an artist. A local art school offered her a scholarship and she studied there for three years before moving on to specialize in illustration at Leeds College of Art. Pat Hutchins has written five novels and created more than 25 picture books.   For more information about Pat Hutchins you can visit:[|Pat Hutchins' Biography]  ** Connection to Literacy  ** <span style="line-height: 19.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> This book could be used in a shared reading lesson about making predictions. Students could make predictions at the beginning (after the teacher introduces the title), in the middle, and ultimately they could predict who is at the door when the doorbell rings one final time.

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