The+Greedy+Triangle

The Greedy Triangle  By Marilyn Burns/ Illustrated by Gordon Sylveria ==== ﻿ **__ Summary __**  The Greedy Triangle is a book about a triangle who became bored with his life and decided (over and over again) that it wanted to add another side and another angle so that it could be happy. With each new side, the triangle found a whole new list of activities to be involved in. The story shows children what the different shapes are and how they are made by simply adding one side and one angle. It also illustrates how children can spot these shapes throughout their everyday life. **__ Recommendations __** This book would work well for a number of different lessons. First, it does a wonderful job of showing children a number of different, important shapes. It also shows how these shapes are formed and how they are related to each other. Second, this book can be used to help motivate children to look for ordinary shapes in their own world and to see how they are used. Third, and finally, this book can be used as an reminder that we should all be happy about the life that we lead as opposed to envying the lives of others. ====

**__Information about the Author__**
====Marilyn Burns is a former classroom teacher who is now deeply involved with providing professional development for inservice teachers. Her foundation, //Math Solutions Professional Development// has helped teachers in 500 districts over the last twenty years discover new and innovative techniques for teaching Mathematics. In 1994, she launched //Brainy Books//, a subgroup of Scholastic Publishing. She has published ten children's books through this company, including //The Greedy Triangle.//==== [|More Information About the Author]

**__Connections to Literacy__**
====This book would work very well in a small group discussion regarding comprehension. The text contains characters, setting, and plot which would need to be identified in order to comprehend the overall meaning. Also, there are several pictures in the book that could be used to teach using context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words.====