MCR-G2-Building a Mini Park

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Mini-ParkBuilding a

Math Concept Reader


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Mini-Park

Building a

Math Concept Reader


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by Jennifer Marrewa

Mini-ParkBuilding a

Math Concept Reader


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Chapter 1:A New Park

There is a new park in the neighborhood.

The children will play together at the park

today. They will have fun.


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Jenny and Luis climb on the tunnel slide.

Then they slide down inside the tunnel.

Andrew and Jasmine climb and play on the

climbing bars.


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Sam and Maddie play ball with a red ball.

The children sit together on the park bench

after they play. It is a good place to rest.


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Suddenly it starts to rain. The children

cannot play at the park now because they

will get wet. The children must play indoors.

What will they do inside on a rainy day?


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Chapter 2:Planning theMini Park

Jasmine has a great idea. They can build a

mini-park. They can make a small park that

looks like the real park! The mini-park will fit

on a table and be made of things they haveat home.


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Everyone will collect things from their

homes for the mini-park. Then they will meet

at Andrews home, and they will build the

mini-park there.


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Chapter 3:Searching

Jenny finds some empty paper rolls at her

home. They look like the tunnel slides at the

new park. Jenny and Jasmine had fun playing

on the tunnel slides at the park.


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The paper rolls are cylinders, and the

tunnel slides are cylinders too. Jenny brings

the paper rolls to Andrews home. She will

build a tunnel slide for the mini-park they aremaking together.


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Luis looks in his toy box. In with all the

toys, he finds a building block that is shaped

like the play house at the park.


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The building block is a pyramid. The play

house has a pyramid too. Luis brings the

building block to Andrews home.


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Maddie finds a table tennis ball in the

garage. She and Sam played with a red ball at

the park. The table tennis ball is a small ball,

and it is a sphere. The red ball at the park isa sphere too.


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Maddie puts the table tennis ball in her

pocket. She brings it to Andrews home. They

can put it in the mini-park like the red ball

they played with in the new park.


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Sam remembers a building he saw at the

park. He wants to find something that has

the same shape as the building. He finds an

empty tissue box.


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The empty tissue box is a cube. The park

building is a cube too. Sam thinks the tissue

box will be perfect to make the building for

the mini-park.


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Jasmine saw a snack stand at the park.

The snack stand had a cone on the roof.

Jasmine wants to find something the same

shape as that cone.


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She finds a colorful party hat. The party

hat is a cone. It looks like the cone on the

roof of the snack stand. Jasmine brings the

party hat to Andrews home.


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At the park, the children sat on a bench

to rest and talk. It was a good place to rest

after playing. The park bench is a rectangular

prism.


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Andrew finds an empty shoebox. The

shoebox is a rectangular prism. He will use

the shoebox for the bench in the mini-park.

Then the mini-park will have a park bench!


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Chapter 4:Time to Build!

Soon the children arrive at Andrews home

carrying the things they found for the

mini-park. Andrew places a big poster board

on the table. He finds crayons, scissors, glue,and tape for everyone to use.


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The children are very excited. They share

with each other the things they have found.

Now they have everything they need to build

the mini-park.


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Photo credits: p. 11 Park Street/Photo Edit; all other photographs

by Gregg Andersen

Glossary

cone

cube

cylinder

pyramid

rectangular prism

sphere


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Think and Respond1. Look at the pictures throughout the

book. List the figures you see.

2. The children in the story used a shoebox

in their mini park. Name another object

from home that is a rectangular prism.

3. The children used paper rolls for a tunnel

slide. Name some things at home that are

cylinders.

4. Suppose you want to make a mini-

bedroom. Draw something you would put

in the bedroom. List things you could useto make it.

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