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How Big Is a Foot?
by
Rolf Myller
The King wants to give the Queen something special for her birthday. The Queen has everything, everything except a bed. The trouble is that no one in the Kingdom knows the answer to a very important question: How Big is a Bed? because beds at the time had not yet been invented. The Queen's birthday is only a few days away. How can they figure out what size the bed should b...more
Paperback, 48 pages
Published
July 1st 2009
by Yearling
(first published August 28th 1962)
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Where’s the Math: Common Core Standards K.MD. 1. Describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight. Describe several measurable attributes of a single object.
2. Directly compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common, to see which object has “more of”/“less of” the attribute, and describe the difference. For example, directly compare the heights of two children and describe one child as taller/shorter
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2. Directly compare two objects with a measurable attribute in common, to see which object has “more of”/“less of” the attribute, and describe the difference. For example, directly compare the heights of two children and describe one child as taller/shorter
Genre: picture book- story
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As a kindergarten teacher it is important to me to teach my students about standard and nonstandard units of measurement. This book does a great job comparing standard and nonstandard units of measurement as well as highlighting the need for uniform measuring tools. How Big is a Foot? clearly illustrates the difference between the length of a person's foot and a foot long ruler. After reading this book we made can make tracings of our own feet and cut out foot long foot shapes to make an outline...more
This is about a king and his wife. It was the queen's birthday and the king decided to give the her a bed. The king asked his apprentice to measured how long the bed should be with his feet and sent the measurements to the maker. When the bed was completed it was too small. The problem was that the king asked this apprentice to measure the length using his feet which was smaller than the kings. Finally the king measured with his feet and send it to the maker. The queens birthday came and she rec...more
This book was hilarious and non-fiction. It helped students learn how important measurement was and how important it is that the same length the original item was measured with is the same object and length the other person uses to make the final product (i.e. a bed in this case). As well as who was making the measurements for example one persons foot could be 8 in and anothers 12 in which means there is a difference of 4 in. It discusses how we came to know a foot equates to 12 inches.
Help children discover concepts in standard measurement with this story about an apprentice who designs the first bed ever made for the queen. The apprentice runs into a problem when he makes the bed using his own feet for measurement. In practical context, students will learn exactly how big is a foot and why. Extend concepts in small groups where students measure various objects with their feet. Are the measurements the same or different, and why?
It is a very cute story. The book tells how the measurement of a foot came about. The king wanted a bed for his wife so he measured it using his feet. He told the man the measurements, so the man measured it using his feet. The bed was too small because the man's foot was smaller than the king's. From then on, they used only the king's foot size when measuring so there would be no confusion. It is a good book to use to show the importance of being consistent when you measure something.
Amber
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When talking about how the foot came around and how people started using the foot, this would be a good book to use. This book talks about how the foot came from the king's foot. Also, it talks about how you can measure something with your foot and then measure it with someone else's foot and it would not be the same, because you have two different size feet. Also, it talks about how the bed sizes came to be such as the king, queen, and etc.
This is a good math book to use for talking abo...more
This is a good math book to use for talking abo...more
This is a fun math book to read, especially when teaching about units because it talks about how a king wanted to build his wife a bed so he walked around his wife to measure how tall she was, using his feet and the unit, and when the carpenter went to build the bed, his feet were much smaller than the kings so it didn't match up and the bed ended up being way too small.
Good picture books make math so much more fun. We used this book to start an activity on measuring. All my girls traced their feet and cut them out. Then we measured Syd's bed in these "feet" and of course everyone had a different measurement. It's a great lesson to talk about the need for standard units of measurement--and it's a fun story as well.
This book is a great book about measurement, its about a king looking for the perfect bed for his wife for her birthday. He tells the person that works for him that his wife needs a need that will fit her and her crown. But the guy who works for him keeps giving him the wrong size bed because he has a different foot size then him.
This is a book that would be great to introduce a measurement unit in math. It is an amusing story that is based on a true story that gives students insight on why a foot is 12 inches long. Some cute activities to follow this book would be making a foot for each child and use it as a non standard measuring tool.
this was a clever little book. The jester is supposed to measure the Queen's new bed by how many feet the king told him. the jester used his own feet to measure, but the bed was too small. This is a nice example of measuring with non-standard units. It is also an excellent example of why we need standard units!
This book was a fun introduction to a math activity I did in my placement. The stduents learned about estimating and using the non-standard unit of their feet to measure items in the classroom. They loved seeing how when people have different shoe sizes this can also make their measurements different too!
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I thought this was a cute book. I used this book to teach the importance of standard measurement. I first had the students measure items around the room using non-standard measurements like their feet, pinky etc. We read the story and then they measured the same items with a ruler.
Great to book to use to intergrate math and language art. Can be used to introduce measurement. The king wants to have a bed made for the queen. The only problem is that no one knows how big a bed is. They try measuring it in the kings feet, but all kinds ofo problems insue!
standard measurement concept. Appropriate for grades 1-3. Children will have a blast making predictions. Can also be used for teaching across disciplines. Children could be asked to write a letter to the apprentice answering why the bed was too small and write a solution.
this book is about standard and non-standard measure. The king decides to get the queen a bed for her birthday. A bed has not yet been invented so they have to decide how to measure it. When the king's foot does not match the apprentice's foot the bed is way too small.
This book talks about measurement in the terms of "a foot." My foot is not necessarily the same size as yours. What will happen if we measure the same object with my foot and your foot. This is a great book for teaching children about perimeter and measurements.
I think that this book is a great tool for teaching students about measurement. In this story, the apprentice has to make a bed that is perfect for the queen's birthday present, but he can't do that because people keep giving him the wrong measurements.
A good math book based on a true story. I think that this book would be particularly interesting to student who love math. The story of how the foot became a unit of measurement is both interesting and amusing. The illustrations are simplistic and nice.
It is a hilarious story back in the old days. This book is a good interdisciplinary for reading and math.It compares how long ago and today are different from each other. The students can also learn their metric units at the same time.
How Big Is A Foot? – Rolf Myller
Grade: K-2
Pages: 48
Theme: King/Queen, Measurement, Communication
Genre: Historical Fiction
Response: How Big Is a Foot? Rolf Myller. Information. 31 pages. Primary. An apprentice is sent to jail after making a bed for the queen. The king gives him a specific length and width of 6 feet by 3 feet. The apprentice thinks he's figured out what had went wrong, and and wants to create a new bed for the queen.
Class Activity: This is a gr...more
Grade: K-2
Pages: 48
Theme: King/Queen, Measurement, Communication
Genre: Historical Fiction
Response: How Big Is a Foot? Rolf Myller. Information. 31 pages. Primary. An apprentice is sent to jail after making a bed for the queen. The king gives him a specific length and width of 6 feet by 3 feet. The apprentice thinks he's figured out what had went wrong, and and wants to create a new bed for the queen.
Class Activity: This is a gr...more
Jennifer
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This book is good for talking about standard and nonstandard units of measurement. This book does a good job of comparing the types of measurement. Also, this book shows the importance of having standard measuring tools.
Lidra West
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Perfect for opening lessons dealing with measurments. This book will help student gather an understanding of measuring items using non standard items. Students will also get a kick out of the funny yet meaningful story.
Great for math and measuring. The King would like to have a special bed made for the Queen but there's just one problem...the carpenter's foot is smaller than the king's foot. See how this problem can be resolved.
although the book is small and does not have great illustrations it is a good read for children when learning about measurements. There are many different activities that you could do as a fllowup to the book reading.
The town is giving the queen a bed for her birthday but no one knows how big a bed is suppose to be because they have not been invented yet. This book has a lot to do with measurement, particularly feet.
This book could be read by 1st-3rd grade readers. I would use this book to introduce measurement. If read in my 2nd placement, students would be able to predict what size bed the Queen would need.
This book was a little boring but it definitely did a good job of showing how you can use other items to measure things. This could be helpful when teaching about informal measuring.
Great book for teaching measurement. This book shows that it is important to determine the units. The measurements for the Queen's bed were given by people who had different size shoe !
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