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The Doorbell Rang
by
Pat Hutchins
Ma has made a dozen delicious cookies. It should be plenty for her two children. But then the doorbell rings - and rings and rings and rings.
Paperback, 24 pages
Published
October 26th 1989
by Greenwillow Books
(first published 1986)
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This is a short little book about sharing and friendship. The mother in the story bakes 12 cookies for her two children. They are excited because that is 6 cookies each. They talk about how they look and smell as good as their grandma's, but the mom says "no one makes cookies like Grandma" and then the doorbell rings. Two friends stop by and now they can each have three cookies each. The doorbell continues to ring until there are 12 children at the table each with one cookie. The doorbell rings...more
Publication: 1989
Grade/Age: PreK-2nd grade
Annotation: Ma has made a plate of twelve cookies for her two children to share. Throughout the book, people keep coming to the door, with fewer and fewer cookies being doled out to each person.
Themes: Counting and numbers, sharing, humor
Ways to use the book:
Math - "Grandma's Batch" - Have the children work with partners to count the cookies on Grandma's tray in one of the illustrations (the totals are different in the two pictures). Then ask them to f...more
Grade/Age: PreK-2nd grade
Annotation: Ma has made a plate of twelve cookies for her two children to share. Throughout the book, people keep coming to the door, with fewer and fewer cookies being doled out to each person.
Themes: Counting and numbers, sharing, humor
Ways to use the book:
Math - "Grandma's Batch" - Have the children work with partners to count the cookies on Grandma's tray in one of the illustrations (the totals are different in the two pictures). Then ask them to f...more
Apr 17, 2012
Honah Miller
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This book uses the repetitive simple action of the doorbell ringing to make a story about division. Each time the doorbell rings, more people come to the kitchen to share the plate of cookies, so they have to divide the number of cookies equally each time getting fewer and fewer cookies each time. The repetitiveness of the story and phrases of "the doorbell rang" and "no one makes cookies like Grandma" make this book engaging for beginning readers. The characters in the story are diverse, from l...more
"The Doorbell Rang" by Pat Hutchins is the perfect book for a math introduction into division. The storyline features a group of children who are attempting to split up a limited amount of "Grandma's Cookies". The book is in a horizontal layout with dark brown end pages.The illustrations are very cartoon like and extremely colorful on a double-page spread, which helps emphasize the amount of children who arrive to split the cookies.They seem to be done with a combination of pencil and paints. Th...more
This book is excellent for introducing many different learning experiences with several domains. I would use it to teach the concept of math because of the amount of cookies that are coordinated with the amount of people. The social emotional domain can be used because with the family involvement of eating some cookies that mom made. Also the children can learn from the way the cookies were going to be shared evenly when each person came through the door.This is a great way to introduce the impo...more
We acted this story out in math today. Everyone brought their dry-erase boards and markers to the carpet. At the beginning of the story a mother bakes a dozen cookies and divides them between her two children. I played the mother, used my students for the children in the story, and passed out real cookies. After I read the page and divided the cookies, I asked my students to write the cookie fraction each child held and the child fraction that each student represented (i.e. first child 6 cookies...more
Yes, I am in a weird mood, so this is a weird "review." Don't say I didn't warn you.
The recipe for a good reading of this book.
Est. Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients:
Brain Sprinkles
The book
Plastic cookies
Children
Imagination
This recipe works best when all children are in one specific area (for instance, on a rug) together. Begin by tossing the brain sprinkles to the children. They will get excited, and possibly begin hopping about whilst squealing and throwing their hands in the air. That is perfectly...more
The recipe for a good reading of this book.
Est. Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients:
Brain Sprinkles
The book
Plastic cookies
Children
Imagination
This recipe works best when all children are in one specific area (for instance, on a rug) together. Begin by tossing the brain sprinkles to the children. They will get excited, and possibly begin hopping about whilst squealing and throwing their hands in the air. That is perfectly...more
This book is great for counting, sharing, and love. It is good for counting because mom made 12 cookies for Victoria and Sam, which meant they would get six cookies each. Then the doorbell started to ring and everytime it rang it was someone who would stay over, so the amount of cookie would have to be divided but how many people were coming in eveyrtime the doorbell rang. It is good for sharing because, everytime a new person came in the kids would be more then glad to share the cookies with th...more
This is a great book for teaching several Pre-k standards involving the areas of mathematics (dividing units), social & emotional(sharing), and also social studies development (home & family conections). I especially like the demonstration of carry on family traditions and its importance. It teaches them to respect older people and the knowledge that they have. It makes me think about my moms cooking when I was a child and how everyone loved many of her dishes. This tradition carried on...more
What I noticed right away was the illustrations of this book. All of the patterns in the pictures were very overwhelming and almost distracting. It was very easy to figure out how the story was going to go from the cover and the first two pages. You could easily assume that at one point in the story there would be many many children in the kitchen from the cover. Once the cookies were handed to the two children, they split them and when the doorbell rang and two more children entered you knew th...more
This is a very cute story that discusses numbers and the amount of cookies the kids will each have. It is a good book to read to kids who are learning how to count. In the book, the kids were starving and ready for their cookies. Their mom wanted to have them as many as they would like. The children were excited because the cookies looked and smelled as good as grandmas. Tom came in the door when the doorbell rang. The had three each. Then, the doorbell rings again! It was Peter and his little b...more
The plot is the sort of repetition that little children love. Two children come home and sit down to a big plate of cookies - twelve cookies for two children! But the doorbell rings (and rings and rings) and their cookies dwindle from twelve for two to twelve for four, to twelve for six, and finally twelve cookies for twelve children. You can see the subtly less happy expressions on their face when the doorbell rings YET AGAIN. What are they going to do - break their cookies in half?
No, it's gra...more
No, it's gra...more
"The Doorbell Rang," by Pat Hutchins is a fun and engaging story about a group of children learning to share cookies as the doorbell keeps ringing and more and more children continue to show up. I do find this book to be very appropriate for students of all ages as they begin to learn division. The story can be used as a visual to show to students how division actually works and the process it takes. The overall content of the story is very useful in helping students grasp the concept of math. T...more
First there were two children, Victoria and Sam getting ready to share some cookies. Mother instructed the children to divide the cookies between them evenly; therefore, they both got six cookies. Then the doorbell rang...each time the doorbell would ring, a new friend would be at the door to share cookies with Victoria and Sam. This is a good book for teaching the children how to share. Children will also practice math skills when reading this book. I liked the because of suspense of who could...more
Sam and Victoria are at home when their mom makes their grandmas special chocolate chip cookies. Sam and Victoria separate the cookies so that each can have 6 but the doorbell keeps ringing which means that people keep coming to the house so both Sam and Victoria have to split the cookies with everyone at their house until everyone only gets one, then the doorbell rings again and everyone is worried because there are no more cookies to share but when they open the door it is grandma who came ove...more
I think that "The Doorbell Rang", is a fun book that introduces division in a fun way. While reading this book the teacher can make sure that the children understand how many cookies their are on the plate and how many children their are on each page. This book also teaches the concept of sharing. I enjoyed this book and will definitely add it to my classroom.
Extension Activity: After reading this book I will allow the children to help me bake cookies. I will get the powder cookie mix so the chi...more
Extension Activity: After reading this book I will allow the children to help me bake cookies. I will get the powder cookie mix so the chi...more
This is an excellent book about friendship, family and sharing. The illustrations were colorful and simple. This was also a predictable story and children can be involved with the adult by reading the story because of the repetitive words it.
Learning activity:
As a whole group we will discuss the events of the book and how the characters made sure everyone who came to the house had a cookie. We will discuss the importance of the classroom rule sharing. I will ask the children to share a time with...more
Learning activity:
As a whole group we will discuss the events of the book and how the characters made sure everyone who came to the house had a cookie. We will discuss the importance of the classroom rule sharing. I will ask the children to share a time with...more
LOVE LOVE LOVE this book by Pat Hutchins. A math professor showed this book to our class last week and I fell in love. This book tells a great story about two children who start off with a dozen cookies for themselves. However, each time the doorbell rings, more kids come inside, meaning the cookies have to get shared among the children. With each ring, the portion of cookies gets divided and the children get a smaller number of cookies until, eventually, each child ends up with one cookie each....more
This children story is a hidden lesson in patience and sharing with others that all children can gain benefit from. Sometimes good things are given and must be shared with others. When you are not prepared to share more than intend this choice can be hard for children. The phrases used in the story will keep the children guessing who's at the door and wondering how all the cookies will be divided. The vocabulary is easy to understand and the keeps the story easy for children to understand the ma...more
Nice book to use to introduce math or counting to young children. It was cute how the children had to divide the cookies that they had made each time the doorbell rang and someone else new would show up. Grandma saved the day :). Using cookies was a good way to keep the children interested because everyone can remember when their Grandma made cookies. Also, cookies are a easy way to start off counting with young children.
Learning Experience: After reading the book, I would break the children up...more
Learning Experience: After reading the book, I would break the children up...more
This is a story about sharing cookies with an ever-growing group of children. Each time the doorbell rings, the children are forced to divide the cookies between all the students. This book uses a small amount of division in the text to explain the diminishing amount of cookies per child with the arrival of new guests. The bright and colorful full-bleed illustrations bring the story to life and invite the reader to join the cookie sharing party. The end pages are a plain brown that could also re...more
This is a good book to read to young children. The pages are filled with colorful drawings of children, cookies, and furniture. The story itself is very entertaining. I'd definitely recommend this book to anyone!
Learning Extension: This book would be great to use in a math lesson where the children are learning to count, add & subtract, and multiply & divide. After finishing reading the book, the children would color and cut out cookies that they would later use for problem solving. We w...more
Learning Extension: This book would be great to use in a math lesson where the children are learning to count, add & subtract, and multiply & divide. After finishing reading the book, the children would color and cut out cookies that they would later use for problem solving. We w...more
I will read this book aloud to my students. After I read the book, then I will provide students with pieces of cereal in the shape of cookies to represent the cookies that are being shared in the story. I will then bring up the pages from the book on the projector so all the students are able to see the pages/pictures. They will then divide up the cookies according to the story. We will then discuss as a class the fractions and division of the cookies, and then students will write out math probl...more
This book is great for students to start learning division. Mom has made some cookies and the children are dividing the portions to see how many each of them can have. But then the doorbell rings and more kids show up. Now they have to figure out how many cookies each can get with the new friends here. The doorbell keeps ringing and more people keep showing up... Soon there will not be enough cookies for anyone!! Or will there?
I would use this book to start teaching division to my students. It's...more
I would use this book to start teaching division to my students. It's...more
May 24, 2011
Candice
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A story about cookies and sharing, wrapped up in a sneaky little math lesson. Mama has made 12 cookies for Victoria and Sam. Hooray! They get six cookies each. But the doorbell rings and two friends come in. They are welcomed and invited to share the cookies - that's three apiece. As the doorbell continues to ring, each child's share dwindles until he/she is left with just one cookie each. And the doorbell rings again. What will happen when they answer it? Colorful illustrations, although perhap...more
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins is a children's book about cookies and division, a likely pair. The pictures in this book can seem overwhelming with the bright colors and prominent checkered kitchen floor, but I believe they will be appealing to students. The story is a repetitive tale about children who attempt to eat cookies, but are constantly interrupted by the doorbell ringing and friends craving cookies as well. It teaches division by the cookies constantly being dividing amongst the eve...more
The Doorbell Rang is in a format of landscape. The covers font is very simple and does not jump out at you. The picture has lots of bright colors on the childrens and mothers clothes. The pictures are full bleed although the main background of almost all the pictures is white. The bottom of every page has the checkered black and white floors which really makes the pictures flow together. The people throughout the book are very life like and diverse which is a great aspect. The stories font remai...more
Dec 05, 2012
Erica Johnson
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This was an enjoyable book. Not only did it teach a lesson about sharing it also taught a lesson of how divide something up into equal parts. Mama made a dozen, 12, cookies for Victoria and Sam to split each, 6 and 6. The doorbell kept ringing and new guests arrived at the door. Each time a new guest entered the house the cookie were spilt evenly among the number of people gathered around the table. At the end of the book there were twelve guests, Victoria and Sam included, therefore each guest...more
This is one of the easiest and delightful ways to introduce the math concept to the children, specially division concept. Beside it is a great opportunity to talk to them about how important is to keep family traditions along the years. I found through reading a lot of repetitions, which is good for the children to learn and retain new vocabulary.
Extension:
Make with children some cookies. Whey they are done,count the kids and the cookies, ask them how many cookies each one is getting?(if you hav...more
Extension:
Make with children some cookies. Whey they are done,count the kids and the cookies, ask them how many cookies each one is getting?(if you hav...more
The Doorbell Rang is a great book to teach children how to share a certain amount something amongst a certain number of people. In this book, a boy and a girl get twelve cookies for them to share with one another. They have to figure out how many cookies each of them get. They decide that each of them get six. They have some unexpected guest come over which cause them to have to divide their cookies even further. As the book goes along, it shows how many cookies each person who comes in the hous...more
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