Carrie Measures Up

Math Matters®

by Linda Williams Aber

Discover Math Matters! With over 15 million books sold worldwide, this award-winning series of easy-to-read books will help young readers ages 5–8 approach math with enthusiasm. Great for fans of MathStart or Step into Reading Math.

Carrie's Grandma is always knitting surprise presents for the family. When she asks Carrie to be her "measuring girl," Carrie decides to knit grandma the biggest (and longest!) surprise of all!

With engaging stories that connect math to kids’ everyday lives, each book in the Teachers’ Choice Award–winning Math Matters series focuses on a single concept and reinforces math vocabulary and skills. Bonus activities in the back of each book feature math and reading comprehension questions, and even more free activities online add to the fun! (Math Measurement/length)

Genres: Mathematics, Picture Books

32 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Macey Giberson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this book is one of the most informational books I have read in a very long time because of it's it's inclusion with mathematical measuring techniques and knitting information. While this story depicts a very loving and caring relationship between a grand daughter and her grandma. It also demonstrates a story where the wisdom and knowledge from the grandmother is passed down to the grand daughter. This is a very inspirational story for children to read because it illustrates this idea that grandchildren can learn a lot from their older relatives. The main character in this story, Carrie was able to use the new skills that she learned from her grandma to make her a knitted scarf as a birthday gift since her grandma never knits for herself. As well this book prompted children to try knitting and demonstrated the steps needed to knit properly. As well as including knitting jargon to increase the amount of new knowledge that children can gain while reading about knitting. The illustrations within this book were very creative and bright, as well as giving that realistic resemblance to encourage children to do as Carrie did and try new skills.

[Ashley · Rating 5 out of 5]

A book encouraging math in real life AND encouraging knitting? This book rocks! Someday, when I have grand children, I will buy this book for each of them. My daughter found this book on the library shelf today and wanted me to read it to her. I got super in to it. The characters were nice ere nice and the pictures were fun. Carrie's grandma comes to visit and employs her to be her measuring spy to measure everyone secretly for gifts that grandma wants to knit. This story is believable because it's a knitter's reality. I love when books show kids learning to knit too. I'm a millennial and love to knit but my husband teases me and says only old ladies knit. It's a great hobby for all ages and I hope it inspires my children to try something new and to see math in real life too.

[Juso · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Carrie Measures Up" is a fantastic book to teach students about measuring! The book is about a little girl named Carrie who's grandmother comes to visit her. Carrie is interested in how to knit and that is what her grandma knows how to do. Her grandmother tells Carrie that she will be her measuring assistant. Carries was in charge of measuring up things around the house so that grandma could knit things for Carrie and her family. After measuring things like her baby brother for tiny baby mittens, Carrie's grandmother thinks that she is now ready to learn how to knit. After learning how to knit, Carries measures her grandma and knits a giant scarf for her. This book helps students understand the concept of measurement by showing real-world ways in which to measure. For example, when measuring her dad's feet, Carries says that his feet are 11 and half inches, which means that his feet are one-half inch less than a foot. I could use this book to do a measurement activity by having the students measure their own hands or feet and comparing the measurements with other classmates.

[Christian Houseworth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was about a girl named Carrie who was so excited about her grandmother coming to visit and she was so intrigued by her grandmother’s knitting skills. Carrie’s grandmother decides to give her a job, Carrie becomes her measuring spy. Carrie measures everyone and everything until her grandmother shows her how to knit. Carrie decides to knit a scarf for her grandmother because no one had ever knitted her anything. This book is a part of the Math Matters collection that encourages educators to incorporate math into reading or vice versa. This book was a good book to aid with teaching measurements. This book shows children how they can use the concept of measurement in real life situations like Carrie did in the story. This book is also very helpful because on the last page of the book it has a length chart. This book can be used to encourage students to take measuring tape and or rulers and measure things around them. This book shows students that measuring can be so much fun!

[Rachel Boatright · Rating 2 out of 5]

Carrie Measures Up is about a girl name Carrie who wants to learn how to yarn from her grandma. Her grandma knits for all the members of the family. She knits anything and everything. Carrie’s grandma then enlists Carrie to help her secretly measure things for grandma to knit. Carrie goes around the house measuring everything on grandma’s list then decides to measure tons of other things. Grandma then taught Carrie how to knit. Carrie knitted a scarf for her grandma for her birthday. This book uses the story to illustrate how useful measuring things are and all the possibilities that can be accomplished by measuring. The pictures are used to demonstrate what Carrie was doing or what Carrie had going through her mind. I like how the author uses some measurements but I wish she would have included more about measurements. A good lesson for this book is to have a group of kids measure different objects and then demonstrate what they can do with those measurements.

[Rebecca Ashley Teague · Rating 4 out of 5]

This story is about a little girl named Carrie. In the story, Carrie helps her grandmother by measuring items so that she can knit items for her and her family. Once Carrie finishes measuring, she decides to surprise her Grandmother by knitting her a scarf. I would use this story to introduce my students to linear measurement. I would read the story and then do an activity where students use items around the classroom or at home to measure. This book also reinforces sequencing with readers.

[Steve · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this book Carrie measures things so her grandmother can knit something the right size. Then she teaches her knitting and Carrie makes a scarf for her grandmother, but she never told her how to end it, so it's very long and they both sling it around their necks.

My son in first grade read the book. It's part of a series that incorporates math.

[Shira Burns]

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[Sarah Stumphf · Rating 3 out of 5]

Surprisingly, my 2 year old son really enjoyed this book about a little girl, knitting, and her grandma. Cute little story about measuring things.