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Spaghetti And Meatballs For All! (Scholastic Bookshelf) (edition 2008)

by Marilyn Burns (Author), Debbie Tilley (Illustrator)

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This book is about a couple who decided to have a family dinner at their house. Mrs. Comfort had made a seating chart so that everyone would have a place to sit at the table. When everyone arrived they started changing the seating arrangement around. I gave this book a five because it teaches students that there are many ways to do math such as making a seating chart. It shows that just by rearranging tables you can have good spatial visualization. Techers can easily make a lesson/activity out of something similar to this book. ( )
  aks067 | Apr 5, 2020 |
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Mr. and Mrs. Comfort invited 32 people for a family reunion. They arranged the table in order to accommodate everyone, but as everyone started coming in the husband and guests start rearranging the seating. Eventually, at the end, the best way to have the seating arrangement is the way Mrs. Comfort had it. This book had many mathematical concepts included, but the main ones were Area and Perimeter. It gives many examples of how to rearrange a rectangle table with using perimeter and area. I would use this as a read aloud because it is creative and fun, but I would use some parts of the book to introduce perimeter or area. I feel like students will confused if too much is presented to them, but overall a great and enjoyable book. ( )
  Stephh1323 | Nov 15, 2021 |
This book is about Mr. and Mrs. Comfort having a family reunion. They need to arrange the tables so that everyone in the family can have some of their delicious spaghetti and meatballs. This book explains all about area and perimeter in a cute, funny way. I think this would be a great book to read to a 4th or 5th grade classroom right before you teach a lesson about area and perimeter. ( )
  mjt041 | Oct 27, 2021 |
In this story, the Comfort family throw a dinner party for their friends. They order tables and chairs, and they try different arrangements of the same number of tables to accommodate the extra guests that arrive. This book would be perfect to show composition of shapes and how it affects the area and perimeter of the rectangles. ( )
  mpl013 | Nov 18, 2020 |
Mr. and Mrs. Comfort wanted to invite family and friends over for a family reunion that would seat 32 guests. She arranged a seat for each guest. As family and friends began to arrive they rearranged the seating so they could sit with each other. Once everyone arrived the seating arrangement ended the way Mrs.Comfort originally had it.
Mrs. Comfort was very frustrated with everyone changing her seating arrangement but it worked out. In the end everyone realized Mrs. Comfort set up worked best. This book could be used as an introduction to area, perimeter, division, and possible multiplication. ( )
  Lakieshal | Apr 29, 2020 |
The Comforts are hosting a family reunion at their house and are making their famous spaghetti and meatballs. They have planned the seating and meals perfectly, but when the guests arrive all of their plans go out the window. Throughout the story students can be prompted and asked of what the Comforts should do and how they could solve the various problems that arise in the book. It is a great story for teaching the concept and importance of measurement. ( )
  BobbieHenriques | Apr 26, 2020 |
This book is a easy read for students. It wants the students to focus on math and the author does so by talking about food. This story helps students understand how they can apply basic math principles in everyday life and have it be useful. This book would be great in the classroom because students love food and can relate to the application of the math, even if they do not like math per say. ( )
  SGiese | Apr 6, 2020 |
This is about Mr. and Mrs. Comfort having a dinner party for all of their family and friends. During the story, Mrs. Comfort made a seating chart for the all of the family and friends to sit. This great to use in a classroom when talking about perimeter and area, as well as problem solving. This could be done in a classroom with the students moving around the desk or in groups working together to make the seating chart work. I gave this book a 5 out of 5, because it could easily made into a fun lesson for the students. ( )
  kvanputten | Apr 6, 2020 |
This book is about Mr. and Mrs. Comfort planning a dinner party with their family, friends, and neighbors. They plan on having spaghetti and meatballs. Mrs. Comfort has to order tables and chairs to sit all the guests and maps out the seating. As soon as the guests arrive, they start changing the seating arrangements and Mrs. Comfort gets a little flustered and isn't sure all the guests will fit with the constant change of seating arrangements.
This book is perfect for a math class and using spatial visualization. The book can be used during a perimeter lesson in partner with the pair-share strategy. ( )
  Carlie2613 | Apr 6, 2020 |
This book is about a couple who decided to have a family dinner at their house. Mrs. Comfort had made a seating chart so that everyone would have a place to sit at the table. When everyone arrived they started changing the seating arrangement around. I gave this book a five because it teaches students that there are many ways to do math such as making a seating chart. It shows that just by rearranging tables you can have good spatial visualization. Techers can easily make a lesson/activity out of something similar to this book. ( )
  aks067 | Apr 5, 2020 |
Mr & Mrs. Comfort decide to host a spaghetti dinner at their home. Mrs. Comfort plans how everyone will sit but when everyone arrives they change her arrangements. I gave this book 5 out of 5 stars because it can be used as a great lesson in math classes. It is also great for developing spacial visualization, and getting students engaged. ( )
  Djm065 | Apr 5, 2020 |
Spaghetti and Meatballs for all is a story about Mr. and Mrs Comfort who decided to host a family reunion for their family. Mr. and Mrs. Comfort were busy preparing for the big feast, they garlic bread, spaghetti, and salad all prepared, but when the tables and Mrs. Comfort even had a seating chart made up so everyone would have a place to sit. As guest began to arrive, everyone started to rearrange the seating chart and Mrs. Comfort didn't see how everyone was going to have a place to sit. Once all the tables were divided, everyone had a seat despite the tables not being set up according to Mrs. Comforts seating chart. I think that this is a really great story for students which is why I gave it a five-star review. It is a fun book that you could turn interactive by allowing your students to rearrange their desks or using cut outs to try and figure out what works. It also shows students that it is okay if there is more than one way to solve a problem. ( )
  jmn055 | Apr 3, 2020 |
The story follows a couple who invite their family and friends over for dinner and have to rearrange their table so that everyone will fit. I rate this book 5 stars because i think its a fun book and shows the importance of math. You could even use the book in class when talking about perimeter and area by letting the students follow along and rearrange their own desks. ( )
  MarioRivera | Apr 3, 2020 |
This book is about a couple who decides to have a big dinner with many of their friends and family. Throughout the story, the seating arrangements are constantly rearranging, which teaches kids that there is more than one way. I rate this book 4 stars because it is fun and can be turned into an interactive lesson using cutouts. I think this book would be great to read to a class because it lets them know that thinking different is okay and there's more than one way to get to the right answer. ( )
  Brianna_Henry | Mar 30, 2020 |
This book is a great way for children to learn about several math concepts in a fun and engaging way. It includes the math concepts of area and perimeter. ( )
  gxb023 | Nov 22, 2019 |
This book made me really hungry for spaghetti. That is all I could think about at the time; I could not think about area and perimeter and geometry. I was just hungry like I am now at the time of writing this review. Overall, I enjoyed the book but I am just craving noodles at the moment. ( )
  Grimvylan | Nov 19, 2019 |
It is a great book to introduce area and perimeter more actively and creatively. Mr. and Mrs. Wright are planning a family reunion. Mrs. Wright arranges eight tables and thirty-two chairs so everyone can have a seat, but as the family starts arriving they come with there own seating plans. You can ask students to rearrange their desks where you can have the least area and perimeter after reading the book. ( )
  lpacas | Nov 18, 2019 |
This book uses the idea of getting ready for a family dinner to help explain a lot of different types of math concepts. Although the book is telling a fun and entertaining story, the math concepts it teaches are very important and helpful for students. This book teaches perimeter, area, and grouping numbers allowing it to be taught for multiple different grades and levels. Reading this book and doing a lesson over one of the concepts it covers could be fun and interactive if you have the students sitting at their tables and changing the position of the tables like they do in the book. ( )
  Heley123456 | Nov 18, 2019 |
This book is a fun way for students to learn instead of just teaching out of a math book. I feel like children will enjoy learning from this book because it seem like you are not doing math, but having fun. The illustrations also connect well to the kids because it seems realistic and deals with events happening to kids too. ( )
  Cvasquez13 | Nov 16, 2019 |
This book teaches how to find area and perimeter in many different ways. The author did very well with making it relatable to the students by using family. Also, I really like how the book provides an activity that the teacher can have the students do. ( )
  bek008 | Nov 14, 2019 |
This book is about a mom who has to evenly make tables and meatballs for a certain amount of guests. This book is a fun way to introduce are and circumference. In the back of the book it even has real life equations that could be used to help thee mom out. ( )
  hannahtoukan | Nov 4, 2019 |
In this book, the author does a great job of presenting the usefulness of area in everyday life in the context of a diner. This was a good example of showing the diverse uses of math in a variety of ways within our life as well as the different ways to arrange items to give the greatest surface for all the attendees. I would recommend this to a middle school student. ( )
  Sidneyplunkett | Nov 4, 2019 |
A family are sitting around a table of 32 seats. This book can be about dividing objects into equal parts and bringing it back to normal. The book has great illustrations that clearly shows the distinction of separating the family up into parts. The tables are used to show Area and Perimeter throughout the book. At the end of the book there are even more examples about area and perimeter, so this is a great read for students to learn from. ( )
  erynrowe1 | Nov 4, 2019 |
The book is about a family reunion. The family cooks spaghetti and meatballs, and the mom sets up certain amount of tables and chairs. This book is great to show students how to find area and perimeter. The illustrations are nice as well. ( )
  Tania_Santos | Nov 4, 2019 |
A cute picture book that can be used to introduce area and perimeter to students. This is about a family having a dinner with a lot of people invited. Mrs. Comfort arranged the tables in a way that everyone would have a seat, but people keep moving the tables around which changes the seating availability. ( )
  lyssnicolerod | Nov 4, 2019 |
This is a good book for any teacher to introduce area and perimeter in a fun way and using real-life scenarios. It can also be used to introduced division. I mean, Who doesn't love spaghetti and meatballs? ( )
  Ana-Chavarria | Nov 4, 2019 |
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