Ralph freaks out when Flora picks the thirteenth bean in Bean Thirteen by Matthew McElligott. Ralph is sure that thirteen is an unlucky number! Always the idea-grasshopper, Flora invites April for dinner. As Flora and Ralph separate the beans into three piles with four beans each, Ralph is horrified to discover that the one bean left over is the dreaded "bean thirteen!" "That's odd," Flora says. So Flora invites Joe to dinner, too, and begins to make four piles of three beans each. What do you think happens next? Keep reading because the conclusion is really funny!

What a hysterical introduction to the skills of odd / even and division!

Internet Extensions for Bean Thirteen:
Physical Warm-Ups
Bean Thirteen

The Life and Times of a Bean Plant
The Bean Game
Odd and Even Number Sort to 10
Odd Ollie and Even Elly Game
Factor Tree
Grasshopper Diagram
Interactive Virtual Grasshopper
Kids Valley Garden Bugs
CyberBee: How Does Your Gardener Grow
Flower and Garden Songs and Poems
Plants Activities on the Internet
Decomposers

Bean and Seed Art

Superstitions

Literature Connections:

The Trouble with Cauliflower by Jane Sutton,
Illustrated by Jim Harris with Kids Wings Unit in Reading Seeds

Busy in the Garden by George Shannon with Kids Wings Unit in Stepstone Stories

Pick, Pull, Snap Where Once a Flower Bloomed
by Lola M. Schaefer with Kids Wings Unit in Book Bridges

The Beeman by Laurie Krebs with Kids Wings Unit available in Reading Seeds

Seeds, Seeds, Seeds by Nancy Wallace with a Kids Wings Unit available in Book Buddies

A 15-page Unit for Bean Thirteen by Matthew McElligott is part of a collection of 50 units in Stepstone Stories
The Unit Contains:
Crossword Puzzle
Readers’ Theater Script
Discussion Cards
Story Mapping
Label the Grasshopper
Game Pages
Grasshopper Research
and More!

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