Title of Book:
Author:
Publisher/Year:
ISBN:
Over in the Ocean in a Coral Reef
Marianne Berkes
Dawn Publications/2004
1-58469-082-8
Grade Levels for Recommended Use: Kindergarten
TEKS: (1)(B)(C) The student uses numbers to name quantities. The student is expected
to use sets of concrete objects to represent quantities given in verbal or written form and
use numbers to describe how many objects are in a set using verbal and symbolic
descriptions.
Brief Summary: The coral reef is a marine nursery alive with adults and their young.
Count the young, from one to ten, as you turn the pages.
Materials Needed: 1-preassembled book (3 sheets of construction paper folded
horizontally with a stapled spine), 1-title page, 1-age appropriate magazine, scissors, and
glue per student
Suggested Activity: My Counting Book. After reading Over in the Ocean in a Coral
Reef, distribute supplies to students. Tell students they will be creating their own
counting books; create a counting book ahead of time for the students to model or use
Over in the Ocean as a model (each page has the numbers, one through ten, and
corresponding sea stars). Have students write their names on their title page and glue it to
the front of the book. Have students find the number 1 in their magazine; have them cut it
out and glue at the top of the page inside the front cover. Next have the students cut out
any one item from their magazine and glue it on the same page so that page one is
complete. Next have the students find the number two in their magazines, cut it out, and
glue it on the next page. Then have the students cut out two of the same item and glue
them on the same page as the number two. Repeat the process with numbers three
through ten (the back cover should be the only blank page). As an extension, students
may write the words of the numbers at the bottom of the pages.
Adapted by: Stephanie R. Medina (2011)