A review by celia_thebookishhufflepuff
The Wing on a Flea: A Book about Shapes by Ed Emberley

5.0

[b:The Wing on a Flea|550440|The Wing on a Flea A Book about Shapes|Ed Emberley|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1387736221l/550440._SX50_.jpg|537684] asks, “what could it be” for triangles, rectangles, and circles in nature through rhyming poetic prose and colorful pictures. Every few pages ends, “if you’ll just look and see.

This would be a good read-aloud to start a unit on shapes that covers the standards on shapes for kindergarten, or a good way to preassess knowledge. I'd love to have this in the classroom and have students join me in pointing out colorful shapes in order to help grow knowledge of shapes on paper and in the world.

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