{"id":495,"date":"2019-08-09T06:50:14","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T13:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=495"},"modified":"2019-08-08T17:28:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T00:28:08","slug":"is-2-a-lot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/is-2-a-lot\/","title":{"rendered":"Is 2 a Lot?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

Is 2 a Lot?: An Adventure With Numbers<\/a>
\nby Annie Watson (Author) and Rebecca Evans (Illustrator)<\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> While Joey\u2019s mom explains the context of numbers in vivid ways, Joey\u2019s imagination transforms their ordinary car ride into a magical odyssey through a land of make-believe. <\/p>\n

Snippet:<\/strong>
\nOne day Joey had a very important question. <\/p>\n

“Is 2 a lot?” he asked his mommy.<\/p>\n

His mommy thought for a moment. Then she said, <\/p>\n

“Well, TWO is not a lot of pennies . . .”<\/p>\n

[TURN THE PAGE]<\/p>\n

“but TWO is a lot of smelly skunks.” <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

It’s STEM Friday!<\/a> (STEM<\/strong> is S<\/strong>cience, T<\/strong>echnology, E<\/strong>ngineering, and M<\/strong>athematics)<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2019 Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is 2 a Lot?: An Adventure With Numbers by Annie Watson (Author) and Rebecca Evans (Illustrator) Booktalk: While Joey\u2019s mom explains the context of numbers in vivid ways, Joey\u2019s imagination transforms their ordinary car ride into a magical odyssey through a land of make-believe. Snippet: One day Joey had a very important question. “Is 2 … <\/p>\n

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