One morning each week my students are greeted with an image for a math activity created by Christopher Danielson, which one doesn't belong? I've been gathering my weekly post from a simple Google search. I knew Christopher had published a book, which one doesn't belong? back in 2016 and didn't really know if I needed it. I was preordering his next book, How Many? and decided I should probably have the first one too and I'm so glad I ordered it.
I love the opening page. How many times are we told every answer can be correct? This is also why I love this activity. Each student's thinking is correct as long as they justify their reasoning. I'm often caught off guard with reasoning I haven't thought of.
This is a great book for introducing the activity, Which one doesn't belong? The first six pages guides the reader through looking at the same picture and giving reasons why each shape may not belong. There are 9 images that follow for further class discussion. I wish I had used this book to introduce the activity earlier in the year. We will definitely be looking at it this week for our weekly thinking and I think it could be a helpful tool for launching student's creating their own; Which one doesn't belong?
Looks like you fell to a couple of book purchases, but they sound like they are both worth the investment.
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