Comparing textbooks

1. CEIP VIRGEN DEL REMEDIO
L’ALGUENYA
SPAIN

2. GAMES
1st GRADE VALENCIÀ (LESSON) UNITS AND GAME DISTRIBUTION
UNIT SUBJECT MATTER
THE NUMBER
OF LEARNING
OBJECTIVE(S)
NUMBER OF
01:The song of the vowels
the vowel 5 1
the “l” 1
the “m” and “s” 2
02:The first book of Oscar
the “p” 1
the “n”
1
the “l” and “d” 1
the “ce” and “cu” 2
03:Gold
the “hac” and “efa” 2
the “ics” 1
the “ge” and “gue” 2
the “tj” and “tg” 2
the “erra” and “jota” 2
04:the chestnut
the “be” 1
The “zeta” 1
the “ny” and “ll” or “l.l” 3
05:The stuffed rabbit
the “ve” 1
the “tx” and “ig” 2
the “ss”, “cc” 2 1
the “ce” and “ç” 2
06:The seven goats
the “br” and “bl” 2
the “pr” and “pl” 2
expression 1
07:Elephants
the “fr” and “fl” 2
writing 1
the “tr” and “dr”
2
expression
1 1
08:The field mouse
the “cr” and “cl”
2
writing 1
the “gr” and “gl” 2 1
expression
1

3. There appear between 2 and 5 games in each didactic unit. The valencian
language book focuses more on the mechanical activity development. The
activites with games are included by the teacher, games such as "who is
who", "trivial or battleship", in order to strenghten the acquired language.
09:The clueless hen
reading comprehension 1
I discover words 1 1
writing 1
expression 1 1
10:The fish
reading comprehension 1
I discover words 1
writing 1
expression 1 1
11:The gardener dog
reading comprehension 1
I discover words 1
writing 1
expression 1
12:Ugh, the books
reading comprehension 1 1
I discover words 1
writing 1
expression 1
13:Letter to the mouse
reading comprehension 1
I discover words 1
writing 1 1
expression 1 1
14: Elena’s river
reading comprehension 1
I discover words 1 1
writing 1
expression 1
15: Carcaixent´s train
reading comprehension 1 1
writing 1
expression 1 1
TOTAL:78 TOTAL: 13

4. GAMES
1st GRADE MATHS (LESSON) UNITS AND GAME DISTRIBUTION
UNIT SUBJECT MATTER
THE NUMBER OF
LEARNING
OBJECTIVE(S)
NUMBER OF
1. All is new
numbers from 1 to 5 3 2
Spatial notions 4 2
sum 3 2
2. We play in the park
numbers from 6 to 10 5 2
subtraction 4 2
spatial notions 1 2
3. To the fair
ten 5 2
measure 1 2
Vertical sum 4 2
4. Food with friends
numbers from 11 to 19 4 2
vertical subtraction 3 2
measure (centimeter and meter) 2 2
5. A christmas tree
numbers from 20 to 29 3 2
previous and subsequent numbers 2 2
weight comparisons 2 2
06, What tall houses!
numbers from 30 to 39 3 2
sums of three addends 2 2
comparisons and estimates on
capacity
2 2
7, My dog Lula
numbers from 40 to 49 3 2
sums of two figures 3 2
weekdays 2 2
8. Come to the city
numbers from 50 to 59 3 2
months of the year 2 2
subtraction of two figures 2 2
9. The sea at home
numbers from 60 to 69 3 2
subtraction and sums of two figures 2 2
reading of the hours in analog clock 2 2
10. Whitout polluting m
numbers from 70 to 79 3 2
sums of three one- and two-digit
addends
3 2
use cent coins in situations of buying
and selling
2 2
11. A cinema Sunday
numbers from 80 to 89 3 2
identify, name and draw straight
lines and curves and open and
closed lines
2 2

5. possible, impossible and sometimes
12. Full steam
13.Breakfast in the sun
14. This little table is
not night
15. How will I be when
I am older
understand and calculate sum
operations
2 2
numbers from 90 to 99 3 2
ordinal numbers 2 2
identify name and draw flat figures 2 2
numbers from 0 to 99 3 2
read and interpret the information
of a double entry box
3 2
solve sums of three addends
without carrying
2 2
numbers from 0 to 99 3 2
read and interpret the information
of a pictogram
2 2
solve sums of three addends
without carrying
2 2
numbers from 0 to 99 3 2
identify and distinguish events: 2 2
2 2
TOTAL 129 86
In addition to the games proposed in the textbook (which are very few), the
publisher proposes an alternative material, in a small filing cabinet, to facilitate
the acquisition of the contents.
- Abacuses, strips, multibase blocks, to enhance the
manipulation.
- Graduate number line to locate numbers and
locate names
- Cards with sums presented in the mental calculation activity.
- Cards, dominos, ruler, coins, multiplication tables, parchis, ..
* In all of the teaching units, there is a common goal , "develop strategies for solving
problems affecting the comprehension of the statement"
COMMENT:

6. GAMES
2nd GRADE MATHS (LESSON) UNITS AND GAME DISTRIBUTION
UNIT SUBJECT MATTER
THE NUMBER OF
LEARNING
OBJECTIVE(S)
NUMBER OF
1. Dance class
review of the numbers from 0 to 99 3 2
Spatial notions 1 1
units and tens, previous and
subsequent number
2 2
mathematical logic, series 2 2
2. Without semaphores
numbers from 100 to 199 3 2
sum carrying, commutative property 3 1
labyrinths 1 1
the days of the week and the months
of the year 1 2
3. The colors that I like
to eat
numbers from 200 to 299 4 2
sum carrying associative property 3 1
the watch 2 2
4. The new house of
culture
numbers from 300 to 399 4 1
subtraction of two figures 3 2
hours, minutes and seconds 2 2
5.The school police
numbers from 400 to 499 3 2
subtraction carrying 3 2
mathematical logic, decoding codes 1 1
euros, cents of euro and euro bills 2 2
6.At the school farm
numbers from 500 to 599 3 2
the proof of subtraction 3 1
Centimeters, meters and kilometers 2 2
7.The school magazine
sum of three addends leading 3 2
kilo, half kilo and quarter kilo 2 2
8. Poisonous animals
numbers from 700 to 799 3 2
multiplication table of 1 2 1
liter, half a liter and a quarter liter 2 2
9.Water is for everyone
numbers from 800 to 899 3 2
table of two, double, addition and
subtraction 2 1

7. 2 1curved and polygonal straight lines
10. There are palms in
the desert
numbers from 900 to 999 3 2
table of 3 and table of 4 2 1
the polygons, circumference and
circle 2 1
11.Is it a rock or a
mineral?
review of numbers 2 1
table of 5 and table of 6 2 1
geometric bodies 2 2
12. Changing light
bulbs
review of numbers 2 1
table of 7 and table of 8 2 1
pictograms 2 2
13. Friends of nature
review of numbers 2 1
vertical multiplication 2 2
bar graphic 2 1
14. Creating in three
dimensions
review of numbers 2 1
table of 9 and table of 10 2 1
probability, safe, possible and
impossible 2 2
15. A woman of
science.
review of numbers 2 1
multiplication carrying 2 2
review of tables 2 1
TOTAL 109 74
In addition to the games proposed in the textbook (which are quite few),
the publisher proposes an alternative material, in a small filing cabinet, to
facilitate the acquisition of the contents.
- Abacuses, strips, multibase blocks, to enhance the manipulation
- Graduate number line to locate numbers.
- Cards with sums presented in the mental calculation activity.
- Cards, dominos, ruler, coins, multiplication tables, parchis, ..
* In all teaching units, there is a common goal, " to develop strategies
for solving problems affecting the comprehension of the statement"
COMMENT:

8. GAMES
- Mammals 4 2
2nd grade LIFE SCIENCE. Units and games
UNIT SUBJECT MATTER
THE NUMBER OF
LEARNING OBJETIVE(S)
NUMBER OF
1. The human body
- Body parts. 3 5
- Bones and joints 2 3
- Muscles 1 2
- Respiratory system 1 3
2. Health
- Source of food 3 3
- Healthy food 3 1
- Take care of health 4 1
3. Living beings
- Features 3 1
- Ecosystems 4 1
- Food relations 4 2
4. Mammals and birds
- Vertebrated and
invertebrated animals 2 1
- Birds 4 1
5. Fish, amphibians and re
- Fish 4 1
- Amphibians 4 1
- Reptile 4 1
- Animal adaptation 1 2
6. Plants
- Features 3 1
- Flowers, fruits and seeds 3 2
- Type of plants 3 1
- Use of plants 5 2
7. Experiments
- Feature of materials 5 2
- Mass and volume 2 1
- Force 2 1
8. Energy
- Energy sources 2 2
- Light 5 2
- Sound 2 3
- Noise and contamination 2 2
- Energy savings 3 1
9. Machines
- Source of machines 2 2
- Work and machines 4 2
- Comunication and
machines 1 1
TOTAL: 95 56
COMMENT :
Game number is available in sufficient amount or not ? In my opinion
the number of games is enought. There are fifty-six games. The
publisher proposes interactive games, psychomotor games and board
games. In each unit there are, at least, one of them.

9. OF GAMES
3rd GRADES ENGLISH (LESSON) UNITS AND GAME DISTRIBUTION
UNIT SUBJECT MATTER
THE NUMBER OF
LEARNING
OBJECTIVE(S)
NUMBER
1. A computer for the lab
- Activities children do 1 1
- Expressing everyday activities. 1 -
-Asking and answering about activities they
do
1 3
2. Animal world
- Learning wild animals and parts of
animals' body 2 1
- Asking and answering about animals' body
parts 1 1
- Describing animals
1 2
3. Sports star
- Learning names of sports 1 -
- Asking and answering about what children
can do 1 2
- Learning about activities children can do 2 1
4. Food we like
- Learning names of foods 1 -
- Asking about what they like eating 1 2
- Expressing likes and dislikes 2 2
5. Things we do everyday
- Learning daily routine activities. 1 1
- Asking about what they do at different
times 1 1
- Expressing what children do everyday 1 1
6. At the beach
- Activities we do at the beach 1 1
- Asking about what a person is doing or
wearing 1 1
- Expressing what someone is doing at the
moment 1 1
TOTAL
TOTAL 21 TOTAL 21
COMMENT :
Game number is available in sufficient amount or not ? There are 3 or 4 games per
unit. Although it may seem it is a good number, most of them are repetitive games so
I sometimes play online games such as quizzes, puzzles, memories, etc.
What kind game(s) does the textbook include ? - Mime and say, guess who, chain
game, bingo, arrange the cards,memory game, ask and show, draw and guess.

10. GAMES
ationship of man with an
3rd grade LIFE SCIENCE. units and games distribution
UNIT SUBJECT MATTER
THE NUMBER OF
LEARNING
OBJETIVE(S)
NUMBER OF
1. Living beings Types 3 1
Roles 3 0
ationship of man with a
How people take advantage
of animals? 4 0
What do they provide? 4 0
Advantages 3 0
3. Plants Features 1 0
Reproduction 1 0
Types 3 0
What do they provide? 3 1
Farming 2 0
4. Our body Features 6 0
Differences with animals 4 0
Function 3 1
Stages of life 4 0
5. Relationship
function Function 2 0
Organs 2 0
Senses 5 1
6. Food and digestion Diet 4 0
Digestion 2 0
Types of foodstuff 3 0
7. The matter Features 2 0
Types 4 0
States 3 0
Matter’s changes 2 1
8. Energy Forms 5 0
Sources 2 0
Effects 3 0
9. The machines Functions 1 0
Types 2 0
Uses 4 0
TOTAL: 90 5
Game number is available in sufficient amount or not ? In my opinion there
are not enough games. There are only five for the whole year. It is necessary
to emphasize that in 3rd grade,the publisher points out structures of
cooperative learning, such as round table, share reading or three minuts stop,
which are to engage cooperation, team work and to improve communication.
COMMENT:

11. 1
1
2
1
2
2
2
1
COMMENT :
Game number is available in sufficient amount or not ? I think yes.In all the
subjects of the area we find games and suggestions, especially of
manipulative type, in addition there are methodological recommendations and
web pages for the work of mathematical games.
3rd grade MATHS. units and games distribution
UNIT SUBJECT MATTER LEARNING GAMES
1. Numbers up the
million
- Structure
- Applications
- Ordinal numbers
1
1
1
2
1
2. Add and substract
- Add
- Substract
- Combined operation
2
2
2
2
2
1
3. Multiplication
- Concepts
- Tables
- Double and triple
2
1
1
1
2
1
4. Multiplication II
- Multiplication by a numbe
- Multiplication by two num
2
2
1
5. Division
- Parts
- Types
2
2
1
6. Division II
- Division
- Divisibility criteria
3
1
2
7. Fractions
- Elements
- Comparation
- Aplications
1
1
3
1
1
2
8. Time and money
- Measure
- Money
2
3
2
9. Length
- Meter
- Smaller units
- Larger units
1
3
3
1
1
1
0. Capacity and weigh
- Capacity
- Weight
3
3
2
11. Straight and
angles
- Parallel lines
- Secant lines
- Angles
1
2
2
1
2
12. Plain figures
- Polygon
- Cilcle and circumference
- Symmetry
3
3
1
2
2
1
13. Triangles and
quadrilaterals
- Triangle
- Quadrilateral
2
2
2
2
14. Objects and
geometry
- Faces
- Edges
- Vertex
1
1
1
1
1
15. Probability and
statistic
- Data record
- Probablity
2
3
2
3
TOTAL: 70 58

12. OF GAMES
4th GRADE VALENCIÀ (LESSON) UNITS AND GAME DISTRIBUTION
UNIT SUBJECT MATTER
THE NUMBER
OF LEARNING
OBJECTIVE(S)
NUMBER
1:Toni returns home Capital letter 2 …
Dictionary 2 …
Stories 1 1
2:A lion in the room Syllabes 2 1
Sharp word
2 …
Synonym words 1 1
3:Last minute Sentence 2 1
Flat words 2 …
Antonyms words 1 …
Firts person narration 1 …
4: Lupita goes to the fair
Subject and predicate 2 1
Diphthong and hiatus 2 …
Polysemic words 1 …
5: The big house Class of sentences 5 1
The comma and the point 2 …
Description of places 2 1
06:I catch you! The name: the gender and the
number 2 1
Punctuation marks 3 …
Compound words 1 …
7: Fransesc Ferrer
Name class 3 1
Prefixes 4 …
Biography and autobiography 2 1
Dialogue and monologue 2 1
8: Letter to my friend Adjective 3 …
Sounds: e/i/o 3 …
Prefixes 3 …
Letters and postcards 2 1
Acts and theatrical scenes 2 1
9:Welcome home Articles and demonstratives 2 1
Apostrophe 1 …
Prefixes 3 ...
Poll 1 1
Metaphor 1 1
10: Wildlife Possessive, numerals,
exclamatory 3 …
The script 1 …
Augmentatives and diminutives 2 …
The expository text 1 …
The rhyme 2 …

13. 11: The dinosaurs The pronouns 1 …
Class of “s” 1 …
Abbreviations 1 1
Scheme 1 …
Rhythm …
12:We make music Verbs 1 1
Sounds “x” 1 ….
Family of words 1 1
Summary 1 …
Verse 1 …
13:The mistery Comic 1 …
Non-personal forms of verbs 1 …
b and v 2 …
Cultisms 1 …
The news 1 1
14:Spoiled The adverb 1 …
j/g/tj/tg 4 …
Set phrase 1 1
Conversation 3 1
Poem 1 …
15:The Apple Prepositions 1 …
Idioms 3 1
Argument 1 …
My favorite books
TOTAL 108 23
There appear between 2 and 5 games in each didactic unit. The
valencian language book focuses more on the mechanical activity
development. The activites with games are included by the teacher,
games such as "who is who" "trivial" or "battleship", in order to
strenghten the acquired contents.

14. 1
3
2
1
1
1
COMMENT :
Game number is available in sufficient amount or not ? I think yes. In all the
subjects of the area we find games and suggestions, especially of manipulative type,
in addition there are methodological recommendations and web pages for the work of
mathematical games.
Moreover each teacher incorporates more games as an educational resource so that
students experience, live and assimilate the concepts more easily.
4th grade MATHS. units and games distribution
UNIT SUBJECT MATTER
LEARNING
OBJETIVE(S)
NUMBER OF
GAMES
1. Number and
calculation
- Decimals
- Addition and subtraction
- Brackets
3
1
1
2
1
2. Multiplication
- Properties
- Algorithm
3
3
4
3. Division I
- Types
- Properties
1
1
2
4. Division II
- Splitter
- Quotient
- Combined operation
2
2
1
1
1
1
5. Fraction
- Parts
- Operations
1
2
1
6. Decimal numbers
- Tenth and hundreth
- Calulation
3
2
4
7. Length
- Units
- Expressions
- Calculation
2
2
2
1
1
1
8. Capacity and
weight
- Units
- Expressions
- Calculation
2
2
2
1
1
9. Time - Historical time
- Next time
- Measuring time
3
3
2
2
3
3
10. Straight lines and - Straigth lines
- Two lines
2
4
2
3
11. Flat figures - Polygons
- Circle and circumference
- Measuring surface
3
2
1
2
2
2
12. Symmetry - Symmetric figures
- Translators
2
1
2
1
13. Spatial shapes - Polyhedron
- Round figures
3
3
2
2
14. Map orientation - Sketch and plans
- Square plans
2
1
2
3
15. Probability and sta- Statistics
- Random and probablity
2
3
1
2
TOTAL: 75 68

15. OF GAMES
4TH GRADE SOCIAL SCIENCES (LESSON) UNITS AND GAME DISTRIBUTION
UNIT SUBJECT MATTER
THE NUMBER
OF LEARNING
OBJECTIVE(S)
NUMBER
1. THE LANDSCAPE The coastal landscape 1 .
The interior landscape 2 .
The modification of the landscape 2 .
The landscape of the community 1 1
The maps 1 .
2. THE HYDROSPHERE
The terrestrial hydrosphere 2 .
Surface water
2 .
Groundwater
1 .
The hidrography of Spain
2 .
The hidrography of community 1 .
3:THE ATMOSPHERE
AND THE WEATHER
The Earth’s atmosphere 2 .
The Weather 1 .
Climatic factors 2 .
We represent the weather 1 1
The great climatic zones of the Earth 1 .
The weather of Spain 1 .
4. THE POPULATION
We study the population 1 .
The population changes 2 .
How is the population made up 1 .
5. THE ORGANIZATION
OF SPAIN AND THE
EUROPEAN UNION
The municipality and the population 1 .
The provinces and the autonomous
communities 1 .
The Spanish political system 1 1
The European Union 1 .
The organization of the community 1 1
6. ECONOMIC
ACTIVITIES Natural products and artificial products 1 .
The primary sector
1 .
The secondary sector 1 .
The tertiary sector 1 .
An industrial process: milk chocolate 1 .
The company 1 .
7. WE STUDY THE
HISTORY
What is the story? 2 .
The historical sources
1 .
The historical sources
1
.
8. THE IBERIAN
PENINSULA IN
PREHISTORY
Prehistory and its stages
2
.
Prehistory in the Iberian Peninsula 1
.

16. Prehistory in the Iberian Peninsula (II) 2
.
Prehistory in the community
2
.
9. THE IBERIAN
PENINSULA IN
ANCIENT TIMES
Pre-Roman peoples: the Iberians and the
Celts 2 .
Colonizers of the Mediterranean peoples 1 .
The Romans on the Iberian Peninsula 2 .
The Romans on the Iberian Peninsula (II) 1 .
Old age in the community 2 .
TOTAL 57 4
COMMENT :
Game number is available in sufficient amount or not ? The number of
games found in the 4th grade book of the social sciences subject is quite
scarce. What kind game(s) does the textbook include? Alphabet soups, cut-
outs, role-playing games, etc. However, the book includes other kind
of activities, which can’t be considered strictly games, but are fun and
manipulative activities for students, such as: Make a volcano, build an
anemometer, invent a comic, among others.

17. GAMES
4TH GRADE ENGLISH (LESSON) UNITS AND GAME DISTRIBUTION
UNIT SUBJECT MATTER
THE NUMBER OF
LEARNING
OBJECTIVE(S)
NUMBER OF
1. A NEW SCHOOL
YEAR
- Learning school subjects 1 0
- Learning the times 1 0
- Asking and answering about the
school subjects and the times
1 2
- Expressing what school subjects
they have got
1 1
2. DESCRIBING PEOPLE
- Learning physical appearance 1 0
- Asking and answering about
physical apperance 1 2
- Describing themselves or someone
else 2 2
- Learning about people's character 1 1
3. AROUND THE
TOWN
- Learning about places in a city 1 0
- Expressing about what there is/are
in a city 1 1
- Asking and answering about what th 1 2
- Learning about means of transport
in a city 1 1
4. JOBS AND
ROUTINES
- Learning names of jobs 1 0
- Describing what a person does/wear 1 2
- Asking and answering about what a 1 2
5. THINGS WE LIKE
DOING
- Learning about what children like
doing. 1 1
- Asking and answering about what th 1 1
- Asking and answering about what
another person likes doing. 1 1
6. IN THE
COUNTRYSIDE
- Learning about what you can see in
the countryside. 1 0
- Giving directions in the countryside 1 2
TOTAL 21 21
COMMENT :
Game number is available in sufficient amount or not ? Although the
number of games per unit are three or four, it seems to me that most of
them are quite similar to each other.
What kind game(s) does the textbook include ? Mime and guess, ask and
guess, chain sentences, think and remember, clap if it is true, play true or
false, sentence bingo, etc.