Headline Story
Exploring Addition and Subtraction, #1
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Introduction
Display the Headline Story pictured in the sidebar with the class. Encourage children to tell a story about the picture and write a corresponding number sentence.
Possible student responses
- The blue circles are in the top row and the green circles are in the bottom row so, 5 + 5 = 10.
- The big circles are on the left and the small circles are on the right, so 3 + 7 = 10.
- There are 10 circles in the four boxes, so 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10.
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