Headline Story
Building Addition and Subtraction Fluency, #10
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Introduction
Share the Headline Story with the class, and encourage children to invent problems to pose and solve that fit with the story.
Headline Story
12 – 3 = _____. Complete the sentence and tell a story about it.
Possible student responses
- 12 – 3 = 9.
- There were a dozen notebooks in the teacher’s lounge. When Mrs. Henry left, 3 notebooks had disappeared. How many notebooks were left? (9)
- If Jack finishes mowing the lawn at noon, and it took him 3 hours to do it, when did he start? (9:00)
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