Headline Story
Building Addition and Subtraction Fluency, #2
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Introduction
Share the Headline Story with the class. Encourage children to generate an entire fact family. It may be necessary to write all the sentences first and then write the stories.
Headline Story
What number story can you write about this picture?
M M m m m
Possible student responses
- Two big Ms met three little ms. How many were there in all? 2 + 3 = 5.
- There once was family of five green Ms. Two were big. How many were small? 5 – 2 = 3
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