Headline Story
Large Numbers, #11
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Introduction
The Headline Story is deliberately broad in order to allow children to respond at varying levels. You may want to ask questions such as, “How do the weights of the animals compare?” or “Which animal is bigger?”
Headline Story
Mr. Levi’s class went to the zoo. The descriptions of the animals often gave the weight of the animals. For example, the tiger weighed 315 pounds and the porcupine weighed 30 pounds.
Possible student responses
- A tiger weighs a lot more than a porcupine.
- The tiger is almost 300 pounds more than the porcupine.
- About ten porcupines weigh the same amount as one tiger.
- When each of the animals was born, they weighed less than they do now.
- A tiger weighs more than I do, but I weigh more than a porcupine.
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