Headline Story
Modeling Addition and Subtraction, #7
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Introduction
Display the Headline Story pictured in the sidebar or write the number sentence on the board. Encourage children to create a story that matches the number sentence. The sample responses are deliberately broader than what a class is likely to produce in any session. You might lead to one new response by beginning a story for the class to continue.
Headline Story
6 + 7 = 13
Possible student responses
- There are 6 boys and 7 girls in our class, or 13 kids in all.
- The beach is 13 miles away. After we drove for 6 miles, we still had 7 miles to go.
- Our tree is 6 feet tall, but our neighbor’s tree is 7 feet taller than that. Our neighbor’s tree is 13 feet tall.
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