Headline Story
Moving on the Number Line, #10
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Introduction
For this Headline Story, children make up stories about a character named Rusty. Encourage children to relate their story to a floor number line or a desk number line. For children who may have difficulty describing two jump scenarios using words, you might have them demonstrate the two jumps (that start at 5) while other children record the jumps. This might help them later describe the jump using words.
Headline Story
Rusty started at 5 and made two jumps.
Possible student responses
- Rusty could have made two plus 1 jumps and landed on 7.
- Rusty might have made two minus 1 jumps and landed on 3.
- Maybe Rusty made a plus 5 jump and a plus 1 jump and landed on 11.
- Maybe Rusty made a minus 3 jump and a minus 2 jump and landed on 0.
- Maybe Rusty made a plus 3 jump and a minus 1 jump and landed on 7.
- If Rusty made 2 plus jumps, he would end up on a number higher than 5.
- If Rusty made one plus jump and one minus jump, the landing point could be higher or lower than 5.
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