Rocket counts ants out loud. "Six, seven, wait!"
He loses count and groans.
Raven asks, "What could help us keep track?"
Nova says, "Make a mark for each one."
A tally is a quick way to count.
You make one mark for each thing you see.
One ant, one mark.
Two ants, two marks.
You never lose count.
Scientists use tally marks all the time.
Make four marks standing up.
The fifth mark goes across them.
That makes a bundle of five.
Bundles are easy to count.
Five, ten, fifteen!
| Marks | How many |
|---|---|
| | | 1 |
| || | 2 |
| ||| | 3 |
| |||| | 4 |
| |||| with a line across | 5 |
| Sentence | True or false? |
|---|---|
| A tally is a quick way to count. | ? |
| You make one mark for each thing. | ? |
| A bundle has ten marks. | ? |
| Scientists use tally marks. | ? |
| Sentence | True or false? |
|---|---|
| Tally marks help you keep track. | ? |
| Two bundles make ten. | ? |
| You make a mark before you see a thing. | ? |
Here are new sight words.
Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.
Then: T-H-E-N.
Think: T-H-I-N-K.
You can tally like a scientist!
Tomorrow you will compare plants in sun and shade.