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Week 04 · The equal sign

Monday

The same as
// Same as, true or false
⏱ about 15 min

Monday: The same as

Oliver the Owl looks at two nests.

"Each nest holds 5 eggs," says Oliver.

"So the nests are the same. They are equal."

Learn it: the equal sign

This is the equal sign: =.

It means "the same as."

So 3 + 2 = 5 says both sides match.

Read it: 3 plus 2 is the same as 5.

Five red dots and five blue dots

5 red and 5 blue. They are equal.

SAME OR NOT THE SAME?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
five red dots on the left and five blue dots on the rightAre the two groups the same?
four red dots on the left and six blue dots on the rightAre the two groups the same?
three red dots on the left and three blue dots on the rightAre the two groups the same?
seven red dots on the left and six blue dots on the rightAre the two groups the same?

Find the same amount

WHICH IS THE SAME?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Which is the same as 5?
Which is the same as 7?
Which is the same as 9?
Which is the same as 4?
Number sentenceTrue or false?
3 + 2 = 5?
4 + 4 = 7?
6 = 6?
2 + 5 = 7?
WHY THIS EXERCISE4 + 4 is 8, not 7. So it is false.
HOW OLIVER CHECKS A SENTENCE
  • Oliver checks in three steps.
  • Tap the steps in order.
11st
22nd
33rd
Try it
Make 2 piles of 4 spoons.
Count each pile.
Say, "4 is the same as 4."
Draw two nests with the same number of eggs.

Word Spot: going, had

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Going: G-O-I-N-G.

Had: H-A-D.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
We are ___ to the park.
The bird ___ three eggs.

Well done! Tomorrow we flip number sentences.