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Week 02 · Story problems

Wednesday

How many more?
// One step and two steps within 100
⏱ about 15 min

Wednesday: How many more?

Chris has 9 shiny stones, and Bennie has 6.

"Who has more?" asks Bennie. "And how many more?"

Chris lines up the stones in two rows, side by side.

"Look," says Chris. "I have three stones with no partner."

"So you have 3 more," says Bennie.

Learn it: compare

Line up the two groups. Match them one to one.

The ones with no partner show how many more.

We can also subtract: 9 - 6 = 3.

Nine red dots and six blue dots, side by side
HOW MANY MORE?
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nine red dots on the left and six blue dots on the rightChris has 9 stones. Bennie has 6. How many more does Chris have?
eight red dots on the left and five blue dots on the rightRosie has 8 carrots. Lucy has 5. How many more does Rosie have?
ten red dots on the left and four blue dots on the rightThere are 10 red dots and 4 blue dots. How many fewer blue?

Learn it: a missing part

Bennie had 24 apples. He picked some more.

Now he has 30. How many did he pick?

Think 24 + ? = 30. Count on from 24 to 30.

A number line with hops up from 24 to 30
FIND THE MISSING PART
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A number line from 20 to 30, with hops from 24 to 3024 + ? = 30
45 + ? = 50
12 + ? = 19
Base-ten blocks: 6 tens and 0 ones60 + ? = 80
COMPARE STORIES
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Chris has 35 feathers. Bennie has 20. How many more does Chris have?
Lucy counts 48 daisies. Rosie counts 8. How many more does Lucy count?
Donnie walks 60 steps. Rosie walks 40 steps. How many fewer steps for Rosie?
MISSING PART STORIES
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Bennie had 24 apples. He picked more. Now he has 30. How many did he pick?
Rosie had 13 seeds. She planted some. Now she has 8. How many did she plant?
Number sentenceTrue or false?
35 - 20 = 15?
24 + 6 = 31?
50 - 45 = 5?
WHY THIS EXERCISE24 + 6 is 30, not 31.
Try it
Make a row of 9 spoons and a row of 6 forks.
Match each spoon with a fork.
How many more spoons are there?

Word Spot: country, plants

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Country: C-O-U-N-T-R-Y.

Plants: P-L-A-N-T-S.

FIND THE WORD
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Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
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  • Tap the missing word.
We live in a big ___.
We watered the ___ in the garden.

Well done! Tomorrow Chris tells a two-step story.

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