Thursday
Thursday: A story about fireflies
Chris the Coyote sits on an old log with his storyteller satchel.
"Tonight I will tell you about the firefly meadow," he says.
"There are many, many fireflies in this story."
Rosie and Bennie lean in close to listen.
"Keep your ears ready for numbers," Chris says.
Story: The firefly meadow
One summer night, 352 fireflies glow in the meadow.
Then 128 fireflies fly home to the woods.
"How many still glow?" asks Rosie.
Bennie looks at the ones. "We cannot take 8 from 2."
"So we trade 1 ten for 10 ones," he says.
- Read the question.
- Tap your answer.
How many fireflies glow at first?Learn it: trade a ten for ones
We start with 352. We take away 128.
Ones: 2 is too small. Trade 1 ten for 10 ones.
Now there are 12 ones and 4 tens.
12 take away 8 is 4 ones.
Tens: 4 tens take away 2 tens is 2 tens.
Hundreds: 3 take away 1 is 2 hundreds.
So 352 take away 128 is 224. Fireflies still glow!
- Chris starts by looking at the ones.
- Tap the steps in order.
- Read the question.
- Tap your answer.
| Number sentence | True or false? |
|---|---|
| 452 - 128 = 324 | ? |
| 631 - 215 = 426 | ? |
| 900 - 300 = 600 | ? |
- Read the question.
- Tap your answer.
Each strip is one ten. Each square is one.
Show 32 with 3 strips and 2 squares.
Take away 8. Trade 1 strip for 10 squares first.
How many are left? Count to check.
Word Spot: hear, without, second
Here are new sight words.
Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.
Hear: H-E-A-R.
Without: W-I-T-H-O-U-T.
Second: S-E-C-O-N-D.
- Listen to the word.
- Tap it.
- Listen to the sentence.
- Tap the missing word.
What a story! Tomorrow Freddy has a review game.