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Week 10 · Number partners

Monday

Partners of 5
// Two numbers that make a number
⏱ about 15 min

Monday: Partners of 5

Lucy the Ladybug sits on a daisy.

Bennie the Bear has 5 berries.

"Let us split them two ways," says Lucy.

Learn it: number partners

Partners are two numbers that make a number.

3 red and 2 gold make 5.

So 3 and 2 are partners of 5.

Three red and two gold counters

4 and 1 make 5 too.

Four red and one gold counters
PARTNERS OF 5
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
A ten-frame with three red counters and two gold counters3 + 2 = ?
A ten-frame with four red counters and one gold counter4 + 1 = ?
A ten-frame with one red counter and four gold counters1 + 4 = ?
A ten-frame with zero red counters and five gold counters0 + 5 = ?

Find the partner

Look at the top row.

Count the empty boxes.

That is the partner.

WHAT MAKES 5?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
A ten-frame with three counters3 + ? = 5
A ten-frame with one counter1 + ? = 5
A ten-frame with four counters4 + ? = 5
A ten-frame with two counters2 + ? = 5
PARTNERS OF 5
  • The first number gets smaller.
  • Tap them in order.
11st
22nd
33rd
44th
55th
Partners of 5True or false?
3 and 2?
4 and 1?
2 and 2?
5 and 0?
WHY THIS EXERCISE2 and 2 make 4, not 5.
Try it
Get 5 spoons and 2 cups.
Put some spoons in each cup.
Count each cup. Find another way!
Draw 5 berries in two groups.

Word Spot: was, ran

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Was: W-A-S.

Ran: R-A-N.

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.
The pond ___ cold.
We ___ to the park.

Wonderful! Tomorrow we find partners of 6 and 7.