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Review: Count, Compare, Join, and Take Away

Use drawings to explain changes in small groups, with an adult reading aloud.

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Unit review questions
1. An adult draws eight dots and adds one dot. How many dots are there?
2. An adult draws two boats and five fish. Which group has more drawings?
3. Four drawn balls join two drawn balls. How many balls are together?
4. Seven drawn frogs are shown. Two are crossed out because they leave. How many remain?

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Use the skills in a new task

An adult reads this pretend pond story. Draw three fish, add one fish, and compare the new fish group with two drawn ducks. Two more fish arrive; then one fish leaves. Point or say how many fish there are after each change and which group has more after the first change.

Work on paper or in your own document. Explain the choices you made.

  • Show three fish, then four after one joins.
  • Match four fish with two ducks and name fish as the larger group.
  • Show six fish after two more join.
  • Cross out one fish and count five that remain.
Compare with a model response

I count three fish. One more makes four: 3 + 1 = 4. Four fish is more than two ducks; two fish have no duck partner. Two more fish make six: 4 + 2 = 6. One leaves, so five remain: 6 − 1 = 5.

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