Summary
Friendly dinosaurs make addition concrete by joining two groups together and counting the total. A gentle first look at what the plus sign means.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Talk about it
Adding means putting groups together. Count the first group, then keep counting on into the second to find the total.
- If you have 3 and get 2 more, how many is that all together?
- What does the plus sign (+) tell us to do?
- How could you use your fingers to add 4 and 5?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: add, plus, total, altogether.
Try it: Put 2 blocks with 3 blocks. Count them all. Write the addition it shows.