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Professor Cookie Subtracts

From Sesame Street

Professor Cookie Subtracts
4 minPre-KK1stMath
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Summary

A short Sesame Street segment about taking away. Sing it once as a warm-up, then do the same thing with real objects.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

This segment is about taking away.

  1. What did they count or find?
  2. Can we do the same thing with something in this room?
  3. How did you know your answer was right?
  4. What would happen if we had one more?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: count, how many, more, less, group.

Try it: Do the same thing with classroom objects and write down what you got.