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The Space Creature Problem

From Peg + Cat · 2013

The Space Creature Problem
13 minPre-KK1stMath
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Summary

A strange spaceship lands on the Purple Planet, and Peg, Cat, and Richard have to figure out who — or what — is inside. It turns out to be the chickens! A gentle space adventure that turns spotting and counting a group of visitors into the heart of the problem.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

A mystery ship turns out to be full of familiar faces.

  1. How could Peg and Cat figure out how many creatures were on the ship?
  2. Why does it help to count things one at a time?
  3. What's a group of things in our room we could count right now?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: count, group, how many, all together.

Try it: Point to a small group of objects on your desk and count them out loud, touching each one once.

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