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Ways to Make 5 Using Your Fingers - Kindergarten Math - "Making 5"

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Ways to Make 5 Using Your Fingers - Kindergarten Math - "Making 5"
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Summary

A Kindergarten math lesson on making 5 with fingers. Kids hold up fingers on two hands to find all the pairs that combine to make 5.

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Discussion questions

Your two hands can show every pair that makes 5.

  1. How can your fingers help you make 5?
  2. What pairs make 5 on your hands?
  3. If you hold up 2 fingers, how many more make 5?

Quick work-a-long

Words to know: make 5, fingers, pair

  • Show three different finger pairs that make 5.
  • Fill in: 3 and __ make 5.
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