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.
- How can your fingers help you make 5?
- What pairs make 5 on your hands?
- 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.

