Curriculum placement

Kindergarten. This describes the skill, not a learner estimate.

Join and separate: pictures, equations

Show joining and taking away with pictures, expressions and equations, and read a picture or story as a number sentence

Problem types

  • Show it with counters
  • Which number sentence tells about it
  • Which picture shows the number sentence

Builds on

Leads to

  • Equations for addition and subtraction stories · Extend the idea

    Reading a picture of joining or taking away as a number sentence is the first step. Addition stories ask for the number sentence of a longer story, including stories that compare two groups.

Related skills

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