Algebra Readiness Made Easy Grade 1

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COUNT THE SPOTS

• How many spots are on the two dogs in all?

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• How can you figure out the number of spots

in all on three dogs? (Count each spot, or count

by 2s—2, 4, 6—or add 2 + 2 + 2= 6.)

• How can you figure out the number of spots

in all on four dogs? (Count each spot, or count by

2s—2, 4, 6, 8—or add 2 + 2 + 2 + 2= 8.)

Work together as a class to answer the questions

in “Solve the Problem: Count the Spots.”

Math Chat With the Transparency

Display the “Make the Case: Count the Spots”

transparency on the overhead. Before children

can decide which character is “wearing smarty

pants,” they need to figure out the answer to the

problem. Encourage children to work in pairs to

solve the problem. Then bring the class together

for another whole-class discussion. Ask:

• Who has the right answer? (Levi Sam)


• How did you figure it out? (Since one shark has

5 spots, then 3 sharks will have 5 + 5 + 5, or 15

spots in all. You can also count the spots by 5s—5,

10, 15.)

• How do you think Shorty Trunks got the

answer of 8? (Maybe he added 3 + 5 and got 8.)

• How do you think Carl Cargo got the answer

of 10? (He might have counted only two 5s instead

of three 5s.)

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Name _____ Date __

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COUNT THE SPOTS

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SOLVE

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Tell how many spots in all.

dog spots

Draw the spots.

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Make sure you

draw two spots on

each dog.

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dogs spots in all

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Shorty Trunks

I know. There are

8 spots in all.

Carl Cargo

I think there are

10 spots in all.

Levi Sam

No. There are 15

spots in all.

Who is wearing smarty pants?

How many spots in all?

shark spots

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Algebra Readiness Made Easy: Grade 1 © Greenes, Findell & Cavanagh, Scholastic Teaching Resources