Five pages of 1st grade story problems within 20 in which something joins or goes away, and the question asks how many there are now. Page 1 is all adding: 9 frogs sit by the pond and 6 more hop over. Page 2 is all subtracting: 13 butterflies are in the garden and 6 fly away. On page 3 students decide for themselves, writing + or − in the circle before they solve. Page 4 gives two ten frames for each story: fill the first frame, then keep going in the second, or draw the dots and cross out the ones that go away. Page 5 shows three number sentences for each story and students circle the one that matches, then solve. Each page starts with a worked example, except page 3.
Before page 1, act out one story with counters: put out 9, then add 6, and ask what number sentence tells the story. On page 3, have students underline the words that tell them something joins or goes away (more, gets, picks, fly away, eats) before choosing + or −. Page 4 works well with real two-color counters on a double ten frame mat.
Tell quick stories with things around the house: you have 8 crayons and find 5 more, how many now? Let your child draw dots in the ten frames on page 4 and check by counting. On page 5, ask why the other two number sentences do not match the story.
This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:
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A 5-page add to and take from word problems pack for 1st grade, with numbers within 20. Solve stories where more join (8 stickers, then 5 more) and stories where some go away (14 balloons, 5 float away), writing a number sentence for each. Then decide whether to add or subtract, solve with two ten frames, and circle the number sentence that matches the story. Every page comes in color and in black and white. Answer keys included.
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