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Features

Count the feathers on each turkey and write how many
Draw as many feathers as the number on the turkey
Add plain and spotted feathers with a number sentence
Make 10 with a ten frame
Number bonds with the parts on two feathers
Cut out feathers and glue on the facts that make 8
Every page in color and in black and white
Answer keys included

Skills Covered

Count up to 10 objects and write the number
Draw a set of objects for a number
Add two groups and write the number sentence

Find how many more make 10
Find a missing part or the whole of a number bond
Match addition and subtraction facts to their answers

How to Use This Pack

Six pages, each built on a cheerful turkey and its fan of tail feathers. Page 1 counts the feathers on four turkeys (3 to 10). On page 2 each turkey wears a number, and students draw that many feathers. Page 3 shows plain and spotted feathers: count each kind and write the number sentence, like 3 + 4 = 7. Page 4 asks how many more feathers make 10, with a ten frame to fill. Page 5 is number bonds: the two feathers make the number on the turkey, with one worked example. Page 6 is cut and glue: cut out eight feathers with facts and glue the five that make 8 onto the turkey.

In the Classroom

Model page 2 on the board: read the number, then draw one feather at a time as the class counts. For page 3, give students two colors of paper feathers to build a turkey before they write the sentence. Page 6 makes a good center: students cut, check each fact with counters, and glue the matches.

At Home

Cut feathers from colored paper and make a turkey on the fridge. Each day, add or take away a feather and ask: how many now? How many more make 10?

Tips for Success

Touch each feather tip as you count
On page 3, count the plain feathers first, then the spotted ones
On the ten frame, count the empty boxes to find how many more make 10
Parts on the feathers, the whole on the turkey: the two parts add up to the whole
On page 6, work out every fact before you glue

Common Core Standards Alignment

This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

K.CC.B.4a Count objects by saying numbers in order and matching exactly one number to each object, none skipped or counted twice.
K.CC.B.4b Know the final number in a count gives the total, and the total stays the same however the objects are arranged or counted.
K.CC.B.5 Tell how many: up to 20 objects in a line, array or circle, or 10 scattered. Also count out a requested number up to 20.
K.OA.A.1 Show adding and taking away in many ways: fingers, objects, pictures, sounds, acting out, words, or number sentences.
K.OA.A.2 Solve story problems and add or subtract with totals up to 10, modeling them with objects or drawings.
K.OA.A.3 Break a number up to 10 into two parts several ways, recording each as a picture or equation (7 = 3 + 4).
K.OA.A.4 For a number from 1 to 9, find the partner that adds with it to 10, and show it in a picture or number sentence.

Turkey Feather Math

K – 1st Grade

Turkeys with colorful fanned-out tail feathers for counting, adding and making 10. Students count and draw feathers, write number sentences, fill ten frames, complete number bonds and glue feathers with matching facts onto a turkey.

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What’s Included

6 worksheets in color and in black and white, with answer keys (18 pages)
Counting, drawing, number sentences, make 10, number bonds and a cut and glue page
Turkeys with six kinds of colorful tail feathers
Color pages for screens and color printers; black-and-white pages kids can color

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