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Features

Count on and back by hopping along a number line
Write number sentences for the hops
Skip count hops of 2, 5 and 10
Fill in missing numbers on number lines to 120
Judge a three-turkey race and compare
Add and subtract tens and ones on open number lines
Every page in color and in black and white
Answer keys included

Skills Covered

Count on and count back on a number line
Add and subtract within 20 with hops
Write a number sentence for a model

Skip count by 2s, 5s and 10s
Find missing numbers on a number line
Add and subtract within 100 by tens and ones

About the Turkey Trot

A turkey trot is a fun run or race held on Thanksgiving morning in many American towns. On these pages a turkey does the trotting, one hop at a time along a number line.

How to Use This Pack

Six pages of number line practice with a hopping turkey. Page 1 starts at the turkey and counts on or back by ones to find where it lands, page 2 writes the number sentence for hops already drawn and then draws hops to solve, page 3 skip counts hops of 2, 5 and 10, page 4 fills in the missing numbers on number lines to 120, page 5 is a three-turkey race with number sentences and comparing, and page 6 adds and subtracts two-digit numbers on open number lines, tens first and then ones.

In the Classroom

Tape a number line to the floor and let students be the turkey: hop forward to add, turn around and hop back to subtract. Page 5 makes a good partner race: each partner reads one lane aloud while the other checks the hops.

At Home

Draw a number line with chalk on the sidewalk and take turns hopping the turkey's moves. Ask: if you hop 3 more, where will you land?

Tips for Success

Put your pencil on the turkey's number before you hop
Count the hops, not the numbers you land on
Hopping forward adds, hopping back subtracts
On page 6, hop the tens first, then the ones

Common Core Standards Alignment

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

1.OA.A.2 Solve story problems where three numbers are added together for a total of 20 or less.
1.OA.C.5 Connect counting with adding and subtracting, such as adding 4 by counting on four more.
1.OA.C.6 Add and subtract to 20, working fluently within 10, with strategies like counting on, making ten, fact families and doubles plus one.
1.NBT.A.1 Count up to 120 from any starting number, and read, write and use numerals up to 120 to show how many objects.
1.NBT.C.4 Find sums up to 100 (two-digit plus one-digit, or plus a multiple of 10) with models and place value, making a new ten when needed.
1.NBT.C.6 Subtract one multiple of 10 from another (between 10 and 90, answer zero or more), such as 70 - 40, using models or place value.
2.OA.B.2 Add and subtract to 20 quickly using strategies done in the head, and by year's end instantly recall every sum of two single-digit numbers.
2.OA.C.3 Decide if up to 20 objects are odd or even (match them in twos or skip count by 2s); write evens as doubles.
2.NBT.A.2 Count up to 1,000, and count by fives, tens and hundreds.
2.NBT.B.5 Add and subtract to 100 fluently with place-value strategies, properties of addition, or the link between adding and subtracting.
2.NBT.B.6 Find the sum of two, three or four two-digit numbers using place value and properties of addition.
2.MD.B.6 Show whole numbers as distances from 0 on an evenly marked number line, and show sums and differences up to 100 as jumps on it.

Turkey Trot Number Lines

1st – 2nd Grade

A Thanksgiving Turkey Trot where a turkey hops along number lines. Students count on and back, write number sentences for hops, skip count, fill in missing numbers, judge a three-turkey race and add and subtract on open number lines.

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What’s Included

6 worksheets in color and in black and white, with answer keys (18 pages)
Counting on and back, number sentences, skip counting, missing numbers, a race, and open number lines
A hopping turkey on every number line
Color pages for screens and color printers; black-and-white pages kids can color

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