Mathematician ______________________ Date ____________
Amanda and Molly
Amanda and Molly were making friendship bracelets.
Amanda made blue bracelets and Molly made red bracelets.
Amanda made 7 bracelets and Molly made 7 bracelets.
How many bracelets did they make altogether?
Make 7 blue marks in the circle and 7 red marks in the
rectangle to show the bracelets each girl made. Write the
number of marks you made on the line segment under each
shape.
How many marks did you make in all? ______________
Should you add or subtract the numbers? ______________
Write the number sentence that proves your answer.
Look at the books below.
Count the books using tally marks.
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Circle the groups of ten.
How many tens? ______________
How many leftover? __________________
___________ tens ____________ ones ________
That is the number of different words Dr. Seuss used in the
story, Green Eggs and Ham.
1 different word
Mathematician ______________________ Date ____________
The Word Count for Green Eggs and Ham
Daniel, Alex F., and Nicole were interested in how many different
words Dr. Seuss used in writing, Green Eggs and Ham.
Daniel went to the media center and began making tally marks for
every different word he found in the story. He counted 40 different
words. On the line segment below, show 40 using tally marks.
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On the line segment below, write 40 using words.
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Alex F. wanted to see how many different words he came up with.
He began counting the different words he found in the story, and
he came up with 47. On the line segment below, show 47 using
tally marks.
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On the line segment, write 47 using words.
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Nicole wanted to see how many different words she came up with
in the story, Green Eggs and Ham. She began counting. She came
up with 56 different words. On the line segment below, show 56
using tally marks.
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One the line segment, write 56 using words.
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Please make a prediction. How many different words do you think
Dr. Seuss used in the story, Green Eggs and Ham? On the line
segment, write your prediction. ___________
In the heart, make tally marks for your prediction.
Circle the groups of ten.
How many groups of ten? ____________
How many leftover? _____________
_________ tens __________ ones _________
Using words from our math word wall, write at least 2 sentences
explaining the data that Daniel, Alex F., and Nicole collected.
more fewer sum difference
subtract add equals
Mathematician ______________________ Date ___________
The Great Cookie Bake
Christopher and Jason were baking cookies. Christopher baked
five circle cookies. On the line segment write the numeral five.
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Jason baked three triangle cookies. On the line segment, write the
numeral three. ________________
In the rectangle below, draw Christopher’s cookies.
In the oval below, draw Jason’s cookies.
Using the words from the oval, write at least two sentences
explaining what you learned about Christopher and Jason’s cookie
baking experiences.
fewer more add
Mathematician _______________________________ Date ____________
The M & M Treat
Shelby and Eric got a bag of M & M candies from Mrs. Groft
and Mrs. McGrath for their birthdays. There were eight pieces of
candy in the bag. Draw the eight pieces of candy in the oval
below.
Since Shelby and Eric know that friends share, they decided to split
the M & M’s. Separate the eight pieces of candy into the
rectangles below.
Eric Shelby
How many candies are in Eric’s pile? _________
How many candies are in Shelby’s pile? ________
Do they have the same amount of candy? yes no
Was this a fair share? yes no
Write a number sentence to show how many candies Eric and
Shelby have all together.
_____ + _____ = _____
Let’s look back at our data.
Daniel counted 40 words.
Alex F. counted 47 words.
Nicole counted 56 words.
Dr. Seuss used 50 different words in the story.
Who counted most accurately? _______________
Why do you think that? ____________________________________
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Give Daniel, Alex F., and Nicole a quiet round of applause! Good
job friends!
Mathematician _________________________ Date ___________
Heather’s Crayons
Heather brought a new box of crayons to school. She had
a red, green, blue, purple, orange, yellow, brown, and black.
She drew a picture of a blue sky, with a yellow sun, green
grass, and purple flowers. When she was finished she said,
“Oh, I didn’t use all my crayons!” Help Heather figure out how
many crayons she did not use.
Draw all of Heather’s crayons in the box.
Cross out the ones she used.
Write the number sentence that tells this story.
_______ - _______ = _______
Mathematician ___________________________ Date
____________
Benjamin and Alex’s Math Problems
(additions with regrouping, communicating mathematically, logical thinking)
Ben solved 13 problems in math class on Tuesday. He solved 8
problems in math class on Wednesday. What is the total
amount of problems that Ben solved?
Write a number sentence to show how you would solve this
problem.
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Solve the problem in the rectangle below.
Answer the question in complete sentences. Use words from
the oval to explain how you solved the problem.
added regrouped ones sum
The total number of problems that Ben solved was
________________. I know this because ____________________
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Alex solved 12 problems in math class on Tuesday. He solved
9 problems in math class on Wednesday. What is the total
amount of problems that Alex solved?
On the line segment below, write a number sentence to show
how you would solve this problem.
_____________________________
Solve the problem in the circle below.
Answer the questions using sentences. Use the words from the
oval to explain how you solved the problem.
added regrouped ones sum
The total number of problems that Alex solved was __________.
I know this because
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Tap into your prior knowledge. I remember that Ben solved
_______________ problems in math class and Alex solved
_______________ problems.
Use words from the oval below to write a sentence about the
boys and their math successes!
fewer more same
Mathematician ___________________________ Date __________
Playing Bakery
(fractions, communicating mathematically, reasoning, logical thinking)
Katie, Phung, Samson and William were playing bakery.
Katie made 6 cakes out of play dough. Phung made 8
cupcakes with the dough. Samson made 4 pies and William
made 10 cookies.
Which friend made the most baked goods?
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How many goodies did they make all together?
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Will you add or subtract? ______________________
In the prompt, circle the signal word that told you what
operation to use.
Write a number sentence to support your answer.
_______ _______ _______ _______ = _______
Samson decided to decorate ¼ of his pies. Draw Samson’s
pies. Decorate ¼ of them.
How many pies did Samson decorate? _________
William decided to decorate ½ of his cookies. Draw
William’s cookies. Decorate ½ of them.
How many cookies did William decorate? _________
Which friend decorated the most baked goods?
______________
Mrs. Groft gave them some old frosting to decorate the
things they made.
Katie decided to decorate ½ of the cakes she made. In the
rectangle below, draw the cakes Katie made. Put
decorations on ½ of them.
How many cakes did Katie decorate? __________
Phung decorate 3/8 of his cupcakes. Draw the cupcakes.
Decorate 3/8 of them.
How many did Phung decorate? ____________
Pretend you are making play dough baked goods. What will
you make? ________________
Make a quick draw of your baked goods below.
Write a fraction to tell how many you will decorate
__________
Decorate that many of your baked goods.
Name _______________________________ Date
______________
Emily’s Fishing Trip
Emily went fishing with her family. She had a very successful
day. Estimate how many fish you think Emily caught. Write your
estimate on the line segment.
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She left for the fishing trip at seven o’clock. On the line segment,
write seven o’clock.
___________________
On the clock below, show seven o’clock.
She and her family drove in the car to the pond. When they
arrived at the pond there were 14 people already there. In the
space below, show 14.
Circle the groups of ten.
__________ tens __________ ones __________
Emily and her family found the perfect fishing spot for them.
Emily put a worm on her hook and casted her line into the water.
She caught her first fish.
Estimate how long you think the fish is in inches. ________
Estimate how long you think the fish is in centimeters.
___________
Which is longer? _________
How can that be if you are measuring the same fish?
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One inch equals about how many centimeters? ________
How do you know that?
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Before she knew it, Emily had caught another fish.
Estimate how long this fish is. _______________ in.
Estimate how long this fish is. _______________ cm.
Measure the fish. The fish is ______________ in.
The fish is ___________ cm. long.
Finally, after much persistence, Emily caught her third and final
fish.
Estimate how long this fish is in inches. _________
Estimate how long this third fish is in centimeters. ________
Measure the fish in inches. _________
Measure the fish in centimeters. _________
Emily’s family said it was time to go home. It was now half past
eleven. On the line segment, write half past eleven.
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On the clock below, draw half past eleven.
Which fish was the longest? ______________
Which fish was the shortest?______________
Which fish do you wish you could have caught?
_________________
______________________ Why?
_________________________________
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Mathematician ______________________ Date____________
Measurement, problem solving, estimation, number sense and operation
A Fence for Kearstin’s Horse
Kearstin’s dream is about to come true. She has always wanted a
horse, and she was finally going to be able to have one. There
was one problem. She needed to build a fence so her beautiful
horse would not escape. Kearstin sat down, and began to plan
what materials she would need to build a fence. In the space
below, list the items you think Kearstin is going to need.
Make a quick draw of what you think the fence should look like.
Here are the measurements for the fence Kearstin designed. It is
4 cm on one side, and it is 7 cm on another side. Estimate the
perimeter of the fence.
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THINK: On the line segments below, write what you can do to
solve this problem? _____________________________________
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One way, that I have found to be helpful is to draw a picture
using the known information. In the space below, using your
ruler, draw one side of Kearstin’s fence measuring 7 centimeters.
Now, tap into your prior knowledge, what will be the
measurement of the other 2 sides? On the line segment, write
your estimate?_____________________________________
Using your ruler again, check for accuracy. Is your one side
really 4 cm? Is your other side really 7 cm?
Write a number sentence you could use to solve the problem.
______ ____ _______ ____ ________
THINK: How could you check your answer? _________________
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Kearstin was really sleepy that night. She had worked very hard
all day building that beautiful fence for her horse. She felt that all
of her persistence and determination paid off, because now her
horse would be safe inside of the fence.
Draw Kearstin’s horse inside the fence.