Story Addition With A Math Mat & Manipulatives • I can show and tell a story using a math mat and toy fish. • One day I went fishing and caught five fish. (This is the beginning of my story.)
Story Addition With A Math Mat & Manipulatives • The next day I caught 3 fish. (This is the middle of my story.) • How many fish did I catch altogether? (This is the end of my story.)
Story Addition With A Math Mat & Manipulatives • I can print a number sentence to match my fish. 5 + 3 = ? • I move all the fish to the red square because I need to find out how many there are altogether.
Story Addition With A Math Mat & Manipulatives • Altogether I caught 8 fish. • 5 fish and 3 fish is 8 fish. • 5 + 3 = 8