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Kindergarten math · Unit 4: Putting together and taking apart

Act out an adding story

What this lesson shows

Dani colored 3 pages and Ciara colored 2. Draw them, then count them all: 5.

The worked example

The lesson works this one step by step: 3 + 2. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.

The steps

  1. Listen to the story
  2. Draw what happens
  3. Count them all
  4. Write it with numbers

Helping at home

Read each story aloud, slowly, twice. Your kid points to each person’s pages, counts them all, and writes the number. Act it out with real paper.

If your kid gets stuck

Draw or point to each one. Then count them all.

Watch it with Lux

With Lux, this lesson is a narrated video and a printed page your kid works on. Then Lux helps with the same math on their own worksheet, one question at a time.

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Standards

  • Common Core K.OA.A.2
    Solve addition and subtraction word problems, and add and subtract within 10, e.g., by using objects or drawings to represent the problem.
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