Rocco's Five in a Row: Take Away 1 or 2

Do a quick Number Talk with Rocco the raccoon, then play Five in a Row by taking away 1 or 2. Children find differences on a real game board, decide whether to take away 1 or 2 to finish a row, and show 8 take away 2 with counters, with fingers and by counting back. Every direction is read aloud, and every wrong answer gets a spoken hint. Grade 1, about 11 minutes.

• 19 narrated scenes with Rocco the raccoon
• Number sentences, a 10-frame take-away and a fingers activity
• Spoken hints on every wrong answer

• Add 1 or 2 by counting on, and see that adding 2 is 1 more than adding 1.
• Take away 1 or 2 by saying the number before or counting back two.
• Show 8 take away 2 with counters, with fingers and by counting back.
• Decide whether taking away 1 or 2 gets you the number you need.