Fern's Recess: Act Out the Story

A kindergarten lesson about the first math stories. Fern the fox flashes dots, then tells recess stories: some friends come to play and some go inside. Children act each story out with counters on a ten frame, take cubes off a tower and count what's left, and tell whether more came or some went away. Every direction is read aloud.

• 4 quick-look dot cards with read-aloud directions
• 2 recess stories to act out with counters on a ten frame
• A Subtraction Towers demo and a take-away turn with cubes
• 2 "more come or some go away?" picture questions
• Spoken hints on every wrong answer

• See a small group of dots at a glance, then see the same dots with more added.
• Listen to a recess story and tell whether more children came or some went away.
• Act out a story with counters: add the ones who come, take away the ones who go.
• Break some cubes off a tower and say how many are left.