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Math Story: Draw a Model
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Today I am practising: drawing a quick model that matches a word problem
1
Read: 6 red cups and 4 blue cups are on a table. Draw both groups.
2
Circle the total group in your drawing.
3
Write an equation that matches the cups.
4
Read: 11 leaves fall. 5 are picked up. Draw then cross out.
5
Label what your remaining marks mean.
6
Draw a model for 7 + 3 and ask an adult to read your story.
- Accept fast circles or lines; the drawing is a thinking tool, not artwork.
- Ask the child to point to each number in the model before writing symbols.
- For subtraction, have the child cross out only after drawing the starting amount.