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Math Story: Put Parts Together
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Today I am practising: combining two named parts into one whole
1
4 red beads and 6 blue beads are in a tray. Draw both parts.
2
Label the two parts and the whole.
3
Write an addition equation for the beads.
4
A shelf has 7 storybooks and 5 fact books. How many books altogether?
5
Explain why neither group had to move in the shelf story.
6
Make a part-part-whole drawing for 8 and 3.
- Place the two groups side by side and name each part before joining them.
- Use altogether only after the child has identified both categories.
- Contrast this structure with an add-to story by asking whether something happened over time.