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A join story
Stories about joining and separating can be acted with objects and fingers, up to eight.
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Orlando School Supplyorlandoschool.com · Grade 1 · Join and Separate
What is a join story?
Two groups come together. Three buses and two buses. How many in all? Act it with toys, up to eight.
orlandoschool.comIs this true? We can take a set of eight apart into two piles and put it back.
Yes. Compose and decompose sets to 8. Not tens and ones.
orlandoschool.comHow should VPK children solve join and separate stories?
With objects, fingers, and play, up to eight.. Hard stop: written sums to 10 with reliability is Kindergarten.
orlandoschool.comWhat is a separate story?
Some go away. Five crackers, two eaten. How many left? Act it.
orlandoschool.comIs this true? Grade 1 addition within 20 belongs on a VPK card.
No. That is MATH1. VPK joins and separates to 8 with objects.
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Try at home: Flip the leftover cards. Print the two worksheets for this set.