Students recall sums involving +1 within 5 instantly (e.g., 3 + 1 = 4), connecting 'plus 1' with 'the next number.'
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Kindergarten · Fluency Within 5 · question 1 of 3
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12 rungs. A star at the top.
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Plus 1 means the next number.
The next number is one more.
You have 3 crackers. Your brother gives you 2 more. You could count them all again from 1 — but you already know the plate is 3.
Counting all from 1 works, but it is slow, and it gets slower as the numbers grow.
Counting on starts from a number you already trust, so there is less to count and less to lose track of.
Start from the bigger number. 2 + 3 is quicker as 3, 4, 5 than as 2, 3, 4, 5.
To add, start at the bigger number and count on the other one.
Saying the starting number as the first count: 3, 4 for 3 + 2, and answering 4.
The starting number is what you already have. The counting begins with the first NEW cracker: 4.
1 + 1 = ___ — 2. 1 plus 1 is 2.
Today we're adding one. Here's a fun secret — plus one just means the next number!
Let's try three plus one. First, we write three.
Then plus one. Three plus one equals what?
Let's use a number line to find out.
Start at three. Put your finger right here.
Now hop forward one step.
We landed on four!
So three plus one equals four.
See? Plus one is just the very next number.
Three plus one is four. You've got it!
While they climb, your page writes one true line to ask about tonight, and a short note each Sunday.
A chessboard has 64 squares — share them out between the 8 rows and each row holds exactly 8.
An example student.
Maya earned 2 stars this week — Interpret multiplication as equal groups, which took 6 answers over 3 days before its star landed 3 days ago and Multiply by 6, 7, 8 and 9. Next up: Divide within 100.
An example week.
14 days of every skill, practice packets, Fluency sheets and up to four students. No card.