Students recall sums involving +2 within 5 instantly (e.g., 2 + 2 = 4, 3 + 2 = 5), treating +2 as 'two more.'
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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 2 means two more.
Two more is two jumps ahead.
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.
Let's learn to add two! Adding two just means 'two more.'
Here are three blue dots.
Now we add two more. Two green dots join the group.
Let's count them all: one, two, three, four, five!
We can write this as three plus two equals what?
Three plus two equals five!
Plus two means two more. Three plus two is five. Great job!
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14 days of every skill, practice packets, Fluency sheets and up to four students. No card.