Students recall subtracting 1 within 5 instantly (e.g., 4 − 1 = 3), connecting 'minus 1' with 'the number before.'
Real questions from this skill, graded here. No account, and nothing is saved.
Kindergarten · Fluency Within 5 · question 1 of 3
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12 rungs. A star at the top.
8 − 1 =
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Minus 1 is one less.
Count back one step.
There are 5 apples. 2 are taken away. Count back: 5, 4. 3 are left.
Taking away makes a number smaller, so you count back, not on.
You start at 5, the number you have, not at 1.
2 taken away from 5 leaves 3 apples on the tray.
Start with what you have. Count back.
Saying 2, the ones taken away, for how many are left.
Count what is still there: 3 apples.
3 − 1 = ___ — 2. Count back 1 from 3: 2.
You have four strawberries. You eat one. How many are left?
Let's use a number line. Here are zero, one, two, three, four, five.
We start at four — that's how many strawberries we have.
Minus one means we hop back just one step.
We land on three!
So four minus one equals three.
Here's a secret: minus one is always the number that comes BEFORE.
The number before four is three. That's our answer.
Four minus one is three. Great counting!
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.