Interpret and represent addition stories
I can interpret and represent addition stories that involve increasing an amount in a range of ways using the ‘First, then now’ structure.
Interpret and represent addition stories
I can interpret and represent addition stories that involve increasing an amount in a range of ways using the ‘First, then now’ structure.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- In a ‘First, then, now’ story, the first number is increased to make the whole.
- When using addition to increase an amount, the number that is increased must always be represented first.
- This can be represented with practical equipment and as a bar model or a number line.
- An equation can be written to match these representations.
Keywords
First - Before anything else.
Then - After something in time.
Now - At the present time.
Increase - To make something larger/greater in size or quantity.
Common misconception
In the ‘then’ part of the story, the change in amount may be hard to identify.
Draw attention to the change, talking about it as a increase in amount.
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