Remember: One thing gets one bead. The beads across tell us how many.
Count the ducklings
A grown-up reads each question aloud. Listen to the little story first.
Ducks on the pondBen saw a duckling. That was one duck. Pip slid one bead across. Then came another duckling, so Pip slid one more bead. One thing gets one bead.
1
How many beads are slid across?
213
2
🦆One duck comes. Is that one bead?
YesNo
3
🐥🐥How many beads for the chicks?
123
4
🦆Another duck comes. Do we slide one more bead?
YesNo
5
The table is empty. Do we slide a bead across?
YesNo
One bead for each
6
🐝🐝🐝How many beads for the bees?
423
7
Which one is just one?
🐝🐝🐝Three bees👃A nose🐥🐥Two chicks
8
Join each group to its beads.
1🍏 one apple
2🐸🐸 two frogs
3🐟🐟🐟 three fish
Athree beads
Btwo beads
Cone bead
9
🦆🦆Which frame shows two ducklings?
ABC
10
Draw one bead for each duck: 🦆🦆🦆
11
Trace the numbers.
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
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Answer key · Set A
One thing, one bead
11 One bead is slid across to the right.
2Yes One duck gets one bead.
32 There are two chicks, so they need two beads.
4Yes Every new duck gets its own bead, so one more bead slides across.
5No With nothing to count, no beads slide across. The beads just wait.
63 There are three bees, so they need three beads.
7A nose You have one nose. Three bees are three, and two chicks are two.
81-C, 2-B, 3-A
9C Two ducklings need two beads, and frame C has two beads across.
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