Remember: Small things can grow big with time, and each year's growth is bigger than the last. The coin garden is made up.
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Maya and the acornMaya found a tiny acorn on the garden path. "That little acorn can become a giant oak," said Grandpa. They planted it and waited, and years later Maya sat in the cool shade of the tree. "Time is the secret," said Grandpa. "Small things can grow big, if they get enough time." Then he told her about a pretend garden for coins. Every year it adds one new coin for every two coins in it. Maya planted eight coins. In year one, four new coins sprouted, so there were twelve. In year two, six new coins sprouted, so there were eighteen. In year three, nine new coins sprouted, making twenty-seven. Each year brought more new coins than the year before.
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Look at the table. In year two, 12 + 6 = coins in all.
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In year three, 9 new coins sprouted. 18 + 9 = coins.
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Look at the graph. Which year brought the most new coins?
Year oneYear twoYear three
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The garden adds 1 new coin for every 2 coins. A garden of 10 coins, in pairs, adds new coins.
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Waiting is a superpower, and anyone can use it.
TrueFalse
Join, fix and think
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If Maya digs the coins up after a day, they will have grown a lot.
TrueFalse
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Join each garden to the new coins it adds in a year.
112 coins
216 coins
318 coins
424 coins
A6 new coins
B9 new coins
C8 new coins
D12 new coins
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Why does each year bring more new coins than the year before?
Maya plants more coins each yearThe new coins help to grow more coinsThe garden gets tired
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Fix the mistake: Maya says the garden adds 4 coins every year, so year two adds 4 too.
TrueFalse
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Put the coins in the garden in order, first to last.
Year zero: 8 coins
Year one: 12 coins
Year three: 27 coins
Year two: 18 coins
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Circle every true sentence.
An acorn can grow into a giant oak with timeThe coin garden was realTime did the work while Maya waitedA day is enough time for coins to grow a lot
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Find a tree with a grown-up. Write how many years you guess it took to grow.
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Draw an acorn, a small sapling and a tall tree, in that order.
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Answer key · Set A
Time is your superpower
118 Twelve coins plus six new coins make eighteen.
227 Eighteen plus nine make twenty-seven coins.
3Year three Year three brought nine new coins, more than year two (six) or year one (four).
45 Ten coins make five pairs, and each pair brings one new coin.
5True Small things grow big when they get enough time, and anyone can wait.
6False A day is hardly any time, so the coins have grown very little.
71-A, 2-C, 3-B, 4-D One new coin for every two means half: half of 12 is 6, of 16 is 8, of 18 is 9 and of 24 is 12.
8The new coins help to grow more coins Every coin counts, the old ones and the new ones, so there are more new coins each year.
9False Year two adds 6 new coins, because the 4 new coins from year one help grow more.
101, 2, 4, 3 The garden grew 8, then 12, then 18, then 27 coins.
11An acorn can grow into a giant oak with time, Time did the work while Maya waited The acorn grew into an oak and time did the work. The coin garden was made up, and a day is hardly any time.
12Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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