Bridges in Mathematics

Kindergarten Unit 3
Bikes & Bugs: Double,
Add & Subtract
In this unit your child will:
❚ Count by 2s to 20
❚ Explore even numbers as doubles
❚ Add 1 and subtract 1 to numbers from 1 to 10
❚ Compare and order numbers from 1 to 10
❚ Write equations to show sums up to 5

PROBLEM COMMENTS

What patterns do you see in the rows of bicycles? How Students notice things that come in twos: bicycle wheels, eyes, toys and
many bicycle wheels in each row? food. In this unit, the class creates a chart with rows of bicycles. Students
Bikes: A Growing Pattern
use the chart to count by 2s and notice the patterns in even numbers.
1 one
They all have 2 wheels. –Leslie

Each row gets longer and longer. –Jorge

2 two
Some wheels have spokes. –Mike

three
3 There’s 28 in all. –Emma Numbers to Ten Counting
Mat, Ten-Frame Side

It goes 1, then 2, then 3… –Angelina

4
four
4=2+2
2+2=4
5

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7 Sets from 1–10 are explored on ten-frames and the number rack. Students
seven

learn that when a number is added to itself, like 3 + 3, it’s called a double.
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 2 4 6 8
They also discover that even numbers (2, 4, 6, 8, 10) are doubles sums. The
How many
11 12 bikes? How
13 14 15 16 17 18 many
19 20 bike wheels?
ten-frame model shows the pair combinations and 1 more and 1 less.
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_______ bikes _______ wheels

“I can count the wheels by 2s. 2 … 4.” double (even number) double +/– (odd number)

When 1 butterfly stops to sip nectar, how many are left? The book Butterfly Countdown explores subtracting 1 and counting
backward. Munch, Crunch, What a Lunch looks at adding 1 by counting
Bridges in Mathematics Kindergarten Teacher Masters

Unit 3 Module 2

forward. Students learn that 1 more is the same as saying the next
Session 2 1 copy on paper or light cardstock for display, made into a book

number in the counting sequence. One less means the number that
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Numbers to Ten Counting Mat, Ten-Frame Side

comes before the number they are working from.

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Understanding what number comes before and after any number

Unit 3 Module 2
One stopped to sip some nectar,
Session 2 there were nine.
And then
promotes the computation strategies of counting on and counting
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back. 5 + 1 is 6 because 6 is 1 more than 5. 4 – 1 is 3, because 3 is 1

“If I take away 1 butterfly (cube), 9 are left.”
Use the numbers to help solve the problems below.
less than 4. Students no longer need to count from 1!
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Use the
Solvepictures to solve
the addition problems. the toproblems.
Use the pictures help.

3 + 1 = _______ 2 + 1 = _______

“3 cubes and 1 more cube is 4. 3…4!”

4 + 1 = _______ 1 + 1 = _______
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