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the 15's family

0,15  

0+15=15     15-0=15
15+0=15     15-15=0

1,14,15 

1+14=15     15-1=14
14+1=15     15-14=1

 2,13,15

2+13=15    15-2=13
13+2=15    15-13=2

 3,12,15 

3+12=15     15-3=12
12+3=15     15-12=3

4,11,15

4+11=15     15-4=11
11+4=15     15-11=4

5,10,15 

5+10=15     15-5=10
10+5=15     15-10=5

6,9,15 

6+9=15       15-6=9
9+6=15       15-9=6

7,8,15 

7+8=15       15-7=8
8+7=15       15-8=7

Partners for 15 Family
 15  0 
 14  1
 13  2
 12  3
 11  4
 10  5
  9  6
  8  7

Activity

Color all the squares below.  How many squares did you color?
0 + 15 = 15
15 + 0 = 15
                             

Experiment

Go get your math/grammar basket or sack.   It should be empty.

Go to your bedroom, the front room, and outside to pick up 15 nouns.  

Show your parents what you have picked up in each place.  

Count and name the items from each place for your parents.  

How many items do you have altogether?

Think of other places you can go to pick up 15 nouns.  Show your daddy and mama what you found.  Count and name your items.  How many nouns do you have altogether?

Do not put your nouns away.  You will need them shortly !

You now know nouns can frequently be picked up.  Nouns are persons, places, things or ideas.  

Did you know that numbers are adjectives?  
Adjectives describe nouns!

Make your own list !

 Adjectives

 Nouns

 six

 balls

 one

 shell

 four

 books

 eight

 stars
   
   
   

Special Note

Put 15 pence in a pile.  How many pennies do you have altogether?  

Did you remember that the plural of penny is either pennies or pence?  

Did you know you have verified ...
0 + 15 = 15
15 + 0 = 15
and that you have picked up nouns!

A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.  It is hard to pick up an idea or place, but the other things you can frequently pick up !!!  

Name and count the nouns you
have picked up for your parents.

(Verify = test the correctness of something)

Practice

 0 + 15 = _____________  15 + 0 = _____________
 15 - 0 = _____________  15 - 15 = ____________

Activity

Color one square below one color and color the remaining squares a different color.  How many squares did you color altogether?

1 + 14 = 15
                             

Color fourteen squares one color and the remaining square a different color.  How many squares did you color in all?

14 + 1 = 15
                             

Well done !

Experiment

Do you still have your nouns from your bedroom, the frontroom, outside and other places?  

Great !

Take these items and sort them in two different piles.  One pile should have 14 nouns and the other pile should have one item.  How many nouns do you have altogether?

Special Note

Make a pile of 14 pennies and a 1 penny pile.  How many pennies do you have altogether?

Did you remember that the plural of penny is either pennies or pence?  

Did you know you have verified ...
1 + 14 = 15
14 + 1 = 15
and that you have picked up nouns!

A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.  It is hard to pick up an idea or place, but the other things you can frequently pick up !!!  

Name and count the nouns you
have picked up for your parents.

(Verify = test the correctness of something)

Practice

1 + 14 = _____________  14 + 1 = _____________


Activity

Color one square below one color &
put a big red
X in the square.
Color the remaining squares a different color
How many squares do not have the big red
X?
15 - 1 = __________
                             

Color fourteen squares below the same color
& put big red
Xs in these squares.
Now color the remaining square a different color.
How many square(s) do not have the big red
X?
15 - 14 = __________
                             

Experiment

Do you still have your nouns from your bedroom, the frontroom, outside and other places?  

Great !

Take these items and put them in piles of fifteen.

1)  Remove fourteen nouns from this pile.  How many items are left?

2)  Take away one noun from this pile.  How many items are left?

Special Note

Make a pile of 15 pennies.  If you take away 14 pennies, how many pence are left in the pile? Remake your 15 penny pile.  Remove 1 penny.  How many pence remain?  

Did you remember that the plural of penny is either pennies or pence?  

Did you know you have verified ...
15 - 1 = 14
15 - 14 = 1
and that you have picked up nouns!

A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.  It is hard to pick up an idea or place, but the other things you can frequently pick up !!!  

Name and count the nouns you
have picked up for your parents.

(Verify = test the correctness of something)

Practice

15 - 1 = _______________ 15 - 14 = _____________

Activity

Color two squares below one color and color the remaining squares a different color.  How many squares did you color altogether?

2 + 13 = ___________
                             

Color thirteen squares one color and the remaining squares a different color.  How many squares did you color in all?

13 + 2 = ___________
                             

Experiment

Do you still have your nouns from your bedroom, the frontroom, outside and other places?  

Great !

Take these items and sort them in two different piles

1)    One pile should have 13 nouns and the other pile should have two items.  How many nouns do you have altogether?

2)   One pile should have 2 nouns and the other pile should have thirteen items. How many nouns do you have altogether?

Special Note

Make two piles with your 15 pennies.  One pile should have 2 pence and the other pile should have thirteen pennies.  How many pennies do you have in all?

Pile #1 = 1 dime and 3 pennies.  How much money is in pile #1?
Pile #2 = 2 pence.
How much money is in pile #1 and pile #2?

Pile #1 = 2 nickels and 3 pennies.  How much money is in pile #1?
Pile #2 = 2 pence.
How much money is in pile #1 and pile #2?

Did you remember that the plural of penny is either pennies or pence?  

Did you know you have verified ...
2 + 13 = 15
13 + 2 = 15
and that you have picked up nouns!

A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.  It is hard to pick up an idea or place, but the other things you can frequently pick up !!!  

Name and count the nouns you
have picked up for your parents.

(Verify = test the correctness of something)

Practice

13 + 2 = _____________

2 + 13 = _____________


Activity

Color two squares below one color &
put a big red
X in each square.
Color the remaining squares a different color
How many squares do not have the big red
X?
15 - 2 = __________
                             

Color thirteen squares below the same color
& put big red
Xs in these squares.
Now color the remaining squares a different color.
How many squares do not have the big red
X?
15 - 13 = __________
                             

Experiment

Do you still have your nouns from your bedroom, the frontroom, outside and other places?  

Great !

Take these items and put them in piles of fifteen.

1)  Remove two nouns from this pile.  How many items are left?

2)  Take away thirteen items from this pile.  How many nouns are left?

Special Note

Make a pile with your 15 pennies.  Take away 13 pennies.  How many pence are left in the pile? Remake your 15 penny pile.  Remove 2 pennies.  How many pennies remain?  

Pile #1 = 1 dime and 3 pennies.  How much money is in pile #1?
Pile #2 = 2 pence.
How much money is in pile #1 and pile #2?
Take away pile #1.  How much money remains?
Restore pile #1.
Remove pile #2.
How much money is left?

Pile #1 = 2 nickels and 3 pennies.  How much money is in pile #1?
Pile #2 = 2 pence.
How much money is in pile #1 and pile #2?
Take away pile #1.  How much money remains?
Restore pile #1.
Remove pile #2.
How much money is left?

Did you know you have verified ...
15 - 2 = 13
15 - 13 = 2
and that you have picked up nouns!

A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.  It is hard to pick up an idea or place, but the other things you can frequently pick up !!!  

Name and count the nouns you
have picked up for your parents.

(Verify = test the correctness of something)

Practice

15 - 2 = _____________ 15 - 13 = _____________

Activity

Color three squares below one color and color the remaining squares a different color.  How many squares did you color altogether?

3 + 12 = ________________
                             

Color twelve squares one color and the remaining squares a different color.  How many squares did you color in all?

12 + 3 = ________________
                             

Experiment

Do you still have your nouns from your bedroom, the frontroom, outside and other places?  

Great !

Take these items and sort them in to different piles.  One pile should have 12 nouns and the other pile should have three items.  How many nouns do you have altogether?

Special Note

Take your 15 pennies and put them in two piles.  One pile should have 12 pennies and the other pile should have 3 pennies.  How many pennies do you have in all?

Pile #1 = 1 dime and 2 pennies.  How much money is in pile #1?
Pile #2 = 3 pence.
How much money is in pile #1 and pile #2?

Pile #1 = 2 nickels and 2 pennies.  How much money is in pile #1?
Pile #2 = 3 pence.
How much money is in pile #1 and pile #2?

Did you remember that the plural of penny is either pennies or pence?  

Did you know you have verified ...
12 + 3 = 15
3 + 12 = 15
and that you have picked up nouns!

A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.  It is hard to pick up an idea or place, but the other things you can frequently pick up !!!  

Name and count the nouns you
have picked up for your parents.

(Verify = test the correctness of something)

Practice

12 + 3 = _____________ 3 + 12 = _____________

Activity

Color three squares below one color &
put a big red
X in each square.
Color the remaining squares a different color
How many squares do not have the big red
X?
15 - 3 = ______________
                             

Color twelve squares below the same color
& put big red
Xs in these squares.
Now color the remaining squares a different color.
How many squares do not have the big red
X?
15 - 12 = _______________
                             


Experiment

Do you still have your nouns from your bedroom, the frontroom, outside and other places?  

Great !

Take these items and put them in piles of fifteen.

1)  Remove three nouns from this pile.  How many items are left?

2)  Take away twelve nouns from this pile.  How many items are left?

Special Note

Make a pile with your 15 pennies.  Take away 12 pennies.  How many pence are left in the pile? Remake your 15 penny pile.  Remove 3 pennies.  How many pennies remain?  

Pile #1 = 1 dime and 2 pennies.  How much money is in pile #1?
Pile #2 = 3 pence.
How much money is in pile #1 and pile #2?
Take away pile #1.  
How much money remains?
Restore pile #1.
Remove pile #2.
How much money is left?

Pile #1 = 2 nickels and 2 pennies.  How much money is in pile #1?
Pile #2 = 3 pence.
How much money is in pile #1 and pile #2?
Take away pile #1.  
How much money remains?
Restore pile #1.
Remove pile #2.
How much money is left?

Did you remember that the plural of penny is either pennies or pence?  

Did you know you have verified ...
15 - 3 = 12
15 - 12 = 3
and that you have picked up nouns!

A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.  It is hard to pick up an idea or place, but the other things you can frequently pick up !!!  

Name and count the nouns you
have picked up for your parents.

(Verify = test the correctness of something)

Practice

15 - 3 = _____________ 15 - 12 = _____________


Activity

Color four squares below one color and color the remaining squares a different color.  How many squares did you color altogether?

4 + 11 = __________
                             

Color eleven squares below one color and color the remaining squares a different color.  How many squares did you color in all?

11 + 4 = __________
                             

Experiment

Do you still have your nouns from your bedroom, the frontroom, outside and other places?  

Great !

Take these items and sort them.  One pile should have 4 nouns and the other pile should have eleven items.  How many items do you have altogether?

Special Note

Make two piles with your 15 pennies.  One pile should have 11 pennies and the other pile should have 4 pennies.  How many pennies do you have altogether?  

Pile #1 = 1 dime and 1 penny.  How much money is in pile #1?
Pile #2 = 4 pence.
How much money is in pile #1 and pile #2?

Pile #1 = 2 nickels and 1 penny.  How much money is in pile #1?
Pile #2 = 4 pence.
How much money is in pile #1 and pile #2?

Did you remember that the plural of penny is either pennies or pence?  

Did you know you have verified ...
4 + 11 = 15
11 + 4 = 15
and that you have picked up nouns!

A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.  It is hard to pick up an idea or place, but the other things you can frequently pick up !!!  

Name and count the nouns you
have picked up for your parents.

(Verify = test the correctness of something)

Practice

4 + 11 = __________ 11 + 4 = __________

Activity

Color four squares below one color &
put a big red
X in each square.
Color the remaining squares a different color
How many squares do not have the big red
X?
15 - 4 = __________
                             

Color eleven squares below one color &
put a big red
X in each square.
Color the remaining squares a different color
How many squares do not have the big red
X?
15 - 11 = __________
                             

Experiment

Do you still have your nouns from your bedroom, the frontroom, outside and other places?  

Great !

Take these nouns and put them in piles of fifteen.  Remove four nouns.  How many items are left?  Take away eleven items.  How many items are left?

Special Note

Make a pile with your 15 pennies.  Take away 11 pennies.  How many pence are left in the pile? Remake your 15 penny pile.  Remove 4 pennies.  How many pennies remain?  

Pile #1 = 1 dime and 1 penny.  How much money is in pile #1?
Pile #2 = 4 pence.
How much money is in pile #1 and pile #2?
Take away pile #1.  How much money remains?
Restore pile #1.
Remove pile #2.
How much money is left?

Pile #1 = 2 nickels and 1 penny.  How much money is in pile #1?
Pile #2 = 4 pence.
How much money is in pile #1 and pile #2?
Take away pile #1.  How much money remains?
Restore pile #1.
Remove pile #2.
How much money is left?

Did you remember that the plural of penny is either pennies or pence?  

Did you know you have verified ...
15 - 4 = 11
15 - 11 = 4
and that you have picked up nouns!

A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.  It is hard to pick up an idea or place, but the other things you can frequently pick up !!!  

Name and count the nouns you
have picked up for your parents.

(Verify = test the correctness of something)

Practice

15 - 4 = __________ 15 - 11 = __________

Activity

Color five squares below one color and color the remaining squares a different color. How many squares did you color?

5 + 10 = ___________
                             

Color ten squares below one color and color the remaining squares a different color.  How many squares did you color in all?

10 + 5 = ___________
                             

Experiment

Do you still have your nouns from your bedroom, the frontroom, outside and other places?  

Great !

Take these nouns and sort them.  One pile should have 5 nouns and the other pile should have ten items.  How many nouns do you have altogether?

Special Note

Put 5 pennies in one pile and 10 pennies in another pile.  How many pennies do you have in all?

Place 1 dime alongside of 5 pennies.  How many cents do you have in all?

Place 1 dime alongside of 1 nickel.  How many cents do you have altogether?

(shhhhhhh ... don't tell anybody that I told you, but 3 nickels = 15 cents!)

Did you remember that the plural of penny is either pennies or pence?  

Did you know you have verified ...
5 + 10 = 15
10 + 5 = 15
and that you have picked up nouns!

A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.  It is hard to pick up an idea or place, but the other things you can frequently pick up !!!  

Name and count the nouns you
have picked up for your parents.

(Verify = test the correctness of something)

Practice

5 + 10 = __________ 10 + 5 = __________

Activity

Color five squares below one color &
put a big red
X in each square.
Color the remaining squares a different color
How many squares do not have the big red
X?
15 - 5 = __________
                             

Color ten squares below one color &
put a big red
X in each square.
Color the remaining squares a different color
How many squares do not have the big red
X?
15 - 10 = __________
                             

Experiment

Do you still have your nouns from your bedroom, the frontroom, outside and other places?  

Great !

Take these nouns and put them in piles of fifteen.  Remove five nouns.  How many items are left?  Remake your pile of fifteen.  Take away ten nouns.  How many items remain?

Special Note

Make a pile with your 15 pennies.  Take away 5 pennies.  How many pence are left in the pile?  Restore the pennies.  Remove 10 pennies from your pile of 15 pennies.  How many remain in the pile?

Place 1 dime alongside of 5 pennies.  How many cents do you have in all?
Take away the dime.  How many cents are left?
Restore the dime.
Take away the 5 pennies.
How many cents are left?

Place 1 dime alongside of 1 nickel.  How many cents do you have altogether?
Take away the dime.  How many cents are left?
Restore the dime.
Take away the nickel.
How many cents are left?

(shhhhhhh ... don't tell anybody that I told you, but 3 nickels = 15 cents!)

Did you remember that the plural of penny is either pennies or pence?  

Did you know you have verified ...
15 - 5 = 10
15 - 10 = 5
and that you have picked up nouns!

A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.  It is hard to pick up an idea or place, but the other things you can frequently pick up !!!  

Name and count the nouns you
have picked up for your parents.

(Verify = test the correctness of something)

Practice

15 - 5 = __________ 15 - 10 = __________

Activity

Color six squares below one color and color the remaining squares a different color. How many squares did you color?

6 + 9 = ___________
                             

Color nine squares below one color and color the remaining squares a different color. How many squares did you color?

9 + 6 = ___________
                             

Experiment

Do you still have your nouns from your bedroom, the frontroom, outside and other places?  

Great !

Take these nouns and sort them.  One pile should have 6 nouns and the other pile should have nine items.  How many nouns do you have altogether?

Special Note

With your fifteen pennies, make one pile of 6 pennies and the other pile with 9 pennies.  How many pennies do you have in all?

Pile #1 = 1 nickel and 1 penny.  How much money is in pile #1?
Pile #2 = 1 nickel and 4 pennies.  How much money is in pile #2?
How much money do you have in all?

Do you remember ...

1 dime = 2 nickels
1 dime = 10 pennies
1 nickel = 5 pennies

Did you remember that the plural of penny is either pennies or pence?  

Did you know you have verified ...
6 + 9 = 15
9 + 6 = 15
and that you have picked up nouns!

A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.  It is hard to pick up an idea or place, but the other things you can frequently pick up !!!  

Name and count the nouns you
have picked up for your parents.

(Verify = test the correctness of something)

Practice

Nathan bought 6 apples from Betty's Apple Stand and 9 apples from Allison's Apple Stand. How many apples did Nathan have in all?

6 + 9 = _______________ apples

Billy collected 6 ladybugs from his backyard on Tuesday and 9 more ladybugs from the front yard on Wednesday.  How many ladybugs did Billy have?

6 + 9 = _______________ ladybugs

It takes 9 hours for the Scotts to drive to Florida and 6 more hours to drive to Louisana.  How many hours in all would this trip take?

9 + 6 = ______________ hours

A farmer plants 9 acres of corn in one week and 6 acres of corn the next.  How many acres of corn did the farmer plant?

9 + 6 = ______________ acres

Activity

Color six squares below one color &
put a big red
X in each square.
Color the remaining squares a different color
How many squares do not have the big red
X?
15 - 6 = __________
                             

Color nine squares below one color &
put a big red
X in each square.
Color the remaining squares a different color
How many squares do not have the big red
X?
15 - 9 = __________
                             

Experiment

Do you still have your nouns from your bedroom, the frontroom, outside and other places?  

Great !

Take these nouns and put them in piles of fifteen.  Remove six nouns.  How many items are left?  Remake your 15 pile.  Take away nine nouns.  How many items remain?

Special Note

Make a pile with your 15 pennies.  Take away 6 pennies.  How many pence are left in the pile? Remove 9 pence.  How many pennies are left in the pile?  

Pile #1 = 1 nickel and 1 penny.  How much money is in pile #1?
Pile #2 = 1 nickel and 4 pennies.  How much money is in pile #2?
How much money do you have in all?
Take away pile #1.
How much money remains?
Restore pile #1.
Remove pile #2.
How much money is left?

Did you remember that the plural of penny is either pennies or pence?  

Did you know you have verified ...
15 - 6 = 9
15 - 9 = 6
and that you have picked up nouns!

A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.  It is hard to pick up an idea or place, but the other things you can frequently pick up !!!  

Name and count the nouns you
have picked up for your parents.

(Verify = test the correctness of something)

Practice

Jimmy's mother made 15 chocolate fudge cupcakes.  Before daddy came home from work, Jimmy and his mother ate 6 of the cupcakes.  How many cupcakes were left?

15 - 6 = _______________ cupcakes

The baker had 15 loaves of bread.  He sold 6 loaves of bread before noon.  How many loaves of bread were left?

15 - 6 = ________________ loaves

Aaron's father had 15 cans of oil in his garage.  Their neighbor borrowed 9 of the cans of oil.  How many cans of oil remain?

15 - 9 = ________________ cans of oil

Alice had 15 hair ribbons.  She gave 9 ribbons to Hannah.  How many hair ribbons does Alice have now?

15 - 9 = ________________ hair ribbons

Activity

Color seven squares below one color and color the remaining squares a different color. How many squares did you color?

7 + 8 = ___________
                             

Color eight squares below one color and color the remaining squares a different color. How many squares did you color?

8 + 7 = ___________
                             

Experiment

Do you still have your nouns from your bedroom, the frontroom, outside and other places?  

Great !

Take these nouns and sort them.  One pile should have 7 nouns and the other pile should have eight items.  How many nouns do you have altogether?

Special Note

With your fifteen pennies, make one pile of 7 pennies and the other pile with 8 pennies.  How many pennies do you have in all?

Pile #1 = 1 nickel and 2 pence. How much money is in pile #1?
Pile #2 = 1 nickel and 3 pence. How much money is in pile #2?
How many cents do you have altogether?

Trick question:  How much are 3 nickels?

Do you remember ...

1 dime = 2 nickels
1 dime = 10 pennies
1 nickel = 5 pennies

Did you remember that the plural of penny is either pennies or pence?  

Did you know you have verified ...
7 + 8 = 15
8 + 7 = 15
and that you have picked up nouns!

A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.  It is hard to pick up an idea or place, but the other things you can frequently pick up !!!  

Name and count the nouns you
have picked up for your parents.

(Verify = test the correctness of something)

Practice

Robert had 7 oranges and his friend had 8 oranges.  Between the two of them, how many oranges were there?

7 + 8 = _______________ oranges

Laura has 7 windows in the front of her home and eight windows in the back of her home.  How many windows does Laura have in all?

7 + 8 = _______________ windows

Eight campers pitched their tents in the morning.  Seven campers pitched their tents in the late afternoon.  How many campers pitched tents?

8 + 7 = _______________ campers

Eight of the children in the room were boys and 7 were girls.  How many children were in the room?

8 + 7 = _______________ children

Activity

Color seven squares below one color &
put a big red
X in each square.
Color the remaining squares a different color
How many squares do not have the big red
X?
15 - 7 = __________
                             

Color eight squares below one color &
put a big red
X in each square.
Color the remaining squares a different color
How many squares do not have the big red
X?
15 - 8 = __________
                             

Experiment

Do you still have your nouns from your bedroom, the frontroom, outside and other places?  

Great !

Take these nouns and put them in piles of fifteen.  Remove seven nouns.  How many items are left?  Restore your pile of 15.  Take away eight nouns from this pile.  How many nouns remain?

Special Note

Make a pile with your 15 pennies.  Take away 7 pennies.  How many pence are left in the pile?  Remove 8 pence.  How many pennies remain in the pile?

Pile #1 = 1 nickel and 2 pence. How much money is in pile #1?
Pile #2 = 1 nickel and 3 pence. How much money is in pile #2?
How many cents do you have altogether?
Take away pile #1.
How many cents remain?
Restore pile #1.
Remove pile #2.
How many cents are left?

Trick question:  How much are 3 nickels?

Did you remember that the plural of penny is either pennies or pence?  

Did you know you have verified ...
15 - 7 = 8
15 - 8 = 7
and that you have picked up nouns!

A noun is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea.  It is hard to pick up an idea or place, but the other things you can frequently pick up !!!  

Name and count the nouns you
have picked up for your parents.

(Verify = test the correctness of something)

Practice

Fifteen boys were invited to the birthday party.  Seven of the boys were unable to come.  How many boys attended the birthday party?

15 - 7 = _______________ boys

A car salesman had 15 cars on his lot.  He sold 7 cars.  How many cars were left?

 

15 - 7 = ________________ cars

Rachel had 15 chapters in her adventure book.  She read eight of the chapters.  How many chapters did she have left to read?

15 - 8 = ________________ chapters

Abigail's mother said they had to leave in 15 minutes.  It took Abigail 8 minutes to get ready.  How many more minutes before Abigail and her mother leave?

15 - 8 = ________________ minutes

Well done !

Did you know you have verified ...

0 + 15 = 15     15 - 0 = 15
15 + 0 = 15     15 - 15 = 0

1 + 14 = 15     15 - 1 = 14
14 + 1 = 15     15 - 14 = 1

3 + 12 = 15     15 - 3 = 12
12 + 3 = 15     15 - 12 = 3

4 + 11 = 15     15 - 4 = 11
11 + 4 = 15     15 - 11 = 4

5 + 10 = 15     15 - 5 = 10
10 + 5 = 15     15 - 10 = 5

6 + 9 = 15     15 - 6 = 9
9 + 6 = 15     15 - 9 = 6

7 + 8 = 15     15 - 7 = 8
8 + 7 = 15     15 - 8 = 7
and that you have picked up nouns!

Do you remember:
A noun is the name of a
person, place, thing, or idea.  It is hard to pick up an idea or place, but the other things you can frequently pick up !!!  

Name and count the nouns you
have picked up for your parents.

(Verify = test the correctness of something)

Review

Add or Subtract !
 0 + 15 = ________  12 + 3 = ________
 15 + 0 = ________  3 + 12 = ________
 15 - 0 = ________  15 - 3 = _______
 15 - 15 = _______  15 - 12 = _______
 2 + 13 = _______  5 + 10 = ________
 13 + 2 = _______  10 + 5 = ________
 15 - 2 = _______  15 - 5 = ________
 15 - 13 = _______  15 - 10 = ________
 1 + 14 = _______  7 + 8 = ________
 14 + 1 = _______  8 + 7 = ________
 15 - 1 = _______  15 - 8 = _______
 15 - 14 = _______  15 - 7 = _______
 6 + 9 = _________  15 - 6 = ________
 9 + 6 = _________  15 - 9 = _________
 4 + 11= ________  15 - 4 = _________
  11 + 4 = ________  15 - 11 = ________

Do you remember that a noun is a name of a person, place, thing or idea?  Great !

Fill in the blank ...

A noun is the name of a person, ______________, thing, or idea.

Tricky Question:  Verbally fill in the blank ...
Verify = _________ the completeness of something

Tricky Question:  Verbally fill in the blank ...
Numbers are ad____________________________ because they tell about nouns.

Quickly
Repeat the Math Family combinations you just learned !!

Math Families
0,15
 / 1,14,15 / 2,13,15 / 3,12,15
4,11,15 / 5,10,15 / 6,9,15 / 7,8,15

Be sure to review these math families frequently.  Have your child illustrate these families using any number of items found in the house ...

coins, m&ms, toys, shoes, buttons, etc.

Make flashcards out of index cards for your child for the math families.  Flash your child daily going quickly, cheerfully, and happily.

You may want to keep track with your child those facts he already knows with the Addition Chart and the Subtraction Chart.

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