7. Yesterday, Alex saw 14 birds in his
backyard. Today, he saw 12. How
many birds did he see in all?
In this problem, what are you trying to
figure out?
8. If you said:
“How many birds did Alex see in
all?” then…
You’re right!
9. Step 2
Get a PLAN.
How will you answer the
question?
Should you ADD or SUBTRACT?
13. Let’s look at the
example again.
Yesterday, Alex saw 14 birds in his
backyard. Today, he saw 12. How
many birds did he see in all?
Do you see any CLUE WORDS?
18. Give it a try!
Yesterday, Alex saw 14 birds in his
backyard. Today, he saw 12. How
many birds did he see in all?
Write a number sentence and SOLVE it.