The document discusses addition with sums of 5 or less. It explains that addition is putting sets of items together to find the total amount. An example is given where set A has 1 pencil, set B has 2 pencils, and when they are combined there are 3 pencils total. The key parts of an addition sentence are identified as the numbers being added, the plus sign, the equal sign, and the sum.

1. Addition with Sums of 5
or Less

2. Count the things in set A and in set B. How many
pencils are there in set A? How many pencils are there
in set B?
set A set B
Put together the pencils in set A and set B.
How many pencils are there in all?

3. When you put the pencils together, you added
them. This is called addition.

4. Addition is putting things
together.

5. Below is an addition sentence for the
given example.
1 + 2 = 3
plus sign
equal sign
sum

6. In addition sentence has the
following parts:
• The plus sign (+), which is read as “plus” or
“and”.
• The equal sign (=), which is read as “equals” or
“is equal to”.
• The sum, which is the answer in addition.

7. The addition sentence above can
be read as “1 plus 2 equals 3” or “1
and 2 is equal to 3”

8. End of the Slide!