This document provides instructions for a learning task to teach students about addition through number stories using the number 5. The task uses strips of paper, number cards, and clips to demonstrate that 5 + 0 is the same as 0 + 5. Students are asked to arrange the clips on the strips to show number stories like 5 + 0 = 5. Extensions include asking students to write number equations and designing electronic addition activities. The goal is for students to understand addition concepts like conservation of number and see patterns in number stories up to 8.

2. Adopts class routines for obtaining teacher support to demonstrate learning tasks and to obtain assistance.

3. Understands number quantities.

4. Counts (counting up and down).

6. The activity based on the child’s ability conservation of number.

7. The teacher demonstrates the learning task for the child initially, and then the child works on his own.

8. The children construct their own understanding of addition as (5 together with 0 is the same as 5; 4+1)

9. Children are curious learners; they are in a stage where they discover the world. This activity responds to children’s way of learning through using manipulatives to seek information.

11. Tell the child the activity’s name.

12. One mat is enough for this activity to master on the carpet.

13. Demonstrate how to do the activity:

14. Put the strips on the mat from left to right (right to left in Arabic case).

15. Put the number 5 cards on the top of each strip (left side in English case & right side in Arabic case).

16. Then, ask the child if she know down-counting so she can demonstrate the activity by herself later on.

17. Use one color of the clips at the beginning.

18. The process is going to be like this; 5 green clips on the left side of the 1st strip, 4 green clips on the left side of the 2nd strip, 3 green clips on the left side of the 3rd strip, and so on. On the right side of the strips the red clips would be placed (0, 1, 2, counting up).

19. Model the language that used in the assessment: 5 together with 0 give us/are 5, etc.

21. 6 laminated cards for the number 5.

22. Box: 30 Clips (15red and 15green) two colors

23. Pieces of paper (to write the equations on)

25. Begins to see a pattern in simple number stories/equations (5 together with 0 is the same as 5; 4+1= 5, 3+2= 5, 1+4= 5, 0+5=5); successfully completes assessment of conservation of number;

26. Begins to demonstrate concretely with manipulatives simple number stories/equations

27. Understand the pattern in simple number stories/equations (up to and including 5); successfully completes conservation of number assessment; demonstrates simple number stories/equations concretely with manipulatives; begins to write simple equations to demonstrate addition activities; begins to practice and to memorize simple number stories/equations

28. Uses equations to add (up to and including 8); writes simple equations to demonstrate addition activities;

30. Evaluation rubrics are compiled by Sue Hathway (Sultan Qaboos University Child Care Center)

32. See if you need to large up the strips for the child.

33. See if you need to have just one card for the number 5 rather than having one card per a strip.Key Words:<br />Addition, count-down, count-up, together with, is the same of, writing equation, strips, clips<br />