The document is a story about Finley's day at the fair. It describes Finley counting various objects at different attractions, games, and areas of the fair. Finley counts things like tickets, seats on Ferris wheels, people in lines, bumper cars, balloons, ducks, and prizes. After counting each item, the reader is prompted to count and draw the objects in their journal. By the end of the day, Finley had won some prizes and asked her parents if they could return to the fair the next day.

1. FINLEY’S DAY AT THE FAIR
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By Brigitte R. Moone

2. Finley was excited. She
was at the fair with her
mom and dad. As Finley
waited for her dad to buy
some tickets for the
rides, she saw that there
were four people waiting
in line. How many people
do you count? Write the
number in your journal.
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3. Put these 4 people in a line. Draw a line in your
journal. Draw 4 people on that line.
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4. Finley saw the long
line of tickets her
dad had bought.
She counted seven
tickets. How many
tickets do you
count? Write the
number in your
journal.
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5. There are 8 tickets. Put 7 tickets in a line. In your journal,
draw a line. Draw 7 tickets on the line.
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6. The first ride Finley saw
was the Ferris Wheel.
Finley saw that it looked
like a circle. Do you see
the circle?
She saw that it had
twelve seats all around
the circle. How many
seats do you count? In
your journal, draw a
Ferris wheel with 12 seats.
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7. Finley saw another Ferris wheel
at the fair. She counted six
seats in the circle. How many
seats do you count?
Why do you think this Ferris wheel
has less seats than the other Ferris
wheel? Talk it over with your partner.
Write or draw your answer in your
journal. In your journal, draw a Ferris
wheel with 6 seats.
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8. Finley wanted to ride the bumper cars, but she
saw that there was a line of people waiting to ride.
She counted ten people in line. How many people
do you count in line? Write the number in your
journal.
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9. Finley then
counted ten
bumper cars that
were scattered
across the floor.
How many bumper
cars do you count?
Write the number
in your journal.
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10. There are 10 people in line.
There are 10 bumper cars.
Are these numbers the same?
Are the number of bumper cars and the
number of people in line the same?
Are there enough bumper cars for each of
the people in line?
Write the answers to the questions in
your journal.
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11. Finley wanted to play
“Pop the Balloon”. She
saw the balloon board
was shaped like a
rectangle. Do you see
the rectangle?
She counted 18 balloons
on the board. How
many balloons do you
count? Write the
number in your journal.
Draw 18 balloons in your
journal.
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12. Finley then played the Duck Pond
game. She saw that there were
eight ducks in the pond. How many
ducks do you see in the pond? Write
the number in your journal.
She picked two ducks to see if the
numbers on their bottoms
matched. The first duck had the
number 9, and the second duck had
the number 9. Are these numbers
the same? Write the number 9 in
your journal.
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13. Finley went to the prize booth to pick out her prizes. The
prizes were in rows that looked like a rectangle. Do you
see the rectangle? She counted 15 prizes in the rectangle.
How many prizes do you count? Write the number in your
journal. Pick out 2 prizes and draw them in your journal.
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14. It was the end of the day, and time to go
home. Finley smiled proudly as she held on
tight to the prizes she had won. As they
left the fair, Finley looked up at her mom
and dad and said, “That was fun! Can we
come again tomorrow?”
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CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.A.3 Write numbers from 0 to 20. Represent a number of objects with a written
numeral 0-20 (with 0 representing a count of no objects).
CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.B.5 Count to answer “how many?” questions about as many as 20 things arranged in a
line, a rectangular array, or a circle, or as many as 10 things in a scattered configuration; given a number from 1–
20, count out that many objects.
Compare numbers.
CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.C.6 Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or
equal to the number of objects in another group, e.g., by using matching and counting strategies.1
CCSS.Math.Content.K.CC.C.7 Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals.