Cupcake Capers: Take-Away Subtraction

Subtraction can be represented using three different models: missing addend, take away and difference (comparison). Cupcake Capers introduces take-away subtraction.This book comes with free teacher’s notes that you can download and gives you ten activity ideas. The teacher’s notes provide activities to further develop student’s understanding of the concepts and language used in the story.These whole- class activities provide students with the opportunity to: – listen to a story about a subtraction situation – use materials and pictures to act out subtraction situations – make links between subtraction and addition – write related addition and subtraction factsThis book is written for students in Year 1.Young students have a natural love for stories and for learning. ORIGO Big Books build on this enthusiasm to help you introduce key mathematical concepts. These engaging large-format storybooks (page size 43.0 cm x 33.0 cm) develop and reinforce mathematical language and understanding by stimulating discussion on specific concepts from the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics (Foundation – Year 2).Each story has been developed to explore a particular mathematical concept and build literacy through rhyme and repetition. The beautifully illustrated Big Books encourage children to participate in the story, building their thinking and reasoning skills. Read the story, then explore the concept further with play based activities.