Kindergartners discover subtraction — taking some away to find how many are left — by removing objects and counting what remains, the second big math operation.
Students will be able to…
If you have 5 cookies and eat 2, how many are LEFT? When we take some away, we subtract — and there are fewer!
Project each item and have children find how many are left after taking some away. The tool shows how taking away makes fewer.
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You have 5 cookies and eat 2 — how many are left?
Children explore.
Play together.
Children create.
Share a take-away.
Aligned to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (Kindergarten).
Represent subtraction with objects, fingers, drawings, or sounds.
Solve subtraction word problems within 10.
Fluently subtract within 5.
Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have families act out taking away at snack time — “You have 5 crackers, eat 2, how many are left?” A printable subtracting mat is in the Early Learning library.
Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.
A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.
A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.