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Printed in the United States of America ISBN 13: 978-0-15-360170-5 ISBN 10: 0-15-360170-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 039 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 Math Concept Reader by Amy Ayers Photographs by Kay McKinley The Class Party ca1wos_lay_070106ac_cr.indd 1 1/6/07 4:13:46 PM Today is the last day of school. Miss Greens class is having a party. There are muffns and juice for the class to share. 2 ca1wos_lay_070106ac_cr.indd 2 1/6/07 4:13:48 PM The children will eat and play games together. They will hear a story. Then it will be time to leave. It will be a fun day! 3 ca1wos_lay_070106ac_cr.indd 3 1/6/07 4:13:49 PM First the children get their muffns. There are banana muffns and blueberry muffns. The muffns will be a good snack. There are 7 banana muffns to eat. H 7 ca1wos_lay_070106ac_cr.indd 4 1/6/07 4:13:51 PM Miss Green gives the children 5 banana muffns from the table. How many banana muffns are left? There are 2 banana muffns left on the table. 7 5 = 2 5 ca1wos_lay_070106ac_cr.indd 5 1/6/07 4:13:53 PM Now the other children get their muffns. These muffns have tasty blueberries in them. There are 8 blueberry muffns to eat. 6 8 ca1wos_lay_070106ac_cr.indd 6 1/6/07 4:13:55 PM Miss Green gives the children 4 blueberry muffns from the table. How many blueberry muffns are left? There are 4 blueberry muffns left on the table. 8 4 = 4 7 ca1wos_lay_070106ac_cr.indd 7 1/6/07 4:13:57 PM The children choose their juice. There is grape juice. There is apple juice too. The juice will taste good with the muffns. There are 3 children who want grape juice to drink. 8 3 ca1wos_lay_070106ac_cr.indd 8 1/6/07 4:14:04 PM There are 7 more children who want grape juice to drink. There are 10 children in all who want grape juice. The grape juice tastes great. 3 + 7 = 10 9 ca1wos_lay_070106ac_cr.indd 9 1/6/07 4:14:06 PM The children are almost done getting snacks. Some children still need juice. There is 1 child who wants apple juice to drink. 10 1 ca1wos_lay_070106ac_cr.indd 10 1/6/07 4:14:14 PM There are 4 more children who want apple juice to drink. There are 5 children in all who want to drink apple juice. The apple juice tastes sweet. 1 + 4 = 5 11 ca1wos_lay_070106ac_cr.indd 11 1/6/07 4:14:19 PM Snack time is over, and now the children can choose something to do. Some children want to paint. There are 9 paintbrushes for painting. 12 9 ca1wos_lay_070106ac_cr.indd 12 1/6/07 4:14:20 PM They take 5 paintbrushes from the table. How many paintbrushes are left? There are 4 paintbrushes left on the table. Now the children can paint pictures. 9 5 = 4 13 ca1wos_lay_070106ac_cr.indd 13 1/6/07 4:14:26 PM Some children want to play with puppets. They will give a puppet show for the class. The show will be about fun things to do during the summer. They have 4 puppets on a tray. 1H 4 ca1wos_lay_070106ac_cr.indd 14 1/6/07 4:14:28 PM The children take 3 puppets from the tray. How many puppets are left? There is 1 puppet left on the tray. 4 3 = 1 15 ca1wos_lay_070106ac_cr.indd 15 1/6/07 4:14:30 PM Some children want to play with wooden blocks. What will they build with the blocks? They will use the blocks to build a house. First they take out 4 big blocks. 16 4 ca1wos_lay_070106ac_cr.indd 16 1/6/07 4:14:35 PM Then the children take out 2 small blocks. Now they have 6 wooden blocks in all. They are ready to build the house. 4 + 2 = 6 17 ca1wos_lay_070106ac_cr.indd 17 1/6/07 4:14:40 PM Other children want to use blocks to make a pattern. They choose a pattern to make. They need 10 pattern blocks to make this pattern. 18 10 ca1wos_lay_070106ac_cr.indd 18 1/6/07 4:14:45 PM The children have only 7 pattern blocks. How many more pattern blocks do they need to make this pattern? They need 3 more pattern blocks. 10 7 = 3 19 ca1wos_lay_070106ac_cr.indd 19 1/6/07 4:14:50 PM Soon it is time to clean up and listen to Miss Green read a story. She will read a story about the last day of school. First 9 children sit down on the rug. 20 9 ca1wos_lay_070106ac_cr.indd 20 1/6/07 4:14:53 PM Then 6 more children sit down on the rug. Now 15 children in all are sitting on the rug. Miss Green reads the story. 9 + 6 = 15 1 ca1wos_lay_070106ac_cr.indd 21 1/6/07 4:14:56 PM The bell rings, and it is time to leave. The children say good-bye to Miss Green. She tells them to have a good summer. 22 ca1wos_lay_070106ac_cr.indd 22 1/6/07 4:14:59 PM It was a fun year for everyone. The children learned a lot and made many friends. They cannot wait to come back to school! 23 ca1wos_lay_070106ac_cr.indd 23 1/6/07 4:15:00 PM 2H Glossary equals = 1 + 7 = 8 1 plus 7 equals 8. minus 8 6 = 2 8 minus 6 equals 2. muffn a small round cake made to serve one person plus + 6 + 3 = 9 6 plus 3 equals 9. puppet a doll that fts over the hand ca1wos_lay_070106ac_cr.indd 24 1/6/07 4:15:00 PM Think and Respond 1. There are 7 mufns on the table. 3 children take mufns. How many mufns are left? 2. 9 children want to draw pictures. 9 more children want to draw pictures. How many children in all want to draw pictures? 3. There are 4 cups of apple juice on the table. 3 children take apple juice. How many cups of apple juice are left? 4. Write a number story about a class party. Draw a picture to go with your story. Then write a number sentence to go with your story. GRADE 1 WORD COUNT 573 GENRE Narrative Nonction LEVEL Above-Level ` > ISBN 13: 978-0-15-360170-5 ISBN 10: 0-15-360170-1 Harcourt Leveled Readers Online Database www.eharcourtschool.com