1. Story Addition With A Math Mat & Manipulatives
• I can show and tell a story using a math mat and toy fish.
• One day I went fishing and caught five fish. (This is the beginning of my story.)

2. Story Addition With A Math Mat & Manipulatives
• The next day I caught 3 fish. (This is the middle of my story.)
• How many fish did I catch altogether? (This is the end of my story.)

3. Story Addition With A Math Mat & Manipulatives
• I can print a number sentence to match my fish = ?
• I move all the fish to the red square because I need to find out how many there are altogether.

4. Story Addition With A Math Mat & Manipulatives
• Altogether I caught 8 fish.
• 5 fish and 3 fish is 8 fish.
• = 8