1. Los Zapatos Vienen en Pares! Shoes Come in Pairs! Por: Jenny Sheets

2. Un dia Jenny y su hermana Amy estaban jugando con la ropa de su Mama. One day Jenny and her sister Amy were playing dress up with their Mom’s clothes.

3. Miraron en el armario y vieron todos los zapatos de su mama. They looked in their Mom’s closet and saw all of her shoes. Jenny los queria contar para saber cuantos eran. Pero eran muchos, se tomaria mucho tiempo para contarlos todos. Jenny wanted to count them to see how many there were. But there were too many, it would take too long to count them all.

4. Ya se! dijo Amy, Zapatos vienen en pares! Los podemos contar de 2 en 2. I know! Said Amy. Shoes come in pairs! We can count by 2’s. 2! Jenny grito. 2! Jenny yelled. 2

5. 4 dijo Amy. \ 4 said Amy. 2 4

6. 6 dijo Jenny. 6 said Jenny. 2 4 6

7. 8 dijo Amy 8 Said Amy. 2 4 6 8

8. 10 dijo Jenny. 10 said Jenny. 24 6 8 10

9. Terminamos! Gritaron. 10 zapatos en total. We are done! They shouted. 10 shoes in all. 24 6 8 10

10. Vamos a practcar! Let’s practice! Dos, quatro, seis, ocho, diez. 2 4 6 8 10 Two, four, six, eight, ten.

11. TEKS 4(b): use patterns to skip count by twos, fives, and tens. Usa patrones para contar de dos en dos, cinco en cinco, y diez en diez.