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Activity 22 - Subtraction

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PHONICS READING CENTER™ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY 22 - SUBTRACTION (continued) 3. Press the correct number button to answer the question. 4. If the answer is correct, you will hear a rewarding sound and a positive phrase followed by the answer. A positive animation and the answer animation will appear on the LCD screen. 5. If the answer is incorrect, you will hear a negative sound and an encouraging phrase, and the question will be repeated. A negative animation and the question animation will appear on the LCD screen. How Can You Help? • Show your child the number buttons on the keyboard. Encourage him or her to use them as a number line when finding the difference between two numbers. • Have your child use tangible objects such as pennies, beans, blocks, etc. to show the numbers being subtracted. This should be helpful in finding the difference. • When your child is playing the activity, encourage him or her to tell a story problem to go along with the subtraction equation. 44

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PHONICS READING CENTER
PHONICS READING CENTER
PHONICS READING CENTER
PHONICS READING CENTER
PHONICS READING CENTER
ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITY 22 - SUBTRACTION
(continued)
3.
Press the correct number button to answer
the question.
4.
If the answer is correct, you will hear a re-
warding sound and a positive phrase followed
by the answer. A positive animation and the
answer animation will appear on the LCD
screen.
5.
If the answer is incorrect, you will hear a nega-
tive sound and an encouraging phrase, and
the question will be repeated. A negative ani-
mation and the question animation will appear
on the LCD screen.
How Can You Help?
• Show your child the number buttons on the keyboard. Encourage him
or her to use them as a number line when finding the difference be-
tween two numbers.
• Have your child use tangible objects such as pennies, beans, blocks,
etc. to show the numbers being subtracted. This should be helpful in
finding the difference.
• When your child is playing the activity, encourage him or her to tell a
story problem to go along with the subtraction equation.
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