HOW TO TEACH THE STORIES BEFORE GETTING STARTED: GIVE THE PRE-TEST ON PAGE 92 1. Stimulate interest in the story by discussing the story line before it is read. Ask students questions that are pertinent to the story. When the story is finally introduced, students will be more likely to remember the story because it will fit into something that they have discussed and experienced. 2. Tell the story to the students while they look at the picture in the text. Or, if working one-on-one, read the story together and then spend some time talking about the picture. This reinforces the story-number connection. Be as imaginative and creative as you can while telling the story. There is always room to add more details. Kids love stories and will often be very attentive during this part of the learning process. 3. Ask a student to read the story out loud in the text. The rest of the class can read along. Ask another student to read the caption located underneath the picture. 4. Write the fact on the board or a piece of paper and remind the students to look at the numbers of the fact and remember the story. Point out the similarities. For example: "Don’t these two bees look like 3's? And remember when you see two 3's think of the two 3-bees that stung the 6 and made him sick. (3 + 3 = 6) 5. Ask the students to tell the story in their own words. (If done in the following lesson, this exercise will serve as a review.) 6. Use additional learning activities: a. Students make their own flash cards. b. Students make their own book with the story illustrations and the facts. c. Play games with the Addition the Fun Way Flash Cards. Students can compete against themselves by trying to better their previous times with a small group of flash cards (about10). Or, you can divide kids into groups and have relay races with the flash card sets. 7. Read one story per day if working one-on-one. Bed-time is preferable because kids will have the night's sleep to allow the story to gel in long term memory. The following morning , ask your student to tell you the story for the fact. For instance, "Do you remember that story for 6 + 6? What was it?" The student then tells the story in his/her own words.
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