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Subtraction3. Jan has 5 marbles and loses 2. How many marbles does hehave left?4. Song, “Five little speckle frogs”, showing that frogs becomeless.Make use of a variety of resources to give you ideas ofhow to apply different strategies.Patterns andFunctionsCopy a given pattern • Copy a given patternKinaestheticLet the learners’ copy an action pattern e.g. skip, skip, jump, jump, skip,skip, jump........Learners1 dayConcrete using 3-D objectsLet the learners copy an object pattern e.g. bead, bead, stick, bead, bead,stick ...Any objectsSemi-concrete using 2-D shapese.g. Flower, leaf, flower.....Blue, red, green, blue.......A4 Paper and crayonsSpace and Shape Build 3-D objects • Explore with building blocksLet the learners:‣ Build a structure that is 3 blocks high and 5 blocks across.‣ Use as many blocks as they need to build a train.‣ Identify who built the longest train.‣ Build a tower.‣ Identify who built the highest tower.Building blocks e.g.1 day andthereafterongoing42 | P age