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Addition and Subtraction Stories gives Foundation learners a concrete, age-appropriate route from everyday language to a number sentence. Students identify what is there at the start, notice whether more objects join or some leave, represent the change with counters and drawings, choose + or -, solve by counting or subitising, and explain whether the answer makes sense.

The teaching sequence is supported by a 15-slide editable presentation and a 22-slide editable quiz with 10 question-and-answer pairs. The 28-page unit plan includes two classroom displays, a reusable story mat, six colour game pages, seven student worksheet pages, eight answer pages, two assessment pages and a five-level rubric. Core examples remain within 10, while Story Challenge to 20 and the advanced Peg the Answer cards provide optional extension.

Designed for approximately five lessons, the resource can be used for explicit teaching, maths rotations, partner work, small-group support, independent practice, assessment and home learning. Worksheets, assessment pages and the rubric are printer-friendly black and white; displays, games and hands-on materials are in colour. Answer pages reproduce the student layout and add red ANSWERS labels and red responses in the exact working spaces.

WHAT'S INCLUDED
- Editable PowerPoint presentation: Addition and Subtraction Stories — 15 slides
- Editable PowerPoint quiz: Addition and Subtraction Stories Quiz — 22 slides / 10 question-and-answer pairs
- Editable and printable unit plan — 28 pages
- Display: Number Story Steps
- Display: Add or Take Away?
- Activity: Act It Out Story Mat
- Game: Number Story Puzzle Match — 3 pages / 9 puzzles
- Game: Peg the Answer — 3 pages / 12 cards, including Challenge to 20
- Worksheet: Read, Draw and Add
- Worksheet: Read, Draw and Take Away
- Worksheet: Part-Part-Whole Stories
- Worksheet: Match the Story
- Worksheet: Spin and Create a Story
- Worksheet: Mixed Number Stories
- Worksheet: Story Challenge to 20
- Assessment: Number Story Check-In — 2 pages
- Answer pages — 8 pages
- Rubric: Addition and Subtraction Stories Rubric
- Protected combined preview — 65 pages
- Editable one-slide TPT thumbnail PowerPoint
- Clean Table of Contents JPEG

LEARNING FOCUS
- Represent practical addition and subtraction situations with counters or drawings
- Recognise joining and taking-away language
- Connect stories, part-part-whole models and number sentences
- Solve within 10 using counting or subitising
- Apply optional extension within 20
- Explain and check answers in context

CLASSROOM USE
Use the presentation for explicit modelling, then move students through the story mat, puzzle matching, peg cards and differentiated worksheets. The Number Story Check-In and rubric provide a consistent assessment point. Selected colour pages can be laminated for repeated small-group or rotation use.

YEAR / SUBJECT / TOPIC
Year level: Foundation
Subject: Mathematics
Topic: Addition and subtraction stories; practical number situations; early number operations

CURRICULUM ALIGNMENT
Australian Curriculum v9.0
- AC9MFN05

Australian Curriculum v8.4 (legacy)
- ACMNA004

Victorian Curriculum 2.0
- VC2MFN05

NSW Mathematics K–10
- MAE-CSQ-01

Western Australian Curriculum
- ACMNA004

Common Core State Standards
- K.OA.A.1, K.OA.A.2, K.OA.A.5
- K.CC.B.4, K.CC.B.4.b, K.CC.B.5, K.CC.C.6

England National Curriculum
- UK-KS1-Y1-MATH-N-N, UK-KS1-Y1-MATH-N-A

New Zealand Curriculum
- NZ-Y1-MATH-NUM-NS-1
- NZ-Y1-MATH-NUM-OP-3, NZ-Y1-MATH-NUM-OP-4, NZ-Y1-MATH-NUM-OP-6

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
- GK-1A, GK-1C, GK-1D, GK-1E, GK-1F, GK-1G, GK-2I, GK-3A, GK-3B, GK-3C

Canada
- CAN-GK-MATH-OE15
- CAN-G1-MATH-B2.1, CAN-G1-MATH-B2.2, CAN-G1-MATH-B2.3, CAN-G1-MATH-B2.4

FORMATS / PAGE COUNT / ANSWER STATUS
- Editable PPTX: 28-page unit plan, 15-slide presentation, 22-slide quiz and one-slide thumbnail
- Print-ready PDF: 28-page unit plan
- Protected preview PDF: 65 pages
- JPEG: clean approved Table of Contents page
- Answer key: yes — 8 answer pages
- Teaching duration: approximately five lessons / one week

TEACHER BENEFITS
- One coherent sequence from concrete modelling to independent problem solving
- Ready-made support, core and extension practice
- Reusable colour materials for rotations and small groups
- Printer-friendly student and assessment pages
- Matching answers placed directly in student response spaces
- Editable teaching and quiz decks for classroom adaptation
- Assessment and rubric aligned to the same learning progression

DIGITAL PRODUCT / LICENCE NOTE
This is a digital product; no physical item is supplied or shipped. Purchase provides a single-classroom licence for the original buyer. The files may be used and printed for that buyer's own students but may not be resold, redistributed, shared with other educators, posted publicly or uploaded to an open/shared platform. Sukindi copyright and branding must remain intact.