Grade
PK

Same & Different: Tub Toys

Look at the two pictures. What do you notice?

A. The top row has a blue ducky, a yellow ducky, and a blue ducky. The bottom row has a yellow sailboat and 2 blue sailboats. 3 + 3. B. The top row has 1 yellow sailboat and 1 yellow ducky. The bottom row has 2 blue duckies and 2 blue sailboats. 2 + 4.
  1. How are pictures A and B the same, and how are they different?
  • A and B are the same because …
  • A and B are different because …
  1. Here are two more pictures. Which one goes better with pictures A and B? Why?
C. The top row has a red ducky and 2 blue duckies. The bottom row has 3 blue sailboats. 3 + 3. D. The top row has 1 yellow sailboat and 2 yellow duckies. The bottom row has 1 blue ducky and 1 blue sailboat. 3 + 2.

Challenge

Make another picture of ducks and boats. Explain how your picture is the same as pictures A and B, and how it is different.

  • Mine is the same because …
  • Mine is different because …
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