Animal Subtraction

Get some kids to pretend to be the animals holding up the animal cards. Pose the question how many more fish are there than turtles?

How could we work this out?

Make your own animal farm using two pens. How many more are in one group than the other?

Enabling Prompt:

Use less animals.

Extending Prompts:

Can you create a number sentence to go with how you worked this out?

What if you combine two groups together, even three groups together. How many more are  in one group than the other?