The baskets on the jetty

Day 20 · Five optional activities. Get a pencil and some colours, and choose one task at a time.

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Page 1: two jetty pictures with three and four baskets; a boat with one empty cargo space — Page 1 · Find the difference and pack the boat

Page 2: Lea’s and Mika’s notes, two questions, two drawing frames and a counting game — Page 2 · Ask, draw and count together

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Picture descriptions for the tasks:
1. Two drawings of the same jetty: A has three baskets in a row. B has the same three and a fourth basket at the far right. The jetty, the boat with one sail and the rope from the boat to the jetty are otherwise the same. Find what is different and two things that are the same. Write or say the number of baskets in A and B.
2. The boat has four places for cargo. Three have a basket each. The fourth is empty. Draw a basket there, or say what you would put in the space. How many baskets did you add?
3. Lea says I counted three baskets. Mika says I counted four baskets. We do not know when they counted. Choose a useful question: Who has the neatest handwriting? Or: Did you count the baskets at the same time?
4. Two empty drawing frames marked A and B. Draw three things in A, and add or take away one thing in B.

THE JOURNEY WITH LUKE / ACTIVITY WORKSHOP
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The baskets on the jetty
Get a pencil and some colours. Choose one task at a time.
Made-up exercises inspired by the game. These are not historical sources.
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What has changed?
Look at the two drawings. Circle what is different. Also find two things that are the same.
DRAWING A
DRAWING B
Baskets in A:
Baskets in B:
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Pack the boat
The boat has room for four baskets. Three are packed. Draw the last one in the empty space.
How many baskets did you add?

THE JOURNEY WITH LUKE / ACTIVITY WORKSHOP
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Two numbers, one good question
Get a pencil and some colours. Choose one task at a time.
Made-up exercises inspired by the game. These are not historical sources.
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What should we ask?
Lea and Mika counted baskets on a jetty. We do not know when they counted. Read the
notes. Choose the question that can help.
LEA
“I counted three baskets.”
MIKA
“I counted four baskets.”
Who has the neatest handwriting?
Did you count the baskets at the same time?
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Your own change
Draw three things in box A. Draw them again in B, but add or take away one thing. Let a friend find
the change.
A
B
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Count at two different times
Put three things on the table. One of you counts. Add one thing before the other one counts. You got
different numbers. Tell each other when you counted.

Made-up exercises inspired by the game. You can use the sheets without remembering the conversations in the game.