🧮 Counting to 50 — Counting On From Any Number
Help Captain Coral count the fish in the reef!
Read the Story First!
🔤 Words to Know
Counting on — Starting to count from a number that is not 1, like starting at 20 and going 21, 22, 23.
Reef — A ridge of rocks or coral near the water where many fish live.
Captain Coral needed to count all the fish near the reef. There were SO many!
"I already counted 20 fish this morning," she told Scuba Bob. "Can you help me count the rest?"
They saw 5 blue fish swim by. Scuba Bob counted: "Twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five!"
Then 10 yellow fish swam past. He counted all the way to "thirty-five!"
"We started at 20. I counted 15 more. That is 35 fish!" said Scuba Bob.
"Wonderful! You can count on from any number!" said Captain Coral.
🧠 Answer the Questions
Read each question carefully. Pick the best answer!
What did Captain Coral need help with?
How many fish had she already counted?
What does counting on mean?
How many blue fish swam by?
20 fish + 15 more = ?
Start at 25, count 5 more. What number?
What comes right after 39?
What is a reef?