Puppies In, Puppies Out

Concept (nonfiction), 85 words Grade 1

The book Puppies In, Puppies Out is a story that uses questions about puppies to guide students to solve subtraction word problems. Students answer How many are left? questions using pictures. Beginning with a group of five puppies, the number of puppies changes as puppies leave to do a variety of different things. The book offers picture support to help students understand the concept of subtraction.