ORIGO Big Book – Year 2: Bears on Buses – Bears on Buses |

Problem solving situations are often described as either active or static. Bears on Buses introduces active addition as bears join a group already on the bus. This story also presents an opportunity to explore the relationship between addition and subtraction by reversing the process.

These whole-class activities provide students with the opportunity to:

• listen to a story about active addition
• use materials and pictures to act out the story
• write addition facts
• write related addition and subtraction facts