Jotty turns addition and subtraction into a code-breaking mission. Children solve each clue, match the answer to a letter and reveal a two-word pep talk before coloring Jotty and the page’s doodles.
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Jotty’s Pencil Power Code
Solve it. Decode it. Color it.
Nine math clues practice addition and subtraction within 16, careful matching and persistence.
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- 1
Solve each clue
Work through the nine addition and subtraction problems in order.
- 2
Match and decode
Use each answer to select the correct letter from Jotty’s code key.
- 3
Color and celebrate
Read the completed pep talk, then color Jotty and give every clue star a different pattern.
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The arithmetic, number-to-letter mapping and final clue order were independently audited. The nine answers are 11, 5, 5, 16, 7, 15, 9, 14 and 7.
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