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Addition & Subtraction

Ten frames, number lines and alternative strategies! Below you find useful ideas, strategies and resources to help you teach and review addition and subtraction.

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The Counting On Strategy for Addition

Want to learn more about the Counting On Strategy for addition? Look no further, I'm going to break it down for you right here and right now. What Is the Counting On Strategy? Counting On is a strategy kids use to, you guessed it...add numbers. Kids start using this strategy when they are able to ...

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Pumpkin Math Investigations

Are you looking for new ideas for hands-on Fall math activities? Look no further, I have a great math activity just for you, Pumpkin Math Investigations! Using read-alouds to teach math concepts is a great way to engage our kids. One of my favorite Fall math books is How Many Seeds in a ...

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ten frame making tens game board

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The Power of Making Tens

Hello! This is Greg from Mr Elementary Math and I am excited to be taking part in the first I Teach linky series.  I wanted to talk about one of my favorite math strategies "Making Tens".   Making Tens is such a powerful strategy because it reinforces relationships between numbers. When young ...

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Math Problem Solving 101

Have you ever given your students a money word problem where someone buys an item from a store, but your students come up with an answer where the person that bought the item ends up with more money than he or she came in with? Word problem solving is one of those things that many of our children ...

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Math Literature Connection – One Big Pair of Underwear

Recently, I had an opportunity to connect with a new children's author by the name of Laura Gehl.  She wrote a wonderful book entitled, One Big Pair of Underwear.  The book infuses counting concepts for primary grades in a way that is fun and humorous.     I eagerly took on the task ...

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Math Books That Will Change Your Teaching Blog Hop

Today I am participating in the Math Books That Will Change Your Teaching Blog Hop organized by Brandi of The Research Based Classroom.  Take this journey with me and 11 other excellent educators as we discuss books that have changed our teaching.  Each blogger will be giving away a copy of the book ...

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Just the Math Facts: Addition Facts Web Games

Here are two FREE online math games that come by way of the Oswego City School District.  These games provide a great way for students to practice basic addition facts while having fun at the same time.  My favorite is called Sum Sense - Addition. In this game students work on creating a ...

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Making Ten Poster Kit

Are your kindergarten and 1st graders beginning to connect number sentences with ten frames?  Get this Making Ten Poster Kit. Making Ten is an important mental math strategy. It prepares students for upper elementary grades because they are able to build tens quickly and add on from that ...

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