Strategies
Strategies
Here are some of the most common addition strategies:
Compensating: Changing a number to make it more friendly and compensating afterward
Give + Take: Taking from one number to make it friendly and adding to another at the same time to compensate
Decomposing: Breaking numbers apart and adding them in chunks
Partial Sums or Place Value: Adding numbers with the same place value and then adding the sums
Traditional Algorithm
Resources:
Video: 5 Types of Addition Strategies
*For addition fact resources, visit my Fact Fluency page.
Models / Tools
Models / Tools
There are many different tools and types of models that can be used to represent student thinking when it comes to addition including the following:
Objects
Pictures
Base 10 Blocks
100s Chart
Ten Frames
Number Bonds
Number Lines
Bar Model
Resources:
Adding Two-Digit Numbers With the Hundreds Chart
Adding Two-Digit Numbers Using a Number Line
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