Unit 3: Adding, Subtracting, Counting & Comparing

Addition & Subtraction Strategies

Below you will find support for your child when they are working with doubles, making tens, adding tens, and working with missing addends while solving problems.

USING DOUBLES

Home Connection Pages:

• Adding Doubles Song

• Doubles and Doubles Plus or Minus 1 Strategies

• Doubles Charts- (These visuals provide support with doubles facts.)

• Doubles Plus One Charts- (These visuals provide support with doubles plus one facts.)

• One More and One Less Game (These games can be printed or used as a guide for a game reinforcing the skill of one more and one less. This can be played at home. You can use buttons, pennies, or anything that would work for counters.)

  • Even Number Song and Odd Number Song (Even and odd numbers are discussed in class during our doubles lessons. Here are two songs to support this skill.)

MAKING TEN

Home Connection Pages:

• Make a 10: (Song to review number pairs that make 10)

• Make a Ten Strategy Chart

• Make a Ten Game (This is a game that can be printed and played a home to reinforce skills practiced in class.)

• Find a Ten Game (This is a game that can be printed or recreated at home to reinforce the skill of making tens.)

ADDING TEN

Home Connection Pages:

• Add a Ten Strategy Chart

• Add 10: (A video to review what to do when ten is one of the addends in the equation)

• Teen Number Rap

MISSING ADDENDS

Home Connection Pages:

• Missing Addend Video (This video provides an explanation on how to solve for missing addends.)