Taking from 10
Taking From 10:
This is a subtraction strategy where students will decompose the larger number to find the anchor of ten and subtract from it.
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Important Information: In this strategy students are comfortable working with numbers. They will split the larger number into 10's and ones and then proceed to subtract from the 10. Once they have completed that, they will then add the ones back in.
Students must be comfortable with making 10 and should practice this in various ways before working through this strategy.
This strategy is the beginning steps of moving towards using the Splitting Strategy
What students might do:
What students might say: "I know that 18 is made of 10 and 8. 10 take away 6 is 4 and then I have to add the 8 back in."
Strategies that Support Student Learning:
Practice making 10 using addition and subtraction. Using a ten frame may help.
Practice composing and decomposing numbers.
Work through problem using base 10 blocks and a place value placemat.
Games (Click Links Below)
A modified version of the card game War. Students flip over cards and the first person to shout out the sum wins. (Lawson, Pg 176)
All games and activities located above are directly linked. Some can be found in the Alex Lawson What to Look For Resource. Page locations have been included in the description of each activity.