![]() ![]() Next, we move on to representational strategies: I’ll also make a big, life size ten frame on our classroom rug with painters tape or use hula hoops for a life size number bond and we use these to act out the story problems! Students are able to see groups being combined which is amazing for concrete understanding! I like using visuals such as number bonds or part part whole mats with the manipulatives to give students a deeper understanding of what is happening within an operation! This is helpful when we get to more complex problems with missing parts or missing addends! Then when students visit my teacher table, we use counters or cubes to represent math story problems. You can read more about our mini lessons here! I like to have my students get up and act out real world story problems during our whole group mini lessons. I start with the most concrete strategy: Using manipulatives to make a model With any math skill, I always apply the CRA model: Concrete, Representational, Abstract I also keep a ring of mini posters at my teacher table to use during small group lessons. Whenever students are stuck on a problem, I always encourage them to look at the wall for a strategy they could try! You can read more about our math block schedule in this blog post!Īfter the strategy is introduced, I add it to our strategy wall for students to refer back to. We practice it whole group first and then at the teacher table during small group instruction. I use these Addition Strategy posters to introduce each new strategy. In this blog post, I’m going to share tips specifically for developing addition fact fluency and teaching addition strategies in 1st grade, however the same ideas can be applied for subtraction or any operation! Fact Fluency and Addition Strategies: Where do we start?īefore students are able to solve facts fluently and automatically, they need to develop concrete understanding of:ĭuring our Beginning Addition Unit, I like to introduce one strategy at a time and provide a lot of practice with each one. This does NOT happen overnight! Before we EVER start working on knowing our addition facts automatically, we always learn strategies for addition first. ![]() ![]() We want our first graders to be able to solve addition and subtraction facts within 10 fluently by the end of the year. In 1st grade, one of our biggest math standards is Fact Fluency! Fact fluency is the ability to solve math problems efficiently and accurately. ![]()
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