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Title Addition strategies within 10 (or 20)
Description This lesson emphasizes explicit representations of addition expressions and solutions. The sim allows for students to solve using Ten Frames, free objects, or a linear representation that can function like a number line. These tools can support various direct modeling and counting strategies. This lesson focuses on the use of the Lab screen specifically because it does not provide immediate feedback regarding the total number of objects. (If feedback is desired, a class could use the Ten screen instead.)
Subject Mathematics
Level K-5
Type Guided Activity
Duration 30 minutes
Answers Included No
Language Engleski
Keywords add, addition, compose, decompose
Simulation(s) Igra brojeva  (HTML5)


Author(s) Ian Whitacre, Dom Carorora, Azar Kamaldar
School / Organization Florida State University
Date submitted 2023.09.11
Date updated 2023.10.14