This PDF includes a Parent Education letter detailing the addition strategies that are used with Common Core aligned math programs. This sheet is useful at Back To School Night for providing parents with information that justifies the curriculum they will see in the upcoming year. (letter can be printed back-to-back, single sheet)

Also, for each addition strategy, there is an information sheet with step-by-step explanations and/or drawings. These sheets may be passed out as each new strategy is introduced. The following strategies are included:

Adding by Place Value
Adding One Number in Parts
Adding On a Number Line
Adding by Rounding, then Adjusting