SamizdatMath

I developed this activity for a kindergarten teacher who wanted to introduce her students to the "syntax" and "grammar" of writing equations without the need for drill. She also wanted me to make it somewhat fun, AND include practice for fine motor skills, as well as practice writing numerals. Can you believe it, I packed this all into one activity? Yes, I did, and here it is. Full disclosure: this is NOT a "drill your little kindergartners on addition and subtraction facts." Kindergartners are

ALL KILLER - NO FILLER! This is the all the materials you need to teach a killer, do you hear me, KILLER lesson where students will identify and practice sorting 4 different addition strategies. The strategies: "Count On" "Doubles" "Near Doubles" "Make Ten" What I love about this lesson is that it reviews these 4 strategies without having the teacher name them directly: instead, you place examples of each strategy on separate areas and then ask the students to create more