Progression of Addition Skills
There are several skills that children need in order to be successful with addition. A firm understanding of place value is needed as is an understanding of decomposing numbers (pulling numbers apart). Providing lots of hands on experience with base ten pieces will help with this skill.
56 in base ten pieces would look like
which makes it easier to see that it is also 5 tens 6 ones.
Children also need experience using a hundreds chart, which they will get from Mason the Magician: Hundreds Chart Addition.
Included at the end of the book are several fun games to provide additional practice of these skills.. You may also click on the links below to find additional enrichment activities:
There are several skills that children need in order to be successful with addition. A firm understanding of place value is needed as is an understanding of decomposing numbers (pulling numbers apart). Providing lots of hands on experience with base ten pieces will help with this skill.
56 in base ten pieces would look like
which makes it easier to see that it is also 5 tens 6 ones.
Children also need experience using a hundreds chart, which they will get from Mason the Magician: Hundreds Chart Addition.
Included at the end of the book are several fun games to provide additional practice of these skills.. You may also click on the links below to find additional enrichment activities:
| Mason's Magic Hundreds Chart |
| Mason's Magic Show |
| Expanded Notation Mix and Match |
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