A fun approach to addition utilizing multiple learning styles. Students drew their own playgrounds on dry erase boards to start. Next they listened to number stories that I verbally recited. As they listened they wrote down the number sentence and placed manipulatives to represent the addends. The sum was found by either using mental math or physically counting the number of "friends" on the playground. After we got the hang of it students made up their own number stories.
Example: There were eight friends on the playground to start. Two new friends joined the fun. How many friends were on the playground in all?
Bravo!
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