Strategies,+Strategies,+Strategies!

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Using hand on manipulatives and exploration

Using ten frames to teach addition of two digit with one digit numbers and two digit with two digit numbers for primary students grades 1-2. K. Roy

Using paper "brownies" and "pizzas" for exploring fair shares and fractions. Begin by having students figure out how to share 1 brownie with 2 children, 1 brownie with 3 children, 1 brownie with 4 children. Students can cut and glue shapes, and label with appropriate fraction. Then problems can increase in difficulty as students explore how to share 4 brownies with 6 children or 3 brownies with 2 children. Same can be done with circles (pizzas) Note how students make fractions of a circle after they have been making fractions using rectangles. Use fraction circles to support this exploration. (grade 3 - D. Koosa)