Grade K Focus

Help students

• learn to count up and back fluently
• learn to partition numbers up to ten
• learn to count on to add and to count back to subtract
• learn to solve word problems concretely

Teaching strategies/models include

• pose word problems about numbers each day (use a variety of problem structures)
• use ten frame to represent numbers
• use part-part-whole language
• hide part of the counters so students cannot count

Grade One Focus

Help students

• learn partitions of numbers to ten
• learn to efficiently count on to add
• learn to efficiently count back and count up to subtract
• extend these strategies/partitions to use with larger numbers
• explore the use of derived fact strategies

Teaching strategies/models include

• pose word problems to solve each day (use a variety of problem structures)
• use a ten frame to represent numbers
• use part-part-whole language
• hide part of the counters so students cannot count
• roll number cubes and add the numbers
• use the empty number line

Grade Two Focus

Help students

• learn to partition numbers to twenty
• learn to efficiently count up to subtract
• learn to efficiently use doubles/near doubles to add
• learn to efficiently use make ten to add
• learn to efficiently use ten to subtract
• learn to efficiently think addition to subtract
• extend these strategies/partitions to use with larger numbers

Teaching strategies/models include

• pose word problems to solve each day (use a variety of problem structures)
• use ten a frame to encourage derived fact strategies
• use part-part-whole language
• hide part of the counters so students cannot count
• roll number cubes and add the numbers
• use the empty number line
• use incredible equations/number of the day

Grade Three Focus

Help students

• learn to partition numbers to one hundred
• learn to efficiently use make ten to add
• learn to efficiently use ten to subtract
• learn to efficiently think addition to subtract
• learn to count up to subtract with larger numbers  (and make change)
• learn to efficiently use tens to add and subtract with larger numbers
• extend these strategies/partitions to use with larger numbers
• learn to skip count
• learn to use repeated addition for easy multiplication facts
• learn to split a problem into parts for harder multiplication facts
• learn to think multiplication to divide
• learn to multiply by tens

Teaching strategies/models include

• pose word problems to solve each day (use a variety of problem structures)
• use a ten frame to encourage derived fact strategies
• use part-part-whole language
• hide part of the counters so students cannot count
• roll numbers cubes and add the numbers
• use the empty number line
• use incredible equations/number of the day
• use graph paper to split problems into parts
• pose lots of problems involving thinking multiplication to divide
• pose lots of problems involving multiplication/division by tens

Grade Four/Five Focus

Help students

• learn to efficiently use addition to subtract
• learn to efficiently use tens to add and subtract with larger numbers
• extend these strategies/partitions to use with larger numbers
• learn to split a problem into parts for harder multiplication facts
• learn to think multiplication to divide
• learn to multiply/divide by tens

Teaching strategies/models include

• pose word problems to solve each day (use a variety of problem structures)
• use a ten frame to encourage derived fact strategies
• use part-part-whole language
• use the empty number line
• use incredible equations/number of the day
• use graph paper to split problems into parts
• pose lots of problems involving thinking multiplication to divide
• pose lots of problems involving multiplication/division by tens
  

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