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Vocabulary:
Step-by-step Procedure:
1. Write 1+1 on the board in front of the class. Ask students if
they know what this means. Pick up one marker in each hand
and bring them together to show that one (marker) plus one
(marker) equals two markers.
2. Draw 3 cats on the board, write a plus sign, and then draw 1
more cat. Point to each item on the board as you say aloud,
1,2,3 cats put together with 1 more cat makes how many
cats? Count along with them to find the answer as 4 cats.
Write 3+1=4 to show them how to write out this type of
problem.
3. Give the students their little baggies of rice and ask them to
use the grains to show addition.
a. Write 3+4 on the board. Ask them to take out 3 grains
of rice and set it aside. Ask them to then take out 4
more grains to put in another little pile.