Monday, November 14, 2016

Introducing Addition with large T-Shirt and balloons

Today we introduced addition with the PLUS sign (thanks for the suggestion Tracie).  We had a great visual using a large T-Shirt with a plus sign.  We added 1 balloon at a time to show how "it grows" or "gets larger" when we add.
 Once we completed the activity I hung the shirt up so the class will remember what it look like. Tomorrow we will label the shirt with key words such as joining, combining, all together.
When we introduce subtraction, I plan on having the minus sign on the back and we will pop the balloons to show how the amount gets smaller!  I will post pictures soon!

Please comment on other ways that you introduce addition.  Thanks in advance!

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