aminuteorless Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 We are doing Saxon math 1 with my k'er. Today I introduced doubles + 1 addition facts. First we showed the problems with linking cubes. 3+3=6 so 3+4=7. He got that. But the curriculum wants him to identify these problems by seeing the addends are next to each other on the number line. Then solve by doubling the smaller number and then adding one. That is a lot of different steps for a five year old. Why can't we just use the blocks and work on memorizing the fact? Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I think it's a neat trick, but not one I tried to teach to a five year old, to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MistyMountain Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 My 5 year old isn't ready for that trick quite yet. My 7 year old has that one down now but she struggled a bit with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
librarymama Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 I taught my 6 year old this trick, but he already knew his doubles math facts. So we really used it more as a way to help him remember math facts for the non-doubles. If I remember right, we used a number line and a pile of cheerios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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