Connecting Subtraction to Addition

Written by Donna Boucher

Donna has been a teacher, math instructional coach, interventionist, and curriculum coordinator. A frequent speaker at state and national conferences, she shares her love for math with a worldwide audience through her website, Math Coach’s Corner. Donna is also the co-author of Guided Math Workshop.
Freebies | Grades K-2 | Number Sense | Operations
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Van de Walle says it best: Subtraction as “think-addition” is extremely significant for mastering subtraction facts.

I just finished up a new product that promotes thinking of subtraction in terms of addition.  It has cards like the one shown above for all the combinations for the numbers 5 to 10.  I also made a freebie that has just the combinations for 5.  Enjoy!

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  1. Amy B
    Amy B on November 24, 2012 at 11:20 pm

    Left you love on your blog, but thought I’d leave it here too 🙂 LOVE this-so hard for my kids to learn and understand!!!
    Amy Burton

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    • Donna Boucher
      Donna Boucher on November 24, 2012 at 11:45 pm

      Thanks, Amy! Love in any and all locations is truly appreciated! Ha ha.

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  2. learningmyself
    learningmyself on November 25, 2012 at 2:17 am

    Thanks so much Donna! Great idea! Amy 🙂

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    • Donna Boucher
      Donna Boucher on November 25, 2012 at 2:42 pm

      My pleasure! 🙂

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  3. Mrs. Garcia
    Mrs. Garcia on November 25, 2012 at 2:55 am

    Loving this resource that helps my kiddos with such an abstract concept. Thanks a bunch for sharing.

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    • Donna Boucher
      Donna Boucher on November 25, 2012 at 2:43 pm

      Right, it’s really tough, but critical that they understand the connection. Lots of concrete experiences really help!

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  4. landoflearning
    landoflearning on November 26, 2012 at 4:09 am

    Thank you so much for the freebie! I just worked on this skill with my firsties and I think they got it…I think. 😉 Hopefully I got at least the foundation going. This freebie will certainly help my strugglers though. Thanks again!
    Shibahn

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