When your student learns the standard algorithm (regrouping) for adding, that doesn’t mean they should completely forget about the other methods they have learned! It’s ok to use the concrete and pictorial methods as a tool to help make sense of the new method they are learning. 🟩🟦🟨 On the other hand, if the regrouping method makes sense and they don’t need any support tools, that’s ok, too! ✅ #addition #mathhelp #mathmanipulatives #mathtok #4thgrade #commoncoremath

Addition Strategies