- Manipulatives (blocks, tiles, coins, etc) can be used to assist students in their understanding of difficult math concepts.
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- Use a hundred chart to assist in addition (counting up) and subtraction (counting down).
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- Use Touch Points to assist with addition (counting up) and subtraction (counting down).
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- Look for keywords in the problems:
- Keywords for addition: increased by, more than, combined together, total, sum, added to
- Keywords for subtraction: decreased by, minus, less, difference between, less than, fewer than
- Keywords for multiplication: of, times, multiplied by, product of,
- Keywords for division: per, out of, ratio of, quotient of,