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Skip Counting by 5's
Counting Songs: Some students learn the sequence through song, similar to how they learn to sing the alphabet to correctly sequence the letters of the alphabet. Ask students to point to the numbers on the shaded hundred chart as they sing to reinforce number recognition.
Strategies for Teaching Money
{http://mathwire.com/images/coinantenna.jpg} Coin antennas: Students draw antennas on coin pictures to represent the value. Each antenna is worth 5 cents. This means a dime has two antennas, a nickel has one antenna, a penny has no antennas. This strategy capitalizes on students' strength in counting by fives. They simply point to each antenna as they count by 5s, then count on by ones to include any pennies. This method is especially effective for K-2 regular and special ed. students who will eventually outgrow the need for antennas.

Skip Counting by 5's
Counting Songs: Some students learn the sequence through song, similar to how they learn to sing the alphabet to correctly sequence the letters of the alphabet. Ask students to point to the numbers on the shaded hundred chart as they sing to reinforce number recognition.
Sing the {http://mathwire.com/images/link.gif} Learning the Fives Song, sung to the tune of I've Been Working on the Railroad.
Sing the Jack Hartmann Count by 5s song. Hear a sample of the {http://mathwire.com/images/link.gif} Count by 5s Song on the Math All Around Me CD. [Scroll down to CD title, then select song in the right-hand column.]

The addends can be switched around (6 + 7 or 7 + 6 ). The answers (sums) are all odd numbers. The facts are:
1+0=1 1+2=3 2+3=5 3+4=7 4+5=9 5+6=11 6+7=13 7+8=15 8+9=17 9+10=19
SubtractionSkip Counting by 5's
Counting Songs: Some students learn the sequence through song, similar to how they learn to sing the alphabet to correctly sequence the letters of the alphabet. Ask students to point to the numbers on the shaded hundred chart as they sing to reinforce number recognition.
Sing the {http://mathwire.com/images/link.gif} Learning the Fives Song, sung to the tune of I've Been Working on the Railroad.
Sing the Jack Hartmann Count by 5s song. Hear a sample of the {http://mathwire.com/images/link.gif} Count by 5s Song on the Math All Around Me CD. [Scroll down to CD title, then select song in the right-hand column.]

The addends can be switched around (6 + 7 or 7 + 6 ). The answers (sums) are all odd numbers. The facts are:
1+0=1 1+2=3 2+3=5 3+4=7 4+5=9 5+6=11 6+7=13 7+8=15 8+9=17 9+10=19
Subtraction

Small balls
Strategies
Addition
Here are some addition strategies with the accompanying facts:
Doubles: With doubles, relate the facts to objects you know.

Doubles: With doubles, relate the facts to objects you know.
0+0=0 1+1=2 (eyes) 2+2=4 (dog's legs) 3+3=6 (insect's legs) 4+4=8 (spider/octopus legs) 5+5=10 (two hands) 6+6=12 (dozen eggs) 7+7=14 (2 weeks/calendar) 8+8=16 (driving age) 9+9=18 (eighteen wheel truck)
1 = 12 + 1 or 13. The13
The addends can facts are:
1+0=1 1+2=3 2+3=5 3+4=7 4+5=9 5+6=11 6+7=13 7+8=15 8+9=17 9+10=19

Small balls
Strategies
Here are some addition strategies with the accompanying facts:
Doubles: With doubles, relate the facts to objects you know.
0+0=0 1+1=2 (eyes) 2+2=4 (dog's legs) 3+3=6 (insect's legs) 4+4=8 (spider/octopus legs) 5+5=10 (two hands) 6+6=12 (dozen eggs) 7+7=14 (2 weeks/calendar) 8+8=16 (driving age) 9+9=18 (eighteen wheel truck)
Doubles + One: Knowing the doubles facts is very important for background knowledge of the next strategies. Students are using what they know. With doubles plus one a student should think of a fact like 6 + 7 as the same as 6 + 6 + 1 = 12 + 1 or 13. The addends can be switched around (6 + 7 or 7 + 6 ). The answers (sums) are all odd numbers. The facts are:
1+0=1 1+2=3 2+3=5 3+4=7 4+5=9 5+6=11 6+7=13 7+8=15 8+9=17 9+10=19

Candy
Stickers on cards..laminated
Felt board piecespiece
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Leaves
Stamps

Small toys such as dinosaurs, cowboys,insects, astronauts that come in tubs , jars or packages
Crayons
Blocks {http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:Oe9s4hb2O_l5AM:http://thinkreallybig.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/crowded_crayon_colors.jpg}
Sea shells
Pasta