In this Tea Break episode, host Claire Embregts is joined by AMSI Outreach Officer Anna Bock who shares some ideas and strategies that teachers can implement in the classroom to support their students with understanding the concept of Addition. We chat about some of the ideas that underpin Addition and the importance of providing practical situations with adding single digit numbers before moving to larger numbers. A range of links to resources are provided for teachers and parents.

Links and resources can be found below and at www.Calculate.org.au

For Teachers:

https://calculate.org.au/2018/09/14/building-number-sense-through-number-talks/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254705172_Written_algorithms_in_the_primary_years_Undoing_the_'good_work'

http://amsi.org.au/teacher_modules/Addition_and_subtraction.html

https://www.cem.edu.au/CatholicEducationMelbourne/media/Documentation/Documents/Key-Ideas-in-Maths.pdf

For Parents:

https://calculate.org.au/2020/07/09/number-talks-for-parents/

https://calculate.org.au/2020/05/21/partitioning-one-is-a-snail-ten-is-a-crab/

https://calculate.org.au/2020/04/29/addition-and-subtraction/