Alpha

Addition and subtraction for single-digit numbers and other topics

Alpha focuses on teaching the concepts of single-digit addition and subtraction. We use systematic teaching strategies to help students commit the addition and subtraction facts to memory.

Major Concepts and Skills Include:

Understanding place value
Extending the counting sequence
Solving for an unknown addend
Understanding the relationship between addition and subtraction
Fluently subtracting all single-digit numbers

Additional Concepts and Skills:

Telling and writing time by hours and minutes
Recognizing and drawing rectangles, squares, and circles
Measuring length by repeating units
Introducing halves and fourths
Counting by 2s, 5s, 10s, and 100s
Reading, writing, and interpreting word problems

Sample Lesson
Scope and Sequence

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Place Value and the Manipulatives
Counting to 20
Unit Bars
Addition: Symbols, +0
Addition: +1, Commutative Property
Counting To 100, Skip Counting by 10
Addition: +2
Solve for Unknown
Addition: +9, Mental Math
Addition: +8
Shapes: Circles and Triangles
Addition: Doubles
Rectangles, Squares; Skip Counting by 5
Addition: Doubles +1
Addition: Making 10
Addition: Making 9

Addition of the Extras: 3 + 5, 4 + 7, 5 + 7
Introduction to Subtraction
Subtraction: –1 and –0
Subtraction: –2
Subtraction: –9
Subtraction: –8
Subtraction: Doubles
Subtraction: Making 10
Subtraction: Making 9
Subtraction: Extras
Subtraction by 7, or Adding Up by 3
Subtraction by 6, or Adding Up by 4
Subtraction by 5, or Adding Up by 5
Subtraction by 3 and 4
Telling Time: Minutes
Telling Time: Hours

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Alpha

Addition and subtraction for single-digit numbers and other topics