Efficient addition with rods
Explain a strategy for combining two lengths within twenty. Explore a model, explain the relationship, and try it with physical materials.
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Explain a strategy for combining two lengths within twenty. Explore a model, explain the relationship, and try it with physical materials.
Derive a related sum from a one-unit change. Explore a model, explain the relationship, and try it with physical materials.
Justify equality between two expressions using the same units. Explore a model, explain the relationship, and try it with physical materials.
Connect missing-addend and subtraction statements. Explore a model, explain the relationship, and try it with physical materials.
Show why decomposing an addend leaves the total unchanged. Explore a model, explain the relationship, and try it with physical materials.
Track one unit moved between addends and defend equivalence. Explore a model, explain the relationship, and try it with physical materials.
Represent a subtraction situation without treating hidden units as absent. Explore a model, explain the relationship, and try it with physical materials.
Explain why piece count is not a measure of length. Explore a model, explain the relationship, and try it with physical materials.
Connect repeated addition to a grouping description. Explore a model, explain the relationship, and try it with physical materials.
Justify a stopping point in a systematic decomposition list. Explore a model, explain the relationship, and try it with physical materials.