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2 Digit Plus 1 Digit Addition With Regrouping

2 Digit Plus 1 Digit Addition With Regrouping

Today, I'm sharing strategies for teaching 2 digit plus 1 digit addition. This skill can often include regrouping ones to create another group of ten. Before you teach this skill, I recommend students have practiced, and feel confident with, adding a 2-digit number...

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2 Digit Addition With No Regrouping

2 Digit Addition With No Regrouping

As first grade teachers, we lay an important mathematical foundation for understanding 2-digit addition with and without regrouping. Developing number sense and understanding place value is a huge factor for students to be successful with these concepts. Students...

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Teaching R-Controlled Vowels in First Grade

Teaching R-Controlled Vowels in First Grade

R-Controlled Vowels: What They Are and How to Teach Them AR, OR, ER, IR, and UR are the basic R-controlled vowels typically taught in first grade. Sometimes you might hear them referred to as "Bossy R". They are an important phonics skill for your students to learn!...

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