Addition
Adding doubles and near doubles
Practice equal addends and related plus-one or plus-two facts within a selected base-number range.
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Adding doubles with dots
Use paired dot groups to model doubles, doubles plus one, and doubles plus two, with an optional visual for the answer.
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Find the equal groups first. Recall the double, then include the extra one or two dots and write the sum.
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Recognize a double in a dot model and adjust the known total for a near-double fact.
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Dot groups show 6 and 7. What is the sum?
13
Use 6 + 6 = 12, then include the one extra dot to make 13.
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- Align the two dot groups so the matching pairs are easy to see.
- Hide the answer dots until the learner explains the near-double adjustment.
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