Add to Find the Total Number of Objects SMALL
GROUPS
in Arrays
4
+
4
+
4
____ + ____ + ____= ____ ________________________
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Add to Find the Total Number of Objects in Arrays SMALL
GROUPS
Materials: index cards, connecting cubes
Proficiency Level
On separate index cards, write these numbers of rows and numbers of Beginning
cubes in each row: 3 rows of cubes, 4 cubes in each row; 4 rows of cubes, Have children use connecting cubes to add objects in arrays. Have
2 cubes in each row; 5 rows of cubes, 3 cubes in each row. Give the children make a row of 4 cubes and count aloud. Present and
read aloud the first index card. Say: We have made a row of 4
following sequence of instructions:
cubes. We are going to make two more rows. Have children use
• Provide connecting cubes. Show children the first index card and have the illustration to help them make three rows of 4 cubes. Say: We
are going to add 4 three times: 4 plus 4 plus 4. Show children the
them make a concrete model. Ask: How do you show a row of 4 cubes?
4s and + signs and have them repeat the expression aloud. Guide
How do you show 3 rows of 4 cubes? children to add 4 + 4 and then 8 + 4 by counting by 4 or counting
on. Have them repeat the addition aloud, adding "is equal to 12."
• Help children identify the 4s and + signs to the right of the illustration,
and to speak the addition: 4 plus 4 plus 4. Guide children to write the Intermediate
Have children use connecting cubes to add objects in arrays. Have
4s in the equation beneath the cubes. Say: The number of rows tells us
children make a concrete model to match the illustration and then
how many times to add 4. name the number in each row and the number of rows. Present
and read aloud the first index card. Have children read the 4s and
• Indicate the = sign in the equation. Ask: How many are there in all? 12 + signs aloud. Guide children to use counting by fours or counting
Have children count by fours, or count each cube, stopping after each on to find the sum, say the whole equation, and then fill in the
row of 4 and then counting on, and then write 12 on the last line. Read equation. Continue for the second index card, guiding children to
the completed equation aloud with children: 4 plus 4 plus 4 is equal to 12. reproduce and describe the labels and equation.
Advanced
• Repeat the activity for the other two index cards. Have children make Have children use connecting cubes to add objects in arrays.
concrete models, draw, and write equations. Present the first index card and have children reproduce the
illustration and complete the equation. Have children tell how
4 many rows and how many in each row and speak the equation
aloud. Have children repeat the activity for the second index card
+ and describe each step.
4
+
4
4 + ____
____ 4 + ____=
4 ____
12
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