Addition Basic Fact - Near Ten Strategy . This lesson builds on the Make Ten strategy. Students need to know pairs of numbers that add to make a total of ten to be successful with the strategy described in this lesson. . This strategy for basic facts pre-empts the Break Up strategies for addition with larger numbers by using known basic facts to make decisions about how to break up numbers to make calculations easier. . As with all basic facts the aim is for the students to develop automaticity

Also called “compensation” or the “make a ten” strategy, this builds great number sense and lets our kids see that numbers can be manipulated during addition to make it more efficient!!!! Start little ones out with counters to practice changing the addends to make a 10 then move on to fluently adding numbers to 10 to create teen numbers! #Teacher #teachersofinstagram #teacherlife #teachersfollowteachers #teaching #learning #math #wholebrainteaching #teachersofig #iteach #classroom #teachergram #