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Add & Subtract (Kindergarten)

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Examples, solutions, videos, and songs to help Kindergarten kids learn to represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations.

Solve addition and subtraction word problems, and add and subtract within 10, e.g., by using objects or drawings to represent the problem.

Common Core Standards: K.OA.1 and K.OA.2

Suggested Learning Target

  • I can explain addition (putting together and adding to).
  • I can explain subtraction (taking apart and taking from).
  • I can identify the mathematical symbols used to show addition and subtraction.
  • I can show addition and subtraction using objects, fingers, sounds, acting out situations, expressions, and equations.
  • I can represent addition and subtraction using concrete materials, pictures, numbers, words, or acting it out
  • I know that “putting together” and “adding to” are two different processes of addition
  • I know that “taking apart” and “taking from” are two different processes of subtraction

  • I can add and subtract numbers within 10.
  • I can solve addition and subtraction word problems using objects and drawings.
  • I can solve addition and subtraction word problems within 10 using objects and drawings to develop number sentences
  • I know different types of word problems (e.g., add to, result unknown; take from, result unknown; put together/take apart, total unknown)
  • I know how to use concrete materials or pictures and a Part-Part-Whole Mat to understand and solve the word problem
Addition by Putting Together
I can explain addition (putting together and adding to).
I can identify the mathematical symbols used to show addition and subtraction. Subtract by Taking Away
I can explain subtraction (taking apart and taking from).
I can identify the mathematical symbols used to show addition and subtraction.



Add and Subtract Songs

Adding and Subtracting Song
Add means put together... Subtract means take away!
Plus means put together... MInus means take away!
Watch and sing along. Stories of adding and subtracting to help the kids get the concept of addition and subtraction. K.OA.2
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Learn to Add and Subtract

Watch these videos to learn how to add and subtract
Learn To Add And Subtract Part 1. Learn To Add And Subtract Part 2.

Learn To Add And Subtract Part 3. Learn To Add And Subtract Part 4.

Try the free Mathway calculator and problem solver below to practice various math topics. Try the given examples, or type in your own problem and check your answer with the step-by-step explanations.
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