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And surely we can come up with a different system than using all those ridiculous wooden strips to cover up the numbers at the top. This is needlessly complicated. | And surely we can come up with a different system than using all those ridiculous wooden strips to cover up the numbers at the top. This is needlessly complicated. | ||
===Make Your Own=== | ===Make Your Own=== | ||
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|valign="top" align="center"|[[Media:Strip Board.pdf | Printable Strip Board - in color]] | |||
|valign="top" align="center"|[[Media:Strip Board strip outlines.pdf | Printable Number Strips - outlines]] | |||
|valign="top" align="center"|[[Media:Subtraction Fact Slips.pdf | Printable Subtraction Fact Slips]] | |||
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===Where to Buy=== | ===Where to Buy=== | ||
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[https://www.thinkamajigs.com/subtraction-strip-board/ Thinkamajigs] $28.95<br> | [https://www.thinkamajigs.com/subtraction-strip-board/ Thinkamajigs] $28.95<br> | ||
[https://www.thinkamajigs.com/subtr-strip-board/ Thinkamajigs] $116.95 (AMI)<br> | [https://www.thinkamajigs.com/subtr-strip-board/ Thinkamajigs] $116.95 (AMI)<br> | ||
==Further Reading== | |||
*[[Teaching Montessori in the Home: The School Years]] by Elizabeth G. Hainstock, page 66 | |||
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Revision as of 16:44, 13 June 2020
Subtraction With Strip Board | |
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Math - Memory Work | |
Level | Primary |
Age | 5+ |
This activity gives the child practice figuring out and memorizing subtraction facts.
Presentations
Presentation One
- Take the material to a mat or table. Lay out as shown.
- The first page should have just one problem: 18-9=
- The next page should have two problems: 17-9= and 17-8=
- Take the 9 strip and cover up the numbers starting from the end. The last visible number is the answer.
- Then take the 8 strip and cover up the numbers starting from the end. The last visible number is the answer.
- next step
Presentation Two
Points of Interest
Control of Error
Variations and Extensions
Material
This material is kind of a mess. Why can't the frame come right to the edges of the chart? Almost every kid who tries this the first time slides those strips of wood up against the frame and gets the answers all off by one.
And surely we can come up with a different system than using all those ridiculous wooden strips to cover up the numbers at the top. This is needlessly complicated.
Make Your Own
Printable Strip Board - in color | Printable Number Strips - outlines | Printable Subtraction Fact Slips |
Where to Buy
Hello Wood $59.00 (vast improvement over the traditional material)
Thinkamajigs $28.95
Thinkamajigs $116.95 (AMI)
Further Reading
- Teaching Montessori in the Home: The School Years by Elizabeth G. Hainstock, page 66