In this activity students will demonstrate an understanding that addition is putting together. Students will show and explain with pictures, words or a number sentence that 3 plus 7 is 10 not 9. They will put together different combinations of apples and bananas to represent different addition sentences. A task card and rubric are provided. To access this task, click on the link, scroll down to the title Apples and Bananas, click on it and the task will open.

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers. This file contains a set of 2 tasks (including scoring rubrics and student recording sheets).  The tasks may be used for instruction or assessment.  Each focuses on strategies for adding and subtracting within 20.Remix this resource to include student work samples or addtional tasks.

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers.This lesson calls for students to organize a group of objects into ten ones and some extra ones. They will develop an understanding of how ten ones and some extra ones can be combined to make a total. Students will count on from ten to determine how many there are all together in a group.