Title
Parent Activity
Addition and Subtraction Facts
Parent
In the past few weeks, 2nd grade classes learned different ways to
Information practice basic addition and subtraction facts.
Benchmark
MA.2.A.2.1 – Recall basic addition and related subtraction facts.
Objective
Vocabulary
For your child to recall addition facts.
sum – The answer to an addition problem. Example 4 + 5 = 9, the sum
is 9.
addend – A number you add.
difference – The answer to a subtraction problem. Example 12 – 6 =
6, the difference is 6.
Duration
Materials
Procedures
30 minutes
paper
Write 5 addition problems (with sums through 10) on individual slips
of paper. Write their sums on separate slips. Have your child choose
a sum and then match it to the correct addition problem. Repeat
until all the problems have been matched correctly with sums.
Repeat the activity with 5 subtraction problems.
Adapted from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers
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Sample
FCAT
Activities
Additional
Resources
and
Information
Madison had 8 stamps. Then her father gave her 5 more stamps. How
many stamps does Madison have now?
Answer is 13
Literature: Look for these books in the library. Reading math
stories reinforce ideas.
Cats Add Up
By Diane rOchiltree
Cartwheel Books, 1998
Each Orange Had 8 Slices
By Paul Giganti
HarperTrophy, 1999
Ask your child to point out mathematics vocabulary words as you
read the book together.
Adapted from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers
www.thinkcentral.com