Doubles, Doubles!

Doubles, doubles, we can add doubles! Knowing doubles facts is a great strategy for becoming fluent with addition facts. Practice those double facts! Here is an easy game to play at home. Take one die and roll it. Have your first grader say the double of the number rolled. For instance, if a two is rolled, the student would say, "Four." Here are some children in class playing "Doubles Snap."

Doubles are not only easy to memorize but they can help students with other related facts. For example, students that know 5+5 can easily figure out that 5+6 would be one more, 11.  In our math journals, the students filled in a story problem that could be solved using doubles plus one.  Then, the students had to take a picture of their problem and upload it to their digital learning journal on SeeSaw.  The mathematicians had to write a caption that showed what doubles fact helped them solve the equation.

Stay tuned for more information about our digital learning journals and how you can access your child's portfolio.  Next week, we are making a book in Scribble Press to illustrate doubles and doubles +1 facts.