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    • Grades K - 2
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Addition and Subtraction (K-3)

Students in grades K-3 are developing understanding of addition and subtraction, as well as fluency and automaticity with those operations. Before learning how to add and subtract in a rote way, students at Driscoll explore different situations and models for 

Hungry Fish

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Link to App Store: Hungry Fish by Motion Math
Price: Free

A great game for practicing addition and subtraction, as well as breaking apart numbers.  The higher levels can be very challenging, even for older elementary students.

Feed your fish and play with numbers! Practice mental addition and subtraction with Motion Math: Hungry Fish, a delightful learning game that's fun for children and grownups. 

Your fish is hungry for numbers. You can make delicious sums by pinching two numbers together – instant addition! Keep feeding your fish to win a level and unlock new colors and fins. 

MathTappers: Find Sums

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Link to App Store: Find Sums by HeavyLifters Network Ltd.
Price: Free

This app encourages students to work quickly to add up to different target numbers (e.g. 6, 10, 15, 100...).  Students can practice with a visual model (apples in a ten frame, pictured at left) first, and then move onto the more abstract part-part whole model.

MathTappers: Find Sums is a simple game designed to help learners to make sense of addition (and subtraction as a related operation), and then to support them in developing accuracy and improving their speed.


Tric Trac

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Link to App Store:  Tric Trac by Everyday Mathematics/McGraw-Hill
Price: Free

McGraw-Hill’s Tric-Trac game offers a fun and easy way to practice addition facts. This competitive two-player game runs on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch.


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  • Home
  • Inside Math at Driscoll
    • Blog (coming 2017)
    • Growth Mindset around the School >
      • Strategies for Developing Growth Mindset
      • Photos from Primary Classrooms
      • Photos from Intermediate Classrooms
      • Photos from Middle School Classrooms
    • Math Learning Standards (by grade level) >
      • Kindergarten
      • Grade 1
      • Grade 2
      • Grade 3
      • Grade 4
      • Grade 5
      • Grade 6
      • Grade 7
      • Grade 8
    • Ms. Soltani's Grade 6 & 7 Math Website
    • Summer Math Websites
    • Modeling with Mathematics
    • Extracurricular Opportunities
  • Articles for Parents
    • Growth Mindset
    • Advanced Learners
    • Dealing with Math Anxiety
    • Engaging in Math at Home
    • "Fact Fluency" and Memorization
  • Homework Help
    • How Parents Can Help >
      • Questions to Prompt Thinking
      • Setting Up a Homework Environment
    • Websites >
      • Video Tutorials
      • Extra Practice
      • Enrichment
    • K-5 Math Models + Strategies
    • Driscoll Summer Math Websites
  • Math Apps
    • Number Sense: Thinking Flexibly! (2 - 8)
    • Early Numeracy (K-2)
    • Addition and Subtraction (K-3)
    • Multiplication and Division (3-5)
    • Fractions (3-6)
    • Proportions & Ratios (6-8)
    • Economics and Applied Math Games (3-6)
    • Geometric Thinking
    • Math Manipulatives/Models
  • Math Related Literature
    • Grades K - 2
    • Grades 3 - 5
    • Grades 6 - 8