• Math Facts Sums as Counts Guided Lesson- This guides students through the entire process of small sums. We relate each problem to a an equal counting task.
• Step-by-Step Lesson- Students are walked through the entire procedure for solving adding math facts problems. A problem is displayed and then we show you the two step process to solve it.
• Worksheet 1 - Twenty problems for students to wrestle with. There are handful of worksheets just like this below.
• Mad Minute Addition 1 - See how many problems you can get right in 60 seconds.

Practice Worksheets

You say you need a plethora of practice sheets? This should help.

• Practice 2 - The first thing we teach students is that if you start with the first addend and count up the value of the second you get the same answer.
• Practice 3 - There are a number of quick strategies to help you solving problems such as this. Refer to the bottom of this page.
• Practice 4 - If you are having any trouble with these problems, think back to using a numbers line.
• Practice 5 - When you are working with facts that when combined are greater than 10, it helps to pull the 10 out first.
• Practice 6 - It is also helpful to use flashcards. A good study strategy is to do your addition flashcards for 10 minutes every other day.
• Practice 7 - Make sure to pace yourself when studying these facts.
• Practice 8 - The focus of these problems is between two single digit numbers, but it is the fundamentals for all forms of addition.
• Practice 9 - As you progress with these types of problems, you will eventually be able to do these in your head.
• Practice 10 - It often will help you make sure your place values are aligned when working with values that are greater than 10.
• Practice 11 - The next step is learning how to add two double digit values using the column method.
• Practice 12 - You will want to make sure that you understand the concept of zero.
• Practice 13 - It sometimes helps to work with fixed addends.
• Practice 14 - Your last mixed addend vertically setup problems.

Mad Minutes

30 problems for you to manage in 60 seconds. Some teachers go for 60 problems. I attended a conference in Boston a few years back that cited research that a problem every 2 seconds is the optimal learning speed for long term success.

• Mad Minute 2 - I would suggest just trying the first worksheet and then see how you can improve your approach with this one.
• Mad Minute 3 - I like to get all the zero and one problems right away. That method is not effective for all people.
• Mad Minute 4 - Staying organized is your key to finishing this quickly.
• Mad Minute 5 - Try to write neatly, it will help you focus and stay on the task at hand.

How to Solve These Types of Problems

In this example we will work with finding the sum between 7 and 4, as you will see to your right. Your first step is to pick either of these numbers to start with. It makes it less work if you start with the larger value. The next step is to understand that the addition symbol tells us to count up by the other number, in this case 4. So we will count up 4 from our starting value of 7. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.

11 is our final answer.