First-Grade Addition Strategies with Quick Tens

The video tutorial introduces first-grade addition strategies using a comic story featuring Math Boy and Math Girl. It explains the Quick Tens strategy, where a long line represents ten, simplifying addition and subtraction. The tutorial demonstrates how to use Quick Tens for both operations, providing examples and encouraging practice. The lesson concludes with a bonus activity and a summary of the Quick Tens method.

What does Math Girl suggest to Math Boy as a quicker way to make tens?

• Using a calculator

• Counting on fingers

• Drawing a ten frame

• Grabbing some sticks

What does one long line represent in the Quick Tens strategy?

• One thousand

• One unit

• One ten

• One hundred

How many ones are there in the number 35 using Quick Tens?

• 30

• 35

• 5

• 3

If you have 14, how many quick tens and ones do you draw?

• 2 quick tens and 5 ones

• 1 quick ten and 5 ones

• 2 quick tens and 4 ones

• 1 quick ten and 4 ones

What is the result of adding 25 and 14 using Quick Tens?

• 35

• 49

• 29

• 39

In subtraction, what do you start with?

• The part

• The whole

• The difference

• The sum

What is the difference between 35 and 14 using Quick Tens?

• 25

• 19

• 31

• 21

How many ones are left when you subtract 15 from 18 using Quick Tens?

• 2

• 1

• 4

• 3

What is the addition sentence for 18 plus 5 using Quick Tens?

• 18 + 5 = 22

• 18 + 5 = 23

• 18 + 5 = 24

• 18 + 5 = 25

What does Scoop like to do with sticks?

• Bury them

• Rip them off trees

• Eat them

• Throw them