COUNTING ON

Start from the bigger number and count forward. The foundation of all addition.

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CS.N.1.1·Recognizing natural numbers 0–100(I)CS.N.1.3·Performing addition with numbers 0–100(I)

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STRATEGY: START BIG, COUNT FORWARD

Counting On is the first addition strategy every learner should master. Instead of counting both groups from 1, you start at the bigger number and count forward exactly as many numbers as the smaller addend shows. This saves time and builds number sense.