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Standard / Traditional Algorithm

Is the Standard / Traditional Algorithm “allowed” in classrooms?

Absolutely!  Beginning in Grade 2, students are required to investigate the standard / traditional algorithm.  However, whether they choose to use it as one of their strategies depends on if it is an “appropriate and efficient strategy that they understand.”  (Alberta Education, 2016)

Alberta Education has provided examples of Alberta’s Standard / Traditional Algorithm.

Please be cognizant of the fact that some students who immigrated to Canada may have learned a different Standard / Traditional Algorithm in their schooling.

 

Doubles / Near Doubles

Using doubles and near doubles can be a powerful strategy depending on the numbers students are working with.  The following activities can be useful for introducing, teaching and / or practicing these facts.

    • "Intro to Doubles and Near Doubles" Teacher Instructions
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    • "Game Board - Bears Doubles and Near Doubles"
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    • "Yahtzee Game:  Doubles and Near Doubles"
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    • Other Activities
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Facts of Ten

    • "Yahtzee Game: Facts of 10"
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Making Ten

    • "Making Ten Intro - Working with Whole Numbers"
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    • "Two Ten Frames"
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    • "Dragon Bump - Adding 8 and 9" game
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    • "Dragon Bump - DECIMALS Adding 8 tenths and 9 tenths" game
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    • Other Activities      
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Reordering

    • Activities      
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Partitioning by Place Value

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Compensating

    • "Pocket Subtraction" Teacher Instructions     
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    • "2 digit Pocket Subtraction" Game
    • "3 digit Pocket Subtraction" Game
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Think Addition for Subtraction

    • Activities  
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Keeping a Constant Difference

    • Activities  
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