Students will learn about fact families and addition with three numbers. Students will be exposed to fact families through a poem, before trying out problems on their own. The next day they will practice fact families in small groups at four different centers. On the third day they will make a fact family house, finding the three numbers and equations using a pre-made cube train. To understand addition with three numbers, students will watch three classmates model a problem with their book boxes, before going into centers and exploring the concept. On Friday, students will make their own three number word problems using a template I provide.

• How are addition and subtraction related?

• Which patterns are found in these equations?

• How do I solve equations with three addends?

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