Subtraction: Booklet 1

Subtraction:  Booklet 1 - Parent/Teacher Guide - Beginning Subtraction Parent/Teacher Guide 68 pages - stapled booklet Student Workbook 40 pages - stapled booklet The Parent/Teacher Guide has instructions on how to teach the lessons, sample dialogues, games, and the Answer Key.  The Student Workbook has worksheets and practice pages. This unique approach to subtraction was developed by Prof. Emeritus Michael Butler at the world renowned UCI Farm Elementary School. The Patterns in Arithmetic series teaches for understanding using a discovery and inductive approach. Subtraction starts by creating stories with edible manipulatives and recording these stories in ways that make sense to the student. Concrete objects represent the edible pieces and are recorded with numbers. leading to standard subtraction formats, e.g., 8 - 6 =  2 and 8                                                                                                                          -6 Parents are guided though