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Large Group (Heidi):

 * Practice breaking numbers apart as a whole group. If you have 32 and you need to subtract 4, what is easy to subtract from 32? (2). And then you still have 2 left over to subtract from 30. Give students manipulatives and white board to practice problems like this.
 * Solve 3 story problems and return to the rug for sharing of strategies. Remind them to read carefully, make a picture in their mind, and determine the operation before beginning to solve the problem. Introduce steps 1-3 of the problem-solving process.
 * [[file:Young Achievers problem-solving process v.2.doc]]
 * [[file:A.4.doc]], [[file:C.3.doc]], [[file:B.4.doc]]

Small Group (Maria):

 * Give each child a double-digit quantity of digi blocks and have them figure out how many they have and write it down. Then ask questions about who has more or less.
 * Play the Make-Ten Game (with frogs)
 * Play Total of 10 in pairs