Addition & subtraction with Cuisenaire Rods

Lessons

• 1 Exploring the Rods
• 2 Working Together
• 3 Building Staircases
• 4 Building Flat Designs
• 5 Making Rod Pictures
• 6 Building and Coloring on Graph Paper
• 7 Learning the Colors
• 8 Guessing the Rods
• 9 Playing the Staircase Game
• 10 Learning the Codes
• 11 Playing Games with Codes
• 12 Practicing Rod Codes
• 13 Matching Each Rod with White Rods
• 14 Matching Codes with Rods
• 15 Matching Rods and Numberals
• 16 Coloring rod Lengths
• 17 Matching Codes and Lengths
• 18 Matching Numerals and Codes
• 19 Covering with Red Rods
• 20 Building with Red Rods
• 21 Matching Rods with Red Rods
• 22 Finding Rods "Less Than"
• 23 Practicing "Less Than"
• 24 Finding Rods "Greater Than"
• 25 Practicing "Greater Than"
• 26 Playing the Comparing Game
• 27 Introducing Inequality Signs
• 28 Practicing Inequality Signs
• 29 Making Trains
• 30 Playing Challenge Match for Addends
• 31 Finding All Two-Car Trains
• 32 Introducing the Plus Sign
• 33 Practicing the Plus Sign
• 34 Finding Lengths of Two-Car Trains
• 35 Playing the Train Story Game
• 36 Varying the Train Story Game
• 37 Introducing the Equal Sign
• 38 Writing Plus Stories
• 39 Completing Plus Stories
• 40 Finding Plus Stry Patterns
• 41 Changing the Order
• 42 Using the Same Three Rods
• 43 Changing Rod Stories to Number Sentences
• 44 Writing Addition Sentences
• 45 Practicing Addition Sentences
• 47 Using a Number Line to Add
• 48 Building an Addition Table for Sums Through 10
• 49 Checking Sums Through 10
• 50 Wishing for a Longer Rod
• 51 Playing challenge Match for Missing Addends
• 52 Solving the Case of the Missing Addend
• 53 Practicing Missing Addends
• 54 Completing Missing Addend Sentences
• 55 Subtracting by Finding How Much More
• 56 Teaching Subtraction as Take Away
• 57 Finding the Difference
• 58 Playing the Subtraction Game
• 59 Introducing the Minus Sign
• 60 Recording Minus Stories
• 61 Writing Subtraction Sentences
• 62 Using a Number Line to Subtract
• 63 Practicing Subtraction Sentences
• 64 Writing Addition and Subtraction Sentences
• 65 Extending the Staircase
• 66 Organizing Teen Numbers
• 67 Playing Challenge Match for Sums
• 68 Finding Sums Greater than Orange
• 69 Writing Addition Sentences for Sums Greater Than Orange
• 70 Using a Number Line for Sums Greater Than 10
• 71 Making an Addition Table for Sums Through 20
• 72 Checking Addition Facts Through 20
• 73 Subtracting From Teen Numbers
• 74 Practicing Subtraction Sentences with Teen Numbers
• 75 Checking Subtraction Facts
• 76 Mastering Addition and Subtraction Through 20
• 77 Hitting the Target Number Line
• 78 Finding Sums with More Than Two Addends
• 79 Finding the Value of Rod Code Words
• 80 Finding the Value of Rod Designs
• 81 Playing the Skip Counting by Tens Game
• 82 Playing the Skip Counting by Two and Fives Games
• 83 Solving Rod Word Problems Using Addition and Subtraction