🔟Counting on fingers gets first graders started, but strategies get them fast. This kit teaches seven addition strategies for facts within 20, from Count On to Make a 10, with two levels of practice and games that turn thinking into fluency.
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Addition Fact Strategies Kit is a 1st grade math resource that builds addition fact fluency within 20 through seven mental math strategies. Rather than memorizing facts one at a time, first graders learn ways of thinking that make whole families of facts quick and reliable.
The strategies are Count On, Doubles, Near Doubles, Ten Friends, Add 10, Add 9 (Move 1 Over) and Make a 10 to Add. Each has an anchor chart and practice in two levels. Level A supports learners with number lines, ten frames, dice dots, number bonds and sentence frames, while Level B uses larger numbers within 20, missing addends, turnaround facts and less visual support.
Fluency practice comes next. Twelve fact strips and a mixed review strip give short, focused work, a Fact Fluency Tracker lets children see their own growth, and flash cards run from 0+0 through 10+10. Color-by-sum mystery pictures in two levels add a calm independent option.
Math centers and games keep facts moving: Path to 10 and Path to 15 mazes, a Roll and Cover partner game, Spin and Add, Ten Friends Memory, Bridge to 10 Match and a Strategy Sort cut-and-paste that asks students to choose the best strategy for a fact.
A 3-week lesson plan, teacher notes with standards, a parent letter with at-home tips, Fact Check pre- and post-tests in two levels, a Strategy Check assessment and complete answer keys make the 55-page set ready for whole-group lessons, guided math, intervention, morning work and homework.
📖 Teaching guide · 12 min readTeaching Addition Fact Strategies in 1st Grade: From Counting On to Make a 10Read the guide →Strategies give first graders a reliable way to find a fact they do not know yet, which is what turns counting into fluency. Two levels let the whole class learn the same strategy at once, and the pre-test, post-test and tracker show clear growth.
Count On, Doubles, Near Doubles, Ten Friends, Add 10, Add 9 (Move 1 Over) and Make a 10 to Add, all for facts within 20.
Level A uses number lines, ten frames, dice dots, number bonds and sentence frames. Level B uses larger numbers within 20, missing addends, turnaround facts and reduced visual support.
A 3-week lesson plan is included, and the centers and fluency pieces can keep running for review afterward.
Give the Fact Check pre-test before you start and the post-test at the end; both come in 2 levels. A Strategy Check assessment and a student Fact Fluency Tracker are also included, with complete answer keys.
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