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Story Problem Theater

Short animated stories pause at the question; students act out the problem with counters before choosing the number sentence.

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Pairs of numbers roll in on a conveyor; slide counters across to make a ten and watch the harder fact turn easy.

A balance scale with numbers on both sides; find the missing weight so it levels. Kills the "equals means...

Missing tiles on a 120 chart; fill them before the river rises. Patterns in the chart make it faster.