Addition Strategies Vocabulary Cards

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Addition Strategies Vocabulary Cards: A single A4 page divided into rectangular cards with dashed cut lines and a scissor icon; each card has a coloured headline tab with the strategy name, a short definition in plain text, a large example equation (bold numbers) and a small supporting visual (ten-frame with dots, arrays/dot plates, number line jumps, base-ten blocks, column addition grid, step annotations showing partitioning or compensation). Cards are arranged in a multi-column grid with cle...

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This A4 printable contains individual cards for addition strategies (e.g., Make 10, Count On, Doubles, Regrouping, Place Value, Compensation, Open Number Line, etc.) with a one-line definition, a large example equation, and a supporting visual. Cards are laid out with dashed cut lines so you can cut and use them as reference cards, sorting cards, or matching activity pieces. It’s designed to teach and reinforce strategy vocabulary and to give students visual, worked examples of how each strategy looks in practice.

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