Addition and Subtraction: Count on and Back 1 & 2 (Beyond 10) . Understandings to look for: 👉 Students who can count use forwards and backwards in ones including bridging ten examples to solve addition and subtraction basic facts 👉 Students who can associate counting ON with addition facts and counting BACK with subtraction facts. 👉 Students who can confidently state the answers to add and subtract 1 and 2 basic facts without needing to use the counting strategy (automaticity). . #themathemat

Addition and Subtraction: Count On and Back 1 & 2 . Counting is a fundamental skill in the development of early number understandings. Counting as a computation and basic fact strategy is not efficient unless the students are only counting on 1 or 2. Counting can become the go-to strategy for students who lack confidence with other computation and basic fact strategies even when it is slow because of the students’ confidence in their ability to count which can lead to reliance on this inefficien