Addition

The students use plenty of manipulatives before doing this project.  We use different colored counters and roll the dice.  Then what ever comes out they add up.

Then I made copies of animals.  One color for the purple die and one for the orange.  Then I took a small group of children and had them add with these paper manipulatives.

They have so much fun adding and counting.  This also lets me know if they know how to add.  It is a really fun activity for them.