My youngest two are working on three-digit addition with regrouping.  Baby Boy was having some difficulty with this.  I have tried to figure out what the problem was.  There are days when all goes well, but most times he will miss most of the problems.   I think part of the problem is too much on a page.  I think it overwhelms and distracts him.   So on Friday, I tried this:

I made a large grid of squares, four across and four down.  In the first square on the third row, I wrote a plus sign.  Then I put the sheet in a page protector.  We use a dry-erase marker to write the problems on and solve them.  (Did you know that you can put a white sheet of paper in a page protector and you'll have a small 'white board' - wipes right off with a towel)  The top row of squares is to put the number you are 'carrying over.'  The next two rows are for the numbers he's adding.  And the last row is for the answer.

On Friday I'd write a problem, BB would solve it and I'd copy the answer onto the worksheet.  He only missed one problem and asked that we always do his math this way.  He said this was a lot easier.  And he finished in a timely manner.  Actually he made a game of it, trying to see how fast he could get back to me with an answer.

Just sharing in case someone else is struggling with addition and regrouping. 

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