Exploring Inverse Operations with Cuisenaire Rods

This lesson was used with a tier 3 fourth grade intervention math group to help students understand inverse relationships with addition and subtraction. I found this activity on HelpingWithMath.com and I modified it to meet the students' needs. I modified the lesson by having students find partners of numbers up to 20 and I also had students write the related subtraction equation as well as writing the addition equations that matched their "sandwiches." Students also modeled the subtraction, not just the addition, with the Cuisenaire Rods.

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