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If you’re wondering how to build students’ ability with decomposing numbers, this is your episode. Students will need this skill for YEARS to come. So, in this episode we are chatting about simple activities and strategies to get your students decomposing numbers and building conceptual understanding!

Zeba @Kindergarten Cafe is sharing her 4 steps to helping students with Decomposition. The four steps Zeba shares can absolutely be applied to ANY grade level.

decomposing numbers

When your students struggle these four steps will help you! 

In this episode we will cover:

  • 4 steps to helping students decompose numbers
  • simple games & strategies to use for intervention
  • how to incorporate questioning into play to help students develop math ideas

Links Mentioned in the Episode:

Zeba’s Free Guide to work smarter not hard for small groups www.kindergartencafe.org/math 

Blog post from Zeba about Decomposition! 

Website www.kindergartencafe.org 

Instagram @kindergartencafe 

Splat : A great math game!

Other Episodes Mentioned: 

Procedural Fluency 

Conceptual Understanding 

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