Compensation Worksheet

- Grades
- Grades 1–4, Elementary
- Pages
- 4
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Math, Addition and Subtraction, Addition
- Topic
- Compensation Strategy, Addition Practice
- Resource types
- Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Standards
- 2.NBT.B.5
Product description
From the author
Practice addition with four worksheets that progress from single-digit addends to larger multi-digit calculations. Each page has fifteen main problems and three challenges; the last page includes four-digit challenge addends.
Use the equations for compensation practice after modeling the strategy. The download has no worked example or answer key. Choose a Worksheet suited to the learner’s number range.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Calculate sums with increasing number sizes.
Apply a previously taught addition strategy to a set of equations.
Teaching tips
Model compensation before assigning independent practice; no worked example is supplied.
Choose a page that matches the student’s number range.
Use the three challenge problems as an extension when appropriate.
Skills covered
Addition calculation: find totals across several levels of difficulty.
Strategy application: explain an adjustment when using compensation.
Place value: track how a change to an addend affects the total.
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Questions teachers ask about this resource
Does the worksheet teach the compensation method?
The file supplies addition equations without a worked example. Teach or model compensation before using the pages to practice it.
Is an answer key included?
No answer key is included in the reviewed file.
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Curriculum
Standards, concepts & topics
Standards
- 2.NBT.B.5
Core concepts
Addition
Place value
Compensation as a teacher-modeled strategy
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