These books are packed with features and teaching points.
The large text on each page introduces or defines the topic. The body of the text then explicitly explains the concept with the many photographs providing real world context. The photo captions provide more information about the topic and are sometimes posed as questions to foster further inquiry and discussion.
Some key concepts in the Add to Ten Big Book include:
- Understands that addition means to join groups and find the number in all.
- Uses a number line to add
- Uses the strategy of counting on.