APPLE SUM

APPLE SUM is a Grade 2 mental-addition game for sums within 20. Students choose an apple on the board, add the number inside it to the number on the tree trunk, and cover the apple according to whether the answer is correct. Moving through a series of boards gives students many short opportunities to recall and explain addition facts.

Use it with partners or a small group when you want repeated mental addition in a visual game-board format. Keep the focus on strategy by asking students how they found the sum before a space is covered. Generate the lesson for APPLE SUM with a free Find a Math Game account. No credit card required, with 3 lifetime lesson generations.