COUNTING BANANAS
addition · representing addition with pictures up to 20
To represent addition with pictures – sums up to 20
COUNTING BANANAS is a Grade 2 addition game that asks students to represent sums to 20 with pictures. Two cards provide the addends, and students draw banana groups before finding the total. The drawing step slows the computation down just enough to connect the addition sentence with a visual model of the quantities being combined.
Use it in a small group when students need more than fact recall and benefit from showing what an addition expression means. Their drawings make it easy to see whether they understand both addends and the resulting sum. Generate teacher-ready lesson support for COUNTING BANANAS with a free Find a Math Game account. No credit card; 3 lifetime lesson generations are included.
- Grades:
- 2
- Players:
- 2–4 players
- Materials:
- cards, paper
- Classroom use:
- small group
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