I’ve taken accustomed to writing
2 + 3 = ___
or 2 + ___ = 5
and then later seamlessly transitioning to “2 + 3 = z
, write down z
:” or “2 + t = y
, where y
= 5. write down t
:”
because it just seems so natural to identify these letters with natural things, such as numbers of beer bottles or cookies. kids typically giggle over these things because they think i’m making it up to be funny for their entertainment.
lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
The former has the advantage that you can just write the answer in the same line on the worksheet. But you could maybe introduce the latter early as an interim stage to avoid learning everything at once.
Might confuse first graders but work at a later stage. My only expertise is that I’m a former child so take this with a grain of salt