Skittles to Teach Subtraction
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  Skittles Riddles Math

  by Barbara Barbieri McGrath

 

 

The book introduces such concepts as "greater than" and "less than", addition, subtraction, negative numbers, fractions and pie graphs.

Read the book to your class following a basic lesson on subtraction.  Give the students a bag of Skittles and have them open it.  Have the students complete math problems in the book as  you read it.

 

 
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