How can we help students feel comfortable with using the commutative property? In this episode Pam and Kim go through some addition and multiplication problems to demonstrate how they think and reason using the the commutative property.
Talking Points:
- The commutative property when a student is counting on to add
- The commutative property in addition of larger numbers
- Using models to represent the commutative property
- Using the commutative property for percentages
- It's not just about naming the property
