Addition: Booklet 2

Addition: Booklet 2 – Beginning Regrouping from Pattern Press is a hands-on math curriculum resource designed to help students develop a deep conceptual understanding of addition with regrouping through Circle Math, manipulatives, games, and discovery-based learning.

This complete booklet set includes a 116-page Parent/Teacher Guide and a 120-page Student Workbook that guide students through beginning regrouping concepts in a structured, visual, and hands-on way. Rather than memorizing procedures, students learn to understand why regrouping works and how numbers can be broken apart and recombined in meaningful ways.

The Patterns in Arithmetic series teaches for understanding using an inductive and discovery-based approach. Circle Math is the program’s unique method for teaching regrouping, where students break larger problems into smaller parts, solve each part, and then combine results. Through guided exploration, students begin to recognize patterns in addition and develop flexible strategies for working with numbers.

Students explore nonstandard and standard regrouping through visual models, story problems, games, and structured practice. This approach builds confidence while supporting a strong foundation for multi-digit addition.

The Parent/Teacher Guide includes lesson instructions, sample dialogues, games, teaching support, and the Answer Key. The Student Workbook includes worksheets and practice pages designed to reinforce conceptual understanding through active mathematical learning.

Topics included in this booklet:

• Student Evaluation
• Fishy Game
• Story Problems
• Circle Math with Two and Three Circles Review
• Regrouping Introduction
• Circle Math Addition
• Nonstandard Regrouping
• Standard Regrouping
• Answer Key

This resource also includes:

• Foreword by Professor Michael Butler
• Introduction
• Farm School Math Notes
• Teaching Techniques
• Arithmetic Conventions
• Math Journal
• Sequence Guides
• Lesson Planning
• Materials and Resources

Core Learning Skills:

• Understanding regrouping conceptually through hands-on learning
• Developing flexible addition strategies using Circle Math
• Building number sense through decomposition and recombination of numbers
• Strengthening multi-step problem solving skills
• Connecting manipulatives to written addition procedures
• Exploring both standard and nonstandard regrouping methods
• Recognizing patterns in addition and number structure
• Supporting conceptual understanding before procedural memorization
• Building confidence with multi-digit addition concepts

Perfect for:

• Homeschool math curriculums
• Classroom teachers using hands-on math instruction
• Charter school math curriculum programs
• Visual and tactile learners
  
• Concept-based elementary math education