Do your students have a true understanding of what the equal sign truly means? If you showed students this equation: 2 + 4 = ___ + 5, would they give the answer 6? If you showed them this problem: _____ = 3 + 7, would they get stuck? How do we get children to understand that the equal sign is just a symbol that means that both sides have the same value. One way to help students understand the relational meaning of the symbol is to teach the concept of balance.
Donna Boucher from Math Coach's Corner has a great activity to get students thinking about the meaning of the equal sign. Check out her links below. They have great resources for this concept.
http://mathcoachscorner.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-peek-inside-whats-cookin-meaning-of.html
http://mathcoachscorner.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-meaning-of-equal-sign.html
I love the Math Coach's Corner.
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