| Grade Level | System Requirement | Product Number |
|---|---|---|
| K – Grade 2 | Apple 64K | A166 |
| A great follow-up to Counting Critters, this package is filled with captivating characters to help your students practice basic arithmetic skills. Includes drills on place values to 99, single-digit addition and subtraction, and basic measurement. | ||
Introduction
Arithmetic Critters is a collection of four programs designed to give kindergarten through second-grade children individual practice on early mathematics skills.
In ANIMAL ADDITION, students practice adding two groups of up to nine identical animals.
In FOWL PLAY, students practice subtracting one to nine birds from a group of up to eighteen birds.
UNIT WORM gives students practice measuring lengths and perimeters with caterpillars as the units of measurement.
In EGG PLANT, students practice writing numerals as they count from ten to ninety-nine boxes of eggs being shipped from an egg factory.
Management Options are available which allow you to modify the programs to meet the needs of your students.
To access the Management Options, go to the main menu. While holding down the Control Key, type the letter A (Control-A). For complete instructions on using the Management Options, refer to the “Use in an Instructional Setting” sections of this manual.
You may turn the sound effects off before you begin a program by selecting Option 6 on the main menu, or you may turn them off during a program by holding down the Control Key and typing the letter S (Control-S).
Students may leave a program by pressing the Escape (Esc) Key twice anytime the program is waiting for a response.
To use Arithmetic Critters, you will need an Arithmetic Critters program diskette, a 64K Apple II series computer, a monochrome or color monitor, and a disk drive.
Arithmetic Critters is a product from the MECC Early Learning Series. This series presents opportunities for children to practice a wide variety of readiness skills. Additional products currently available include Counting Critters, First-Letter Fun, Fun from A to Z, and Paint with Words.
MECC’s Mastering Math Series provides an excellent next step for students after they have used Arithmetic Critters. The first product in that series is Early Addition.
DESCRIPTION
In ANIMAL ADDITION, students practice beginning addition by adding two groups of up to nine identical animals. Remedial feedback teaches students to solve the problem by counting the two groups. You can use the Management Options to modify the range of numbers used in the program.
Curriculum Area: Mathematics
Subject: Arithmetic
Topic: Addition
Type: Drill and Practice
Reading Level: Pre-reading
Grade Range: Kindergarten – 1st Grade
Classroom Use: Individual
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After using this courseware, the student should be able to:
- add two groups of one to nine objects by counting;
- create a picture to illustrate simple addition problems;
- understand that addition is the process of putting two groups of identical items together (Number SELO, p. 122);*
- begin memorization of the basic facts of addition.
*Some Essential Learner Outcomes and Interaction Suggestions in Early Childhood Education, Curriculum Bulletin 58, Minnesota State Department of Education, 1978, St. Paul, Minnesota.