Polite Pig

We have a pig in the second grade classroom.  He keeps us calm when we are faced with the idea of adding using the number 9.  This pig reminds us that adding the number 9 on to any number is truly not scary or frightening.   Mr. Nine Pig is polite and kind.  Let me introduce you!

When the students are faced with adding 9 to another number they think of him and calmly think it through.  It seems as though we have a very polite pig.  He only takes one bite away from the other number and he does put the bite right into the sum (the answer).

If you have 9 + 4 our polite pig would take a bite away from the 4 to make it a 3.  Then our nice pig would put that One Bite next to the number making the sum 13.  9 + 4 = 13.  Isn't our pig helpful!

  

This pig also doesn't seem to mind if he is the first number or not.  Your student are bringing home a sheet that will show you how well our Nine Pig minds his manners and he even lets other numbers be the first numbers you see.  4 + 9 = 13.