Subtracting Integers

    Subtracting integers in not my thing "yet",says Mr. B. I don't think it will ever be but you never know. Today we practiced with the difference model of subtraction. It was hard doing all that in my head. Then Mr. B pulled out masking tape. All I thought was run! Then i  realized that it was for a number line and then he went and grabbed a two coins and one was the minuend and the second coin was the "subtrahend." The minuend is the first term and the subtrahend is the second term. I went from the subtrahend to the minuend to find out the difference. This my actually be my thing.