LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 1

Number and Operations - The learner will read, write, and model whole numbers through 99 and compute with whole numbers.

Objective 1.04

Create, model, and solve problems that use addition, subtraction, and fair shares (between two or three).

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Lost buttons
In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students investigate subtraction more directly, beginning with the easier “take away” mode. They model “take away” subtraction with buttons and write subtraction sentences.... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Let's Count to 20: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Students use ten frames and connecting cubes to explore sets of 10 to 20. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
How Many Buttons?
Students review classification, make sets of a given number, explore relationships between numbers, and find numbers that are one more and one less than a given number. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Giant story problems: Reading comprehension through math problem solving
This ReadWriteThink activity focuses on reading comprehension skills as they apply to mathematics story problems, as well as on written and verbal mathematics communication skills. Students use drawings, equations, and written responses to solve single... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
Get the Picture--Get the Story
Students explore the connections between mathematics and football. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Food Pyramid Power: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Students display their knowledge of properties of objects for sorting and creating patterns. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Finding Fact Families
Students explore the relation of addition to subtraction. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Finding Fact Families
The relationship of subtraction to addition is introduced with a book and with dominoes. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Finding Addition Patterns
Students explore commutativity and examine addition patterns. Then they record known facts on a personal addition chart. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Fact Family Fun
The relation of addition to subtraction is explored with fish-shaped crackers. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Fact Families
Students use books and connecting cubes to explore the relationship of addition to subtraction. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Exploring Pennies and Dimes
Students examine pennies and dimes and model subtraction as they listen to a children's book. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Exploring Other Number Patterns
Students make and extend patterns with numbers in a variety of mathematical contexts. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Exploring Adding with Sets
Reading The Hershey's Kisses Addition Book will set the stage for this lesson in which students write story problems, find sums using sets, and present results in the form of a table. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Draw a math story: From the concrete to the symbolic
This ReadWriteThink activity begins with the reading aloud of several math-oriented stories, identifies key mathematical vocabulary terms, models math story writing, and then gives students an opportunity to write addition and subtraction stories. Students... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
Counting Back and Counting On
Students make a train of connecting cubes and write in vertical and horizontal format the differences suggested by adding to and subtracting from the train one cube at a time. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Count to 10: Looking Back and Moving Forward
The final segment of an eight-part unit titled “Count to 10.” Students review this unit by creating, decomposing, and comparing sets of zero to 10 objects and by writing the cardinal number for each set. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Comparing Sets
Students write subtraction problems and model them with cubes. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Combining Foods
Students explore addition and comparison subtraction by modeling and recording related addition and subtraction facts for a given number. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Calculating Patterns
Students use an Internet-based calculator that is linked with an interactive “Hundred Chart” to create, extend, and record numerical patterns in different ways. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics