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Week 1: Subtraction: Count back 1, 2, 3 (Fast Facts: Add to 7)
Minilessons:
*Tell S's that you have a problem. The teacher across the hall has asked you if she can borrow 2 fast fact tests from you b/c she didn't make enough copies for her class. You have 20 copies. Can you give the teacher 2 and still have enough for our class? Allow S's to solve the problem with friends. Then have them share the various ways they solved it and discuss with the class how counting back 2 spots on the number line was a fast and easy way to solve this problem.
*I Have, Who Has
*Fly Swatter Facts: Place answers to subtraction facts through 18 on poster board. Teams use fly swatters to "swat" answers as T gives subtraction fact (minus 1, 2 or 3).
*Kidspiration Lesson our lesson like this is located on the first grade wiki
Small Groups:
*Power Towers - Write subtraction facts on bottoms of small cups. S's must say anwer to each fact before being able to stack the cups in a tower. You can store the cups in a pringles can covered with paper and titled something like "Power Towers Subtracting 1, 2, 3". (This could also be a math station.
Math Stations:
*Unlucky Seven
*Show One Less (can also be used in journals)
*One Less (may also be made into Smartboard lesson for minilesson)
*Frog Hearts Subtraction
*Hopscotch with Subtraction
*ABCya Math Facts Basketball
*King Seven
Weeks 2 & 3: Fact Families to 18 Problem Solving: Act It Out (Fast Facts: Subtract from 7 & Mix to 7)
Minilessons:
*Fact Family Car Story: Tell the story about the mom, dad and junior getting in the car to go to grandma's house using higher numbers such as 7, 8, 15. S's can write the four number sentences that go with the story as you tell the story.
*Kidspiration Lesson
*Kidspiration Lesson
Read Alouds:
*Ten for Dinner
*Eggs fo Tea
Small Groups:
*Macaroni Math
Math Stations:
*Turn Around Trains
*Domino Fact Families
*Fact Family House
*Kaboom: Write addition and subtraction facts to 18 on popsicle sticks or tongue depressors without the answers. On about every 7th stick, write "Kaboom!" on a stick. All the sticks go into a container (like a clorox wipes can). Partners take turns pulling one stick out and saying aloud the answer to the fact. The other partner checks the answer. If a "Kaboom!" is pullled, the student who pulled it has to put all the sticks they've collected back into the can. The "Kaboom!" stick is NOT put back in. You want them to eventually get through the whole can of facts.
*Number Sentence Egg Hunt Put numbers inside plastic eggs. Students choose 8 eggs and open to find the 8 numbers. Record the numbers inside the eggs at the top of the recording sheet. Student then see how many number sentences they can create with those numbers.
*Shake and Share Fact Families
*Number Pebbles Subtraction: Read the book On My Beach There Are Many Pebbles by Leo Lioni. Paint numbers 0-7 on glass rocks (from dollar store). S's choose 2 of the "pebbles" and create a subtraction story from them. They record on recording sheet.
*Fact Family Beads 10 small see-through plastic containers with 2 colors of beads in each
*Fish Tank Fact Families
Journals:
*Turn Around Dominoes
Problem Solving:
Week 4: Skip Count by 2's, 5's, 10's and Doubles + 1 (Fast Facts: Add to 8)
Minilessons:
*Kidspiration Lesson
*Make a class chart with these column headings: Number of Children, Number of Feet, Number of Fingers on Right Hand, Number of Toes. Under the column for children, list the numbers 1 through 10, and complete the chart as a group. Ask students whether they notice any patterns underneath the columns.
*On a hundred board, have students point to 43. Instruct them to add 10 by counting ten spaces towards the right: 44, 45, 46..53. Have them to compare the 43 (where they started) to the 53 (where they landed) after adding 10. After a few more examples, ask students if there is a quicker way to add 10 on a hundred board (moving one space down). Practice several examples of adding ten the “quick” way. On another day, explore subtracting ten in the same manner..
Workstations:
*Snowman Skip Counting
*Doubles Cootie
*Skip Counting Cheerleaders
Weeks 5 & 6: Money (Identify name and worth) (Fast Facts: Subtract from 8 & Mix to 8)
Warm-Ups:
*Coins Chant
*Coin Poems
Read Alouds:
*Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday
*Bennie's Pennies
*26 Letters and 99 Cents
*The Penny Pot
*You Can't Buy a Dinosaur With a Dime
*Bunny Money
*Penny, the Forgotten Coin
*The Coin Counting Book
*Where the Sidewalk Ends "Smart"
Minilessons:
*Gummy Worm Song for teaching quarters
*M&M's Song for teaching nickels
*Skittles Song for teaching dimes
*Gummy Bears Song for teaching pennies
Math Stations:
*Money Gathering Game
*Coin Barrier Game Blank Board
*Coin Exchange Game
*Color a Coin Spinner Spin a coin. Identify the coin to partner. Then color in the coin.
*Coins Connect Four S's use red/yellow counters to mark their coin. Before they mark it they have to identify it to their partner. The first to connect 4 of the same color wins.
*Flying Saucers
*Flying High
Small Group
*Pet Shop Coin Game
*Sweet Shop Coin Game
Problem Solving:
*Have materials available. Ask student to solve a problem such as this: “Holly has three nickels. At the gum machine she discovers that she can get four small pieces of gum for one nickel. How many pieces of gum could she buy with her money?”
Week 7: Adding 3 Digits (Add to 9)
Minilesson:
*Use number tiles to show three numbers that will equal a sum. How many different ways can you use the 0-9 tiles to get the same sum? Do this for different sums and have the children record their findings.
Read Alouds:
*12 Ways to Get to 11 by Eve Merriam
*Roly-Poly Egg by Kali Stileman
Math Stations:
*Break the Eggs
*Roly Poly Eggs
*3 Digit Sandwiches
*Target Twelve
*Barrel of Monkeys
Small Groups:
*Student pulls a handful of cubes from a bag that contains three colors of Unifix cubes. Child records on a chart how many of each color and writes the total. A more advanced level has the child write the number sentence.
*Draw three numeral cards. Use counters in three colors to model a problem which could be created with the numbers. Write the number sentence.
