Addition and Subtraction for First Grade

Grade(s)
Subject(s)
Length of Lesson
Lesson
Overview/Ration
ale
Curriculum
Framework/
Standard

First Grade
Mathematics
One 45 minute lesson
Students must learn to recognize and evaluate simple addition
and subtraction to build connections in the real world
Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems involving
situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and
comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using objects, drawings,
and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the
problem.
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/K12_MI_Math_Standards_REV_470033_7.pdf
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Learning
objectives

Technology Uses

Materials

Procedure

Students will be able to identify addition and subtraction

in word problems
Student will be able to solve addition and subtraction of 2
whole numbers
Students will be able to find the unknown number in
equations
Overhead projector to show students examples of the
problems they will be solving and creating
Interactive whiteboard to allow the students to share their
work
Addition and subtraction music video to engage the
students into the lesson
Pencils and erasers
Crayons
Lined and blank paper
Math coloring sheets
Counting blocks
Engage the class with a math music video.
Ensure that the children know the meaning for addition
and subtraction plus and minus and the symbols that
represent it.

Assessment

Working with
others

Completion

Group the children by 3s and give each group different

colored blocks.
Write a problem on the board and ask them to try and
solve it, monitor that children stay focused and work
together to solve the problem using the tools provided.
Have the students compare answers with other groups
and explain how they got their answer.
Continue with a few more problems (include story
problem and unknown number problems) for the children
to answer
With the children still in their groups ask them to create
one addition problem and one subtraction problem and to
solve the equations.
Collect the group work and clean up the cleaning blocks
Have the students work alone to complete the math
coloring sheets
Pass out worksheets for students to work on at home
Students will work together to create equations and have
the correct answers to the equations
Students will complete coloring worksheets with correct
answers

Student
worked well
with
classmates,
had good
behavior and
participated in
group work
Groups were
able to

Student
worked well
with group but
was not
engaged

Student did
not participate
in group work,
showed no
interest in
activity

Group was
able to create

Group could
not create

Score

complete the
two questions
and solved
them
Comprehensio
n

Total
assignment
score

Students/grou
p were able to
explain to
other
classmates
how they got
their answers

questions
even though
some of the
answers were
incorrect
Students/grou
p were not
sure how to
explain their
answers

questions and
had no
answers
Student did
not
understand
the material