Balanced Math Planning
Date: ________________________________ Amount of Time: _____________________________
Strand: Number Sense and Numeration
Expectation: Solve problems involving operations with integers using a variety of
tools
Big Idea: Solving problems involving integers using a variety of computational
strategies
Minds On
Open
Question
Show -12 as a sum of other integers. What is the largest value you can use for
the other integers? What is the smallest value?
Action
SMARTboard
Math Facts
Math Games
Shared
Problem
Solving (2)
Guided
Problem
Solving
Balanced Math Centres
http://nlvm.usu.edu – number line bounce
Math Trek 7/8 – Whole Numbers and Integers
Card game – red cards positive, black cards negative
Practice adding and subtracting pairs of cards
Use a number line to verify answers
Integer War
https://www1.scdsb.on.ca/portal/page/portal/STAFF/SW_TEACH/Pro
gram/Numeracy/Elementary%20Math/Instruction/Intermediate/Num
ber%20Sense%20and%20Numeration/Integer%20War.pdf
Integer Race
https://www1.scdsb.on.ca/portal/page/portal/STAFF/SW_TEACH/Pro
gram/Numeracy/Elementary%20Math/Instruction/Intermediate/Num
ber%20Sense%20and%20Numeration/Integer%20Race%20Rules.pdf
Integer Race Game Board
https://www1.scdsb.on.ca/portal/page/portal/STAFF/SW_TEACH/Pro
gram/Numeracy/Elementary%20Math/Instruction/Intermediate/Num
ber%20Sense%20and%20Numeration/IntegerRaceGameBoard.pdf
Which of these calculations do you see as most alike? Why?
-3.4 + 5.7 = 1.7 3/5 + 2/3 = 1 4/15 3 ½ + (-4/3) = 2 1/6
What did Tom Write?
Tom wrote down two positive integers consisting of the following digits:
1, 2, 3, ,4 ,5, 6. Each of the digits appeared in only one of the two
numbers and only once. When tom adde4d up these numbers he
obtained 750. What positive integers did Tom write?
For lower students: demonstrate on a number line and using algetiles
that adding opposite integers always = 0
For other students: You are using an elevator in your hotel, you go up 8
floors (ground floor is the first floor), the door doesn’t open and you
need to go down two floors. Use a number line to demonstrate where
you end up.
Laptop
Activities
http://www.hoodamath.com/games/integer.html
Consolidation
Consolidation:
Journal: You add two numbers and the answer is negative. What two answers
might you have added?