MATH LESSON
Introduction to Addition – Grade 1
Plan
Rationale
Time: approx. 30-40 mins.
Materials:

pumpkin seeds

teacher created sheets
for placing/gluing
pumpkin seeds

glue

2 boxed work pads

elmo

pencils

independent/homework work
-addition sheet p. 13
Procedures/Strategies:
1. Students will have the
opportunity to view the
carved pumpkin and seeds
they helped scoop out and
count (from previous day).
We will recount seeds by
5’s and 10’s.
2. (Prompt) Students will tell
the different ways and
strategies we can use to
help us add. (
Anticipatory Set
Motivation to use
something we did as a
whole class- also
goes with the
excitement/motivation
of the season
(Fall/Halloween)
manipulatives, # line,
pictures). Also reviewing +
Practice/warm up-
= signs.
start thinking math
3. Explain/Introduce that we
terms
are going to use
Review/Tapping into
manipulatives (pumpkin
prior knowledge and
seeds) to add.
introduction into
Review
expectations and use of
today’s lesson topic
manipulatives.
and objective of
All 3 tasks: (10
using manipulatives
mins.)
to add and writing
4. Complete an example as a
addition sentences
whole class, teacher
modeling the directions:
Eliminate off-task
Placing seeds on the
behavior and less re-
appropriate box on the
direction during
workpad for the given
lesson
addition sentence. Drawing
what you see onto the
worksheet and tracing the
addition sentence and
writing the answer. (5
mins)
5. Pass out cups with 10
Modeling task and
pumpkin seeds in each cup,
expectations
work pads and whole class
of lesson and task
sheets
(box pg)
Provide guidance,
6. Do 1-2 problems together,
modeling & guiding each
student.
Placing the seeds
help, re-direction
(as needed)
to add, drawing the seeds,
filling in the addition
sentence. Have a student
come up to the elmo and
demonstrate on teacher’s
paper. Reiterating that
students are checking their
own work to see if it is
correct. (10 mins.)
7. Complete last 1-2 addition
problems on their own.
They choose an addition
sentence and show it with
seeds and write.
Teacher
Independent work to
monitors and walks around.
assess understanding
(10 mins.)
of concept and
8. Students can come up to
following directions
elmo and show the addition
sentence they came up with.
Discuss as a whole class
the different ways to make
9. Review concepts learned.
Provides student
For the last problem
ownership of their
students are allowed to
addition sentence,
glue their seeds on the
interaction and
boxes.
confidence in doing a
(5-10 mins.)
10.
Collect papers and
clean up
11.
task correctly and
modeling for the
whole class
Hand out Addition
Sentences with Seed + page
Conclusion- wrap up
13 and place in mailboxes
the lesson. Provides
an opportunity to
pull all concepts
together and bring
closure to the
lesson.
Student-led, promotes
responsibility and
team-work
Assessment on the
following day to see
retention of
information and
putting skills to
use- independently.
Homework- to see if
strategies and
knowledge can be
placed out of the
school setting, also
for practice and
repitition