A hands-on lesson created students use beans as manipulatives to solve addition number sentences. Requires the book, Mission Addition by Loreen Leedy.

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1st

Students examine the commutative property of addition and the property of zero in addition and subtraction. They complete an asessment worksheet to gain practice reading and working number sentences horizontally and vertically.

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2nd

Students participate in a game to help them practice addition and subtraction facts and processes.

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2nd - 8th

Students are read-aloud the book Quack and Count while they are called upon to demonstrate various sums of seven. They brainstorm a list of ideas of things that can be combined or added together. They are given unifix cubes to demonstrate various addition facts and record on a Quack Addition recording sheet. They are then permitted to visit various math centers focusing on addition and subtraction facts.

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Kindergarten

Students engage in the study of solving equations using the operations of addition and subtraction. They practice solving a variety of different problems. The lesson plan includes steps that can be used by the teacher for direct instruction.

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7th