Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Boys and Girls, Variation 2
Students are asked to solve a word problem with both addends unknown. They will write an equation and draw a picture to use to explain their answer.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Everyday Math
Students will work as a class to solve word problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and simple fractions. To culminate the lesson, students will create their own word problems.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Max's Math Adventures: Subtraction Square Dance
This site has a square dance rhyme with some fun subtraction practice. Teachers will appreciate the activity page, the extra challenges, and the teacher's guide for easy lesson planning.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Saving Money 2
The purpose of this task is for students to relate addition and subtraction problems to money and to situations and goals related to saving money. A problem is given that will contain multiple solutions, this allows students to think...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Cheerful Shoppers
Second graders love to shop! Students will use their own shopping list to compose a word problem using addition and subtraction with and without regrouping, in order to help them better understand how to problem solve.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Put Together or Take Away?
First graders learn the basics of 1.OA.1 by mixing addition and subtraction word problems from day 1. The focus question is: Put together or take away?
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp Stock Swaps, Variation 3
A multi-step performance task word problem: Microsoft Corp. has made an offer to acquire 1.5 million shares of Apple Corp. worth $374 per share. They offered Apple 10 million shares of Microsoft worth $25 per share, but they need to make...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 2.nbt How Many Days Until Summer Vacation?
This lesson plan has students solving a real world word problem using addition or subtraction.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 1.oa Sharing Markers
In this lesson plan students are to answer word problems using addition or subtraction within 20.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 1.oa Link Cube Addition
This complete lesson plan has students answer word problems using addition and subtraction within 20.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 1.oa the Pet Snake
This complete lesson plan has students solve word problems using addition and subtraction within 20.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 1.oa School Supplies
This is a complete lesson that has students solving word problems using addition and subtraction within 20.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 1.oa Maria's Marbles
This lesson plans has students solve word problems about marbles using addition or subtraction within 20.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 1.oa Peyton's Books
This lesson plans explores adding and subtracting word problems. This is a complete lesson plan including attached items.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Jack & the Giants: Jack Spends His Pay
For this lesson, students will create and solve word problems involving money (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of decimals), and develop a script for a short scene and perform it using the elements of performance....
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Comparing the Weather
In order to meet Common Core standards, 2nd graders need to be able to interpret data to solve problems. This lesson provides practice in this area. Included in this lesson are a printable temperature chart and a video of second graders...
PBS
Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Rainbow Math Activity Plan
Red apples, orange candles, yellow stars, green frogs, and blue, indigo, and violet flowers-they all add up to Rainbow Math fun! During this adventure children learn the colors of the rainbow as they practice counting, adding and...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Finding a Chair
This lesson includes a series of questions that can be posed by the teacher to the whole class which revolves around addition and subtraction.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: More Meat!
Third graders practice skills of addition, subtraction, word problems and graphing and develop their own theories about why meat consumption is so different across the world.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: College Project Wrap Up
What have students learned about college? What questions do they still have? Students work on wrapping up and reflecting on the College Project while tackling math problems. This lesson includes a detailed plan, printable worksheets,...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 1.oa \$20 Dot Map
In this lesson plan, 1st graders are given a graphic of a map and are to use addition and subtraction to solve the word problem.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.ns, 7.ee Bookstore Account
In this lesson, 7th graders add and subtract rational numbers to solve word problems.