Adding with Tables: A Fun Way to Learn!

Math Grades 1st Grade 7:07 Video
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Lesson Description

Learn how to add numbers using a table! This lesson will help you add numbers easily and have fun while doing it.

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Learn Grade 1 - Maths - Addition With the Help of Tables

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Duration: 7:07
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Key Concepts

  • Addition
  • Using a table to add
  • Counting on

Learning Objectives

  • Students will be able to add single-digit numbers using a table.
  • Students will be able to explain how the table helps them add.

Educator Instructions

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    Begin by asking students what they already know about addition. Show them a simple addition problem (e.g., 2 + 3) and ask them how they would solve it. Explain that they will learn a new, fun way to add using a table.
  • Video Viewing (7 mins)
    Play the YouTube video: 'Learn Grade 1 - Maths - Addition With the Help of Tables'. Encourage students to pay attention to how the characters in the video use the table to add numbers.
  • Table Explanation (5 mins)
    After watching the video, explain how the addition table works. Emphasize that moving down the table represents the first number, and moving to the right represents adding the second number. Do a practice problem together on a whiteboard or large piece of paper.
  • Guided Practice (10 mins)
    Provide students with printed addition tables and a set of addition problems (e.g., 1 + 4, 3 + 2, 5 + 1). Guide them through solving the problems using the table. Encourage them to explain their steps as they go.
  • Independent Practice (8 mins)
    Give students a worksheet with more addition problems. Allow them to work independently using the addition table. Circulate around the room to provide assistance as needed.
  • Wrap-up (5 mins)
    Review the key concepts of the lesson. Ask students to share what they learned and how the addition table helped them. Collect the worksheets for assessment.

Interactive Exercises

  • Table Race!
    Divide the class into teams. Call out an addition problem (e.g., 2 + 4). The first team to correctly solve the problem using the addition table wins a point. The team with the most points at the end wins the game.

Discussion Questions

  • What is addition?
  • How does the table help us add numbers?
  • Can you think of other ways to add numbers?

Skills Developed

  • Addition skills
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Using tools (addition table) to solve problems

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:

What does it mean to add?

Correct Answer: To put things together

Question 2:

What is 2 + 3?

Correct Answer: 5

Question 3:

When using the table, which way do you move to add?

Correct Answer: To the right

Question 4:

What is 1 + 5?

Correct Answer: 6

Question 5:

What is 4 + 2?

Correct Answer: 6

Question 6:

What is 3 + 3?

Correct Answer: 6

Question 7:

What is 5 + 2?

Correct Answer: 7

Question 8:

If you have 2 cookies and get 2 more, how many do you have?

Correct Answer: 4

Question 9:

What does the table help you do?

Correct Answer: Add numbers

Question 10:

Which number comes next? 1, 2, __?

Correct Answer: 3

Fill in the Blank Questions

Question 1:

Adding means putting things ___________.

Correct Answer: together

Question 2:

The table helps us to ________ numbers.

Correct Answer: add

Question 3:

2 + 1 = _______

Correct Answer: 3

Question 4:

3 + 2 = _______

Correct Answer: 5

Question 5:

When we add, the number gets _________.

Correct Answer: bigger

Question 6:

1 + 3 = ________

Correct Answer: 4

Question 7:

Using the table, we move to the ________ to add.

Correct Answer: right

Question 8:

4 + 1 = ________

Correct Answer: 5

Question 9:

If I have 3 apples and you give me 1 more, I will have ________ apples.

Correct Answer: 4

Question 10:

5 + 1 = ________

Correct Answer: 6

Educational Standards

CCSS.Math.Content.1.OA.C.6:Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10. Use strategies such as counting on; making ten (e.g., 8 + 6 = 8 + 2 + 4 = 10 + 4 = 14); decomposing a number leading to a ten (e.g., 13 - 4 = 13 - 3 - 1 = 10 - 1 = 9); using the relationship between addition and subtraction (e.g., knowing that 8 + 4 = 12, one knows 12 - 8 = 4); and creating equivalent but easier or known sums (e.g., adding 6 + 7 by creating the known equivalent 6 + 6 + 1 = 12 + 1 = 13). CCSS.Math.Content.1.OA.A.1: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.

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