Adding Fun: Let's Put Numbers Together!

Math Grades 1st Grade 7:06 Video
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Lesson Description

Learn the basics of addition with fun examples like fruits, vegetables, and even dogs at the park! This lesson uses real-world scenarios to help you understand how to add numbers together.

Video Resource

Addition Practice | Homeschool Pop Math

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Duration: 7:06
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Key Concepts

  • Addition as putting numbers together
  • The plus sign (+)
  • Adding zero (0) to a number
  • Counting on

Learning Objectives

  • Students will be able to define addition as combining numbers.
  • Students will be able to add numbers within 10 using objects and counting.
  • Students will be able to understand that adding zero to a number doesn't change the number.

Educator Instructions

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    Begin by asking students what they already know about addition. Show the beginning of the video (0:00-0:35) to introduce the concept of addition and how it means putting numbers together.
  • Adding 1 and 0 (10 mins)
    Watch the video segment (0:36-1:37) focusing on adding 1 and 0. After viewing, practice adding 1 and 0 with different numbers using manipulatives like counters or blocks. For example: 'If you have 4 blocks and add 1 more, how many do you have?' 'If you have 6 counters and add 0, how many do you have?'
  • Grocery Store Addition (15 mins)
    Watch the video segment (1:38-3:20) where addition is used in a grocery store scenario. Afterwards, create similar grocery store scenarios using pictures of different items. Have students practice adding the number of items together. For example: 'You have 2 apples and buy 3 more. How many apples do you have in total?'
  • Dog Park Addition (10 mins)
    Watch the video segment (3:21-4:43) featuring addition at a dog park. Create your own dog park addition problems. For instance: 'There are 3 dogs playing. Then, 5 more dogs arrive. How many dogs are there now?' Use drawings or small dog toys to represent the dogs.
  • Practice and Review (10 mins)
    Watch the final practice segment (4:44-end). Review the key concepts of addition. Complete the multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank quizzes to assess understanding.

Interactive Exercises

  • Counting Objects
    Provide students with a collection of small objects (e.g., beads, buttons, crayons). Give them addition problems and have them use the objects to find the answers. For example, 'Show me 2 beads. Now, add 3 more. How many beads do you have?'
  • Drawing Pictures
    Give students addition problems and have them draw pictures to represent the problem and find the solution. For example, 'Draw 4 circles. Then draw 2 more circles. How many circles are there in all?'

Discussion Questions

  • What does it mean to add?
  • When might you use addition in your daily life?
  • What happens when you add zero to a number?

Skills Developed

  • Addition skills
  • Problem-solving
  • Counting
  • Critical thinking

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:

What does it mean to add?

Correct Answer: To put numbers together

Question 2:

What is the plus sign (+) used for?

Correct Answer: Addition

Question 3:

What is 3 + 1?

Correct Answer: 4

Question 4:

What is 5 + 0?

Correct Answer: 5

Question 5:

You have 2 apples and get 2 more. How many apples do you have?

Correct Answer: 4

Question 6:

There are 4 dogs at the park and 4 more come. How many dogs are there now?

Correct Answer: 8

Question 7:

What is 7 + 1?

Correct Answer: 8

Question 8:

What is 2 + 4?

Correct Answer: 6

Question 9:

What is 4 + 5?

Correct Answer: 9

Question 10:

What is 8 + 2?

Correct Answer: 10

Fill in the Blank Questions

Question 1:

Addition means putting ________ together.

Correct Answer: numbers

Question 2:

The sign that shows addition is called a ________ sign.

Correct Answer: plus

Question 3:

3 + 3 = ________

Correct Answer: 6

Question 4:

6 + 4 = ________

Correct Answer: 10

Question 5:

5 + 2 = ________

Correct Answer: 7

Question 6:

4 + 4 = ________

Correct Answer: 8

Question 7:

3 + 0 = ________

Correct Answer: 3

Question 8:

If you add ______ to a number, the number stays the same.

Correct Answer: zero

Question 9:

2 + 4 = ________

Correct Answer: 6

Question 10:

8 + 2 = ________

Correct Answer: 10

Educational Standards

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. 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.D.8:Determine the unknown whole number in an addition or subtraction equation relating three whole numbers. For example, determine the unknown number that makes the equation true in each of the equations 8 + ? = 11, 5 = _ - 3, 6 + 6 = _.

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