Winter Math Fun: Adding to 20!

Math Grades 1st Grade 3:33 Video
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Lesson Description

Get moving and learn math! Practice addition facts to 20 with a fun winter theme. This lesson is great for building math fact fluency and getting active!

Video Resource

Winter: Addition to 20 Fact Fluency: Math Brain Break

Move and Groove Math

Duration: 3:33
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Key Concepts

  • Addition within 20
  • Fact fluency
  • Number bonds (making ten)
  • Addition strategies

Learning Objectives

  • Students will be able to add numbers within 20.
  • Students will improve their math fact fluency.
  • Students will engage in physical activity while learning math.

Educator Instructions

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    Start by introducing the concept of addition and reviewing addition facts within 10. Explain that they'll be practicing addition facts to 20 today in a fun, active way.
  • Video Time (10 mins)
    Watch the 'Winter: Addition to 20 Fact Fluency: Math Brain Break' video. Encourage students to participate in the movements while solving the addition problems.
  • Practice Time (10 mins)
    After the video, practice more addition problems on the board. You can call out problems and have students write the answers, or create a worksheet with similar problems. Incorporate winter-themed objects (e.g., snowflakes, mittens) for visual representation.
  • Wrap-up (5 mins)
    Review what they learned. Ask what strategies they used to add to 20. Encourage kids to use math fluency brain breaks like in the video during independent work as well.

Interactive Exercises

  • Snowflake Sums
    Give each student a set of snowflake cutouts. Call out an addition problem (e.g., 8 + 5). Students use the snowflakes to represent the numbers and find the sum. They can count the snowflakes or use strategies like making ten.
  • Mitten Match
    Create mitten cutouts with addition problems on one mitten and the answers on another. Students match the problems to their correct answers.

Discussion Questions

  • What strategies did you use to solve the addition problems quickly?
  • Which addition facts are easiest for you? Which are the trickiest?
  • How does moving around help you learn?

Skills Developed

  • Addition fluency
  • Problem-solving
  • Active learning
  • Number recognition

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:

What is 10 + 5?

Correct Answer: 15

Question 2:

What is 7 + 3?

Correct Answer: 10

Question 3:

What is 6 + 6?

Correct Answer: 12

Question 4:

What is 4 + 8?

Correct Answer: 12

Question 5:

What is 9 + 2?

Correct Answer: 11

Question 6:

What is 5 + 7?

Correct Answer: 12

Question 7:

What is 8 + 4?

Correct Answer: 12

Question 8:

What is 3 + 9?

Correct Answer: 12

Question 9:

What is 2 + 8?

Correct Answer: 10

Question 10:

What is 1 + 9?

Correct Answer: 10

Fill in the Blank Questions

Question 1:

6 + 4 = ______

Correct Answer: 10

Question 2:

8 + 2 = ______

Correct Answer: 10

Question 3:

5 + 5 = ______

Correct Answer: 10

Question 4:

7 + 4 = ______

Correct Answer: 11

Question 5:

9 + 3 = ______

Correct Answer: 12

Question 6:

2 + 9 = ______

Correct Answer: 11

Question 7:

4 + 6 = ______

Correct Answer: 10

Question 8:

8 + 6 = ______

Correct Answer: 14

Question 9:

7 + 8 = ______

Correct Answer: 15

Question 10:

3 + 8 = ______

Correct Answer: 11

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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