Yoga Math: True or False Addition!

Math Grades 1st Grade 2:47 Video
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Lesson Description

Get active and learn math! This lesson uses yoga poses to help you decide if addition equations are true or false. Get ready to move and think!

Video Resource

First Grade Brain Break: Addition True & False (1.OA.D.7)

Move and Groove Math

Duration: 2:47
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Key Concepts

  • Addition
  • Equal Sign
  • True and False Equations

Learning Objectives

  • Students will be able to determine if an addition equation is true or false.
  • Students will be able to correctly perform simple addition within 10.
  • Students will be able to associate a yoga pose with a true or false answer.

Educator Instructions

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    Explain to students that they will be learning about true and false addition equations. Tell them that they will also be doing yoga poses based on their answers!
  • Video Time! (5 mins)
    Play the "First Grade Brain Break: Addition True & False (1.OA.D.7)" video. Encourage students to participate actively by solving the addition problems and doing the yoga poses.
  • Discussion (5 mins)
    After the video, discuss the equations with the students. Ask them how they knew the answer and what strategies they used to add. Review the yoga poses associated with true and false.
  • Practice Problems (10 mins)
    Write a few more addition equations on the board. Have students work individually or in pairs to determine if the equations are true or false. Have them do a chosen physical action depending on if it is true or false (e.g., touch their toes for true, clap hands for false).

Interactive Exercises

  • True or False Cards
    Create cards with addition equations on them. Divide students into groups. Each group gets a set of cards. Students take turns picking a card, solving the equation, and deciding if it's true or false. They explain their reasoning to the group.

Discussion Questions

  • What does the equal sign mean?
  • How can you check if an addition equation is true?
  • What other ways can we practice addition?

Skills Developed

  • Addition Skills
  • Critical Thinking
  • Problem-Solving

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:

What does the equal sign (=) mean?

Correct Answer: The same as

Question 2:

Which equation is TRUE?

Correct Answer: 1 + 3 = 4

Question 3:

Which equation is FALSE?

Correct Answer: 1 + 1 = 3

Question 4:

What is 4 + 2?

Correct Answer: 6

Question 5:

Is 6 = 3 + 3 true or false?

Correct Answer: True

Question 6:

Which equation shows the same thing on both sides of the = sign?

Correct Answer: 3 = 3

Question 7:

What is 2 + 5?

Correct Answer: 7

Question 8:

Is 7 = 4 + 1 true or false?

Correct Answer: False

Question 9:

What number makes 1 + ___ = 2 true?

Correct Answer: 1

Question 10:

Which equation is true?

Correct Answer: 4 + 0 = 4

Fill in the Blank Questions

Question 1:

The equal sign (=) means the same ____.

Correct Answer: as

Question 2:

2 + 1 = ____

Correct Answer: 3

Question 3:

5 + 0 = ____

Correct Answer: 5

Question 4:

1 + 1 = 2 is ____.

Correct Answer: true

Question 5:

2 + 2 = 6 is ____.

Correct Answer: false

Question 6:

____ + 1 = 4

Correct Answer: 3

Question 7:

If 3 = 3, then it is ____.

Correct Answer: true

Question 8:

4 + 2 = ____

Correct Answer: 6

Question 9:

1 + ____ = 3

Correct Answer: 2

Question 10:

0 + 0 = ____

Correct Answer: 0

Educational Standards

CCSS.Math.Content.1.OA.D.7:Understand the meaning of the equal sign, and determine if equations involving addition and subtraction are true or false. For example, which of the following equations are true and which are false? 6 = 6, 7 = 8 - 1, 5 + 2 = 2 + 5, 4 + 1 = 5 + 2. 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).

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