Goal Number
Goal Number
Objectives
This lesson encourages children to explore and to develop a broader understanding of subtraction and the relationship of addition and subtraction. Students will:
- use addition and subtraction strategies.
- write equations/number sentences to represent their thinking.
- explore different operations to strategize and reach the goal number.
Essential Questions
How are relationships represented mathematically?
How can expressions, equations, and inequalities be used to quantify, solve, model, and/or analyze mathematical situations?
How can mathematics support effective communication?
How can patterns be used to describe relationships in mathematical situations?
How can recognizing repetition or regularity assist in solving problems more efficiently?
How is mathematics used to quantify, compare, represent, and model numbers?
- How can expressions, equations, and inequalities be used to quantify, solve, model, and/or analyze mathematical situations?
- How are relationships represented mathematically?
Vocabulary
- Subtraction: To take one quantity away from another.
Duration
50 minutes
Prerequisite Skills
Prerequisite Skills haven't been entered into the lesson plan.
Materials
- numeral cards 0–20. (M-1-3-3_Numeral Cards.doc)
- copies of Goal Number Recording Sheet (M-1-3-3_Goal Number Recording Sheet.doc)
- ten-frames or twenty-frames, one per student plus extras to have available (M-1-3-3_Twenty-Frames.doc)
- number line, one per student (M-1-3-2_Number Line.doc)
- Classroom manipulatives such as connecting cubes, snap cubes, small blocks, base-ten blocks, chips, etc. should be available for students to use if they so choose.
Related Unit and Lesson Plans
Related Materials & Resources
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- Young Mathematicians at Work: Constructing Number Sense, Addition, and Subtraction by Catherine Twomey Fosnot and Maarten Dolk. Heinemann, 2001.
- www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/DogBone/gamebone.html interactive hundreds chart
- www.apples4theteacher.com/math.html#interactivenumbercharts interactive hundreds charts
- www.mathplayground.com/thinkingblocks.html story problems
Formative Assessment
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Final 3/14/14