Katherine Miller Jennifer Ward Dr. Janet Strickland
Teacher Candidate Supervising Teacher University Supervisor
GPS:
M1N3. Students will
add and subtract numbers less than 100 as well as understand and use the
inverse relationship between addition and subtraction.
c. Compose/decompose numbers up to 10.
e. Understand addition and subtraction number combinations using strategies such as counting on, counting back, doubles, and making tens.
f. Know the single-digit addition facts to 18 and
corresponding subtraction facts with understanding and fluency. (Use
strategies such as relating to facts already known, applying the commutative
property, and grouping facts into families.)
NCTM Standard:
Algebra – Uses mathematical models to represent and understand quantitative relations … models situations that involve the addition and subtraction of whole numbers, using objects, pictures, and symbols.
The students in this first grade class will be able to add single digit numbers to reach sums up to six, with an accuracy of 80%.
Teaching Sequence:
While reading The M&M’s Addition Book by Barbara Barbieri McGrath to the students, I will ask them questions about addition from the book. After reading the book, I will demonstrate the concept of addition by using the M&M’s manipulatives on the white board. While demonstrating addition I will explain what I am doing to the students, also the plus sign (+) will be explained to the students that when you see this it means to add the numbers that it is between. The equal sign (=) will be explained as meaning total, which can also mean “in all” or “all together”. Then I will have the students talk me through a couple of addition problems on the white board. Finally, I will hand out the worksheets and a fun size pack of M&M’s to each student and inform the students that the M&M’s are to be used to help them solve the addition problems that are one the worksheet. Also, they will be told that once they have finished their work and turned it into the gold basket.
The lesson will be adjusted to accommodate a student’s needs as required by his or her IEP file.
-The M&M’s Addition Book by Barbara Barbieri McGrath (pgs. 3-11)
-Magnetic M&M’s manipulatives for white board
-M&M’s math worksheet
-Fun size pack of plain M&M’s
Upon completion of the M&M’s worksheet, students will turn them in and later in the day I will check them to see how well they did with the addition problems and understanding the concept of addition.
This lesson is connected to numbers and counting.
Overall, I really had a great time teaching this lesson and I learned a lot while doing so. The students were really interested in the lesson since I started off the lesson by reading The M&M’s Addition Book by Barbara Barbieri McGrathto them. One thing that I did that I think helped the students was to explain that we were going to start addition, what addition is, and why it is important. While explaining addition to the students I made sure that I told them what the equal sign, the plus sign, addends, and total means. One thing that I think that helped the students with grasping the concept of addition was the use of manipulatives to solve the addition problems on the worksheet. After finishing the worksheet and turning it in the students were allowed to eat their manipulative since they were M&M’s, causing the students to want to finish the assignment correctly and neatly so that they could eat them. However, there are a few things that I would change the next time I teach this lesson, I would do more modeling and have the students do more practice problems to make sure that they understand what they are going to be doing with their assignment. I will be sure that I address the off task behaviors of students who are not paying attention to the lesson. With this being my first lesson that I taught in mathematics, I thought that the lesson did go pretty smoothly especially since all of the students did very well on the assignment that followed the lesson.
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