Math Lesson Plan

1. Solving Addition Equations in 1st Grade

2. Lesson Guiding Question(s):
a.) What is the equal sign and how does it affect addition equations?
b.) How do the commutative and associative properties of addition work?
c.) How does adding together different numbers equal the same answer?
3. Content Standards:
a.) Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction.
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.

b.) Understand and apply properties of operations and the relationship between
addition and subtraction
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.B.3
Apply properties of operations as strategies to add and subtract.2 Examples: If 8 + 3 = 11 is
known, then 3 + 8 = 11 is also known. (Commutative property of addition.) To add 2 + 6 + 4, the
second two numbers can be added to make a ten, so 2 + 6 + 4 = 2 + 10 = 12. (Associative
property of addition.)

c). Work with addition and subtraction equations.

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.

d. ) Work with addition and subtraction equations.

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 = _.

Standards for Mathematical Practice:

1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
4. Model with mathematics
7. Look for and make use of structure

4. A. Learning Goals (Behavioral Objectives) and Assessments:

B. Assessments:
Learning Objectives
SWBAT solve word problems using
numbers under 20.
SWBAT to demonstrate the
commutative and associative
properties of addition using
numbers under 20.
SWBAT to understand the meaning
of the equal sign.
SWBAT to identify the missing
number in an addition problems
using numbers under 20.

Assessments
Students will solve the addition
problems in the book as I read
and then explain their answer
when they share with the class.
Students will complete the
worksheet I have given them
using the commutative and
associative properties.
Students will explain the
meaning of the equal sign to me
while reading the Hershey Kisses
Book.
Students will write the missing
number to the equation on the
whiteboard and hold it up for me
to see their answer.

5. Materials:
a.) The Hersheys Kisses Addition Book, By Jerry Pallotta
b.) post its
c.) white boards/markers/erasers for children
d.) activity worksheet
6. Pre-lesson assignments and/or prior knowledge:
Prior to completing this lesson the students will have the knowledge of what the
addition sign is and what it means to add numbers together. Students will be able
to count from one to twenty forwards and backwards. They have a basic
understanding of what the equal sign means and this lesson will reinforce it.
7. Lesson Beginning:
For the beginning of the lesson I will have a plastic sandwich bag filled with
Hershey kisses. In the bag will be between one and 20 Hershey kisses. After all of
the students guess a number we will count one by one how many kisses were
actually in the bag. Each student will count out loud how many I pull out of the
bag and place on the table. Once they are all out of the bag I will point to each
one and we will recount one by one again.
8. Instructional Plan:
1.) I will start my lesson off with having a plastic sandwich bag filled with Hershey
kisses. I will have the students guess how many there are in there.
2.) We will take each Hershey Kiss out one by one and the students will all count
out loud, and once all are out of the bag we will recount out loud one by one as I
point to the kisses.

3.) I will read the book The Hershey Kisses Addition Book to all of the students.
4.) In the beginning of the book we will review what an addition, subtraction and
minus sign are.
5.) As we go along in the book I will have a post-its on some of the numbers. The
book goes over plus one, plus zero, plus doubles, and then adding three numbers
together.
6.) The students will have their whiteboards and will write the number they
believe is under the post-its. Students will hold up their whiteboards so I can
assess that they have the correct answers.
7.) After we finish reading the book, I will ask for students to either think by
themselves or turn to a partner and think of number equations using two or three
numbers to represent the amount of Hershey kisses I had in the bag.
8.) Students will share their number equations out loud with the class and come
up and model the number equations with the Hershey kisses.
9.) Students will go back to their desks and complete a worksheet filling in the
blank numbers of addition problems and create one to three word problem
examples like we did with the Hershey kisses.
10.) Students will hand in the worksheet so I can assess how well they understood
the lesson.
o Differentiation:
We work as a class while reading the book and filling in the missing
numbers. We will go through the entire book practicing and
reinforcing the addition equations. Students will have the ability to
collaborate with a partner to come up with number equations using
two or three numbers to represent the amount of Hershey kisses I had
in the bag. While students are completing the worksheet at their
desks I will be available to walk around and assist students. There is
an option of creating one to three word problem examples on the
worksheet. For the students who are excelling and finishing early they
can complete all three. For students who are struggling they only
have to complete one.
o Questions:
1.) What does the + sign mean?
2.) Can you explain to me what the equal sign means?
3.) What happens to a number when 0 is added?
4.) How does adding together different numbers equal the same
answer?
o Instructional Management:
We will work as a group when reading the book and writing answers
on our whiteboards. When it is the students turn to try it themselves
on the carpet I will let them work with a partner. While they are at
their desks they will be working individually. The worksheet will
already have been distributed to their desks.

o Transitions:
We will introduce the lesson with the bag of Hershey Kisses and
guessing the amount that is in the bag. Following that I will show
them we will be reading the Hershey Kisses Addition Book. While
reading the book we will have them use their whiteboards to interact
with the book. They will use their whiteboards to demonstrate the
number that is covered up by the post-it notes. When we are finished
with the book we will relate what we learned in the book to the
Hershey Kisses I started the lesson off with. Students will create
equations by themselves or with a partner using the amount of
Hershey kisses that were in my plastic bag. Finally, students will
complete a worksheet at their desk practicing what we just learned. It
will serve as an assessment for me to see if the understood.

9. Closure:
I will bring my lesson to a close by collecting the worksheet that students have
just completed. I will review the worksheet to make sure students understand the
addition concepts we learned today. Tomorrow I will hand the worksheet back to
them and we will go over it as a class so that students who had trouble can see
what they did wrong get a better understanding.