Lesson 10
Center Day 2
Lesson Purpose
The purpose of this lesson is for students to practice adding and subtracting within 10.
Lesson Narrative
In Activity 1, students learn a new center called Capture Squares. In this center, students roll two number cubes and find the sum. They draw lines on the game board around the sums and try to "capture the squares." In Activity 2, students choose a center to work on that focuses on addition and subtraction within 10.
- Representation
- MLR8
Learning Goals
Teacher Facing
- Add and subtract within 10 in a way that makes sense to them.
Student Facing
- Let’s play games to practice adding and subtracting.
Required Materials
Materials to Gather
- 10-frames
- Colored pencils or crayons
- Connecting cubes or two-color counters
- Materials from previous centers
- Number cubes
Materials to Copy
- Capture Squares Stage 1 Gameboard
Required Preparation
Activity 2:
- Gather materials from previous centers:
- Math Stories, Stage 4
- Shake and Spill, Stages 3 and 4
- Capture Squares, Stage 1
Lesson Timeline
| Warm-up | 10 min |
| Activity 1 | 20 min |
| Activity 2 | 20 min |
| Lesson Synthesis | 10 min |
Teacher Reflection Questions
When in today's lesson were students able to see themselves as productive mathematical reasoners?