Lesson 12

Compare Addition and Subtraction Story Problems

Lesson Purpose

The purpose of this lesson is to solve and compare Add To, Result Unknown and Take From, Result Unknown story problems.

Lesson Narrative

In previous lessons, students solved Add To and Take From, Result Unknown story problems. The purpose of this lesson is to solve Add To, Result Unknown and Take From, Result Unknown story problems with the same context, which gives students an opportunity to focus on the action in each story and how it determines whether they need to add or subtract to solve the problem (MP2).
  • Representation
  • MLR8

Learning Goals

Teacher Facing

  • Compare addition and subtraction story problems.
  • Solve Add To, Result Unknown and Take From, Result Unknown story problems.

Student Facing

  • Let’s figure out what’s the same and what’s different about these story problems.

Required Preparation

Activity 3:

  • Gather materials from: 
    • Bingo, Stages 1-3
    • Math Fingers, Stages 1-3
    • Math Stories, Stages 1 and 2
    • Subtraction Towers, Stage 1
    • 5-frames, Stages 1 and 2
    • Counting Collections, Stage 1

CCSS Standards

Addressing

Lesson Timeline

Warm-up 10 min
Activity 1 10 min
Activity 2 10 min
Activity 3 20 min
Lesson Synthesis 10 min
Cool-down 0 min

Teacher Reflection Questions

Think about a time you recently made a mistake during math class. How did you leverage your mistake to show students that mistakes are just learning in progress?

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