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Addition Fluency Festival

Addition Strategies Within 10

Day 25of 180
Week 5of 36
30Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Demonstrate addition skills within 10

2

Practice multiple addition strategies

3

Build mathematical confidence and joy

📖 Scripture Connection

Proverbs 24:3-4

“Through wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established. By knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.”

— Proverbs 24:3-4 (WEB)

Just as we build understanding step by step in math, we build wisdom gradually in life through learning and practice

📦 Materials Needed

  • Dominoes
  • Linking cubes
  • Ten frames
  • Pencil
  • Paper
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse Addition Fluency Festival! Let's warm up our math muscles and remember how we learned about doubles and ten frames this week.

💭 Review Question: What doubles addition facts did we learn yesterday?
2Teaching (10 min)

Today we'll play a fun game to practice all our addition strategies. Remember, math is like solving a puzzle - and God gives us the ability to learn and grow!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Review addition strategies: counting on, making ten, doubles
  • Demonstrate how to play 'Domino Addition Challenge'
  • Explain game rules clearly and enthusiastically
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What makes math fun for you?
  • How can we use addition in real life?
3Activity: Domino Addition Challenge (12 min)
game

Players draw two dominoes and add the total number of dots. Fastest and most accurate player wins!

📝 Instructions:
  1. Spread dominoes face down
  2. Each player draws two dominoes
  3. Count total dots and add together
  4. Record addition sentence on paper
  5. Check each other's work
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Use dominoes with fewer dots

Challenge: Use three dominoes instead of two

4Closing (3 min)

Great job practicing addition today! You're becoming math champions!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What addition strategy did you use most today?
  • What was your favorite part of our Domino Challenge?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll start exploring subtraction by counting back!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

First graders are developing foundational math skills. Patience and encouragement are key.

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Make math feel like play
  • Celebrate effort over perfection
  • Use lots of positive reinforcement
🤔 Common Struggles:

Maintaining focus, understanding addition as combining groups

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Increasing speed and accuracy in addition facts

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create addition story problems using favorite toys
  • Practice addition facts with BibleMouse Printables Library worksheets

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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