Math lesson plan · 2nd grade (Year 3 in England) · 30 minutes
Add two-digit numbers by splitting into tens and ones
Addition and subtraction
CCSS 2.NBT.B.5CCSS 2.NBT.B.9England: Y2 Addition and subtractionEngland: Y3 Addition and subtraction
Objective and success criteria
Students will: Add two-digit numbers by splitting into tens and ones.
- I can answer questions on today's skill on my own, without help.
- I can explain each step and say why it works.
- I can check my answer and spot a mistake.
Before and after
Needs first: Add two-digit numbers without regrouping
Leads to: the next skill in this area.
Materials: Base-ten blocks, Number lines, Hundred square, Mini whiteboards and pens, Printed student sheet (below).
Warm-up · 4 min
- Quick retrieval from earlier learning (Add two-digit numbers without regrouping). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
- Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.
- Arjun has 53 cookies. Maya gives Arjun 31 more. How many cookies does Arjun have now? → 84Prompt: Arjun gets more, so the amount grows.
- 74 + __ = 89 → 15Prompt: How many tens must be added? How many ones?
- Luis has 11 beads. Zoe gives Luis 21 more. How many beads does Luis have now? → 32Prompt: Luis gets more, so the amount grows.
Hook · 3 min
- Give a real shopping total or a score difference and ask for a quick estimate first.
- Share the objective: Add two-digit numbers by splitting into tens and ones. Read the success criteria together.
I do: model it · 7 min
- Work through the example out loud, saying why you do each step, not just what you do.
- Example: 45 + 46: add the tens. 40 + 40 = ?
- Step 1: 40 + 40 = 80
- Answer: 80
- Pause after each step and ask a student to say what comes next.
We do: guided practice · 6 min
- Do these together. Students try each step on whiteboards before you reveal it.
- Use the hints as prompts rather than giving the answer.
- 15 + 65: add the tens. 10 + 60 = ? → 70Prompt: 1 ten + 6 tens
- Add by splitting: 23 + 18 = ? → 41Prompt: Split both numbers into tens and ones.
You do: independent practice · 7 min
- Students work on the student sheet. Circulate and check the first two answers of every student early.
- Students who finish: write a question of their own for a partner, with the answer.
The 6 questions are on the student sheet below, with answers in the key.
Exit ticket · 3 min
- Two questions on their own. Sort answers into got it / nearly / not yet to plan the next lesson.
- Add by splitting: 28 + 42 = ? → 70Prompt: Split both numbers into tens and ones.
- 33 + 37: add the ones. 3 + 7 = ? → 10Prompt: Make a ten if you can.
Watch out for
- Subtracting the smaller digit from the bigger one in every column (52 − 17 = 45).
- Forgetting to add the regrouped (carried) ten.
Support and stretch
Support
- Review first: Add two-digit numbers without regrouping.
- Use concrete materials: base-ten blocks.
- Give the first step of each question, or a partly worked example to finish.
- Pair with a confident partner for the guided practice.
Stretch
- Explain a common mistake in writing and how to fix it.
- Write a word problem that uses today's skill, then solve a partner's.
Homework and more practice
Free online practice with hints and printable worksheets for this skill: eurekami.com/math/grade-2.
Free lesson plan from eurekami.com/lesson-plan-builder