Math lesson plan · 1st grade (Year 2 in England) · 30 minutes
Subtract multiples of ten
Addition and subtraction
CCSS 1.NBT.C.6England: Y1 Addition and subtractionEngland: Y2 Addition and subtraction
Objective and success criteria
Students will: Subtract multiples of ten.
- 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 and subtract tens
Leads to: Subtract two-digit numbers without regrouping
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 and subtract tens). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
- Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.
- 10 + 70 = ? → 80Prompt: Think in tens: 1 tens and 7 tens.
- 80 − 60 = ? → 20Prompt: Think in tens: 8 tens take away 6 tens.
- 60 − 40 = ? → 20Prompt: Think in tens: 6 tens take away 4 tens.
Hook · 3 min
- Give a real shopping total or a score difference and ask for a quick estimate first.
- Share the objective: Subtract multiples of ten. 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: Jamal had 40 cents and spent 10 cents. How many cents are left?
- Step 1: 40 − 10 = 30
- Step 2: 30
- Answer: 30
- 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.
- Mateo had 60 cents and spent 30 cents. How many cents are left? → 30Prompt: Count back in tens.
- 80 − __ = 50 → 30Prompt: How many tens were taken away?
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.
- Ava had 80 cents and spent 20 cents. How many cents are left? → 60Prompt: Count back in tens.
- 50 − __ = 30 → 20Prompt: How many tens were taken away?
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 and subtract tens.
- 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
- Move on to: Subtract two-digit numbers without regrouping.
- 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-1.
Free lesson plan from eurekami.com/lesson-plan-builder