Math lesson plan · 1st grade (Year 2 in England) · 30 minutes
Fact families within 20
Addition and subtraction
CCSS 1.OA.B.4CCSS 1.OA.C.6England: Y1 Addition and subtractionEngland: Y2 Addition and subtraction
Objective and success criteria
Students will: Fact families within 20.
- 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: Subtract by thinking of an addition
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 (Subtract by thinking of an addition). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
- Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.
- 5 + 2 = 7. Use this to find 7 − 5. → 2Prompt: 5 and what make 7?
- To work out 18 − 9, think: 9 + __ = 18 → 9Prompt: Count up from 9 to 18.
- Which addition helps you work out 12 − 4? (8 + 12 = 20 / 4 + 8 = 12 / 12 + 4 = 16 / 4 + 4 = 8) → 4 + 8 = 12Prompt: The helpful addition uses the same three numbers.
Hook · 3 min
- Give a real shopping total or a score difference and ask for a quick estimate first.
- Share the objective: Fact families within 20. 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: 4 + 3 = 7 is in a fact family. Complete another fact: 3 + 4 = __
- Step 1: 3 + 4 = 7
- Answer: 7
- 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.
- 3 + 4 = 7 is in a fact family. Complete another fact: 4 + 3 = __ → 7Prompt: The family uses the numbers 3, 4 and 7.
- Which fact belongs to the same family as 3 + 8 = 11? (11 − 3 = 8 / 11 − 3 = 9 / 4 + 8 = 12 / 11 + 3 = 14) → 11 − 3 = 8Prompt: A family only uses 3, 8 and 11.
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.
- A fact family uses 8, 5 and one more number. Two facts are 8 + 5 = ? and ? − 5 = 8. What is the missing number? → 13Prompt: The missing number is the whole.
- Which fact belongs to the same family as 5 + 4 = 9? (9 − 5 = 5 / 6 + 4 = 10 / 9 + 5 = 14 / 9 − 5 = 4) → 9 − 5 = 4Prompt: A family only uses 5, 4 and 9.
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: Subtract by thinking of an addition.
- 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-1.
Free lesson plan from eurekami.com/lesson-plan-builder