Math lesson plan · Kindergarten (Reception and Year 1 in England) · 30 minutes
Subtract by jumping back on a number line (to 10)
Addition and subtraction
CCSS K.OA.A.2CCSS K.OA.A.5England: Reception NumberEngland: Y1 Addition and subtraction
Objective and success criteria
Students will: Subtract by jumping back on a number line (to 10).
- 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 by jumping along a number line (to 10); Count back from 10 and from 20
Leads to: Add and subtract on a number line to 20
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 by jumping along a number line (to 10); Count back from 10 and from 20). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
- Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.
- Count back: 4, 3, 2, __ → 1Prompt: Counting back, each number is one less.
- Count back: 7, 6, 5, __ → 4Prompt: Counting back, each number is one less.
- Count back: 9, 8, 7, __ → 6Prompt: Counting back, each number is one less.
Hook · 3 min
- Give a real shopping total or a score difference and ask for a quick estimate first.
- Share the objective: Subtract by jumping back on a number line (to 10). 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.
- Model one question from the student sheet, thinking aloud.
- 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.
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.
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 by jumping along a number line (to 10).
- 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: Add and subtract on a number line to 20.
- 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/kindergarten.
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