Math lesson plan · Kindergarten (Reception and Year 1 in England) · 45 minutes
Number bonds within 5 and 10
Addition and subtraction
CCSS K.OA.A.3CCSS K.OA.A.5England: Reception NumberEngland: Y1 Addition and subtraction
Objective and success criteria
Students will: Number bonds within 5 and 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: Make 10 (number bonds)
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 · 5 min
- Quick retrieval from earlier learning (Make 10 (number bonds)). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
- Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.
- Zoe has 10 pencils. 4 are in the box. How many are not in the box? → 6Prompt: The two groups together make 10.
- Nia has 10 pencils. 2 are in the box. How many are not in the box? → 8Prompt: The two groups together make 10.
- Priya has 10 pencils. 6 are in the box. How many are not in the box? → 4Prompt: The two groups together make 10.
Hook · 5 min
- Give a real shopping total or a score difference and ask for a quick estimate first.
- Share the objective: Number bonds within 5 and 10. Read the success criteria together.
I do: model it · 10 min
- Work through the example out loud, saying why you do each step, not just what you do.
- Example: 1 + __ = 10
- Step 1: 1 + 9 = 10
- Answer: 9
- Pause after each step and ask a student to say what comes next.
We do: guided practice · 10 min
- Do these together. Students try each step on whiteboards before you reveal it.
- Use the hints as prompts rather than giving the answer.
- 4 + __ = 4 → 0Prompt: Which two numbers make 4?
- Which number goes with 6 to make 9? (5 / 3 / 7 / 4) → 3Prompt: Start at 6 and count up to 9.
You do: independent practice · 10 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 8 questions are on the student sheet below, with answers in the key.
Exit ticket · 5 min
- Two questions on their own. Sort answers into got it / nearly / not yet to plan the next lesson.
- Which number goes with 4 to make 8? (5 / 4 / 3) → 4Prompt: Start at 4 and count up to 8.
- 4 + __ = 4 → 0Prompt: Which two numbers make 4?
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: Make 10 (number bonds).
- 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/kindergarten.
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