Lesson Plan: Comparing Addition Sentences Mathematics • First Year of Primary School
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to compare two addition sentences with sums up to 10 by modeling and comparing the parts.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- compare two addition sentences using the terms more than, less than, and equal to,
- compare two addition sentences using the symbols , , and =,
- decide when it is possible to compare without calculating.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- adding within 10,
- using addition to find a given total with a different addend,
- the symbols , , and =.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- addition sentences with more than two addends,
- addition sentences with missing numbers.
