Enduring Understanding

The student will understand:

• Students will choose and apply appropriate addition and subtraction processes to real-world situations.
• Counting involves addition of one or more values to a previous number that may involve counting by many values (1, 2, 5, 10).
• Addition and subtraction are methods of combining things that can be drawn as pictures or symbols in a variety of ways.
• The relationship between addition and subtraction can be used to develop fact families.
• Sums and differences of numbers less than 20 are needed for a basic foundation to build math concepts on.
• An understanding of basic facts, place value, and regrouping are necessary for larger number addition and subtraction.
• Understanding strategies assist in the memorization and use of addition and subtraction facts.
• Estimation is a skill that is used in daily life.
• Estimation can help you decide if your exact answer makes sense.
• Patterns are repeating sequences that can be created and other everyday objects.
• An understanding of the monetary system and how to count it is necessary for real-life situations.
• Operations that involve the use of money are similar to numbers and involve a student’s knowledge of basic facts to use.
• Students will analyze and solve problems related to everyday situations.
• An understanding of problem-solving strategies (understand, plan, solve, and look back) is needed to solve problems using real-world and make-believe situations.

Essential Questions

• How does your understanding of the properties of addition and subtraction aid you in solving problems in your everyday life?
• How does an understanding of adding two numbers aid you when you add larger numbers?
• How does your understanding of shapes allow you to identify them in the real world?
• How does your understanding of place value help you to demonstrate an understanding of comparing and ordering numbers?
• How does your understanding of money help you to understand the value of money and how it is used to purchase items in the real-world?
• How does your understanding of addition and subtraction relate to the use of money?
• How does an understanding of money help you to make change for larger amounts?
• How does an understanding of estimation relate to real-world situations such as using money?
• How does your knowledge of problem-solving (understand, plan, solve, look back) help you to solve problems?
• How does your knowledge of numbers help you to understand ordinal places and odd and even numbers?

Additional Resources Needed

Students will need some materials to complete this course. The materials that you will need are:

• paper and pencil
• construction paper
• tape
• glue
• scissors
• stickers (stars, smiles, and other shapes)
• ruler
• string
• hangers
• digital camera
• Microsoft Word
• Paint program
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• index cards
• markers
• crayons or colored pencils
• dice
• paper fasteners (brads and paper clips)
• counters (unifix cubes, Base 10 blocks, or other counters)
• coins (pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, and half dollars)
• dollar bills
• Post-it Notes
• Pasta Shapes
• Paper clips
• Peanut butter, jelly, bread, and a table knife
• Dominoes
• Computer Printer
• Calculator
• Deck of playing cards
• microphone