Grade: 2
Subject: Addition
Day/Topic
Warm up & fluency practice
(3-5 minutes)
Activity
(10 minutes)
Closing
(3-5 minutes)
Day 1: Concrete
Cover Copy Compare with single digit addition
Numeracy Project Addition Strategies
Base 10 blocks
Adding two digits with no regrouping
Adding two digits with regrouping
Look at Addition Strategies
Doubles
Friendly Numbers
Numeracy Project: Addition and Subtraction Strategies Reference Document
Exit Question:
What happens when you have more than 9 of one kind of block?
Look for an explanation of how 10 of one type of block will create the next size block so we can use those 10 to create a new bigger block.
Day 2: Representational (Pictorial)
Base 10 block practice with 1-2 questions (task cards)
Numeracy Project Addition Strategies
Number line
Look at some addition strategies
Partial Sums
Friendlier Numbers
Exit Question:
How would you solve:
43 + 36
57 + 17
Look for use of strategies – using a number line, partial sums, doubles.
Day 3: Abstract (Symbolic)
Numeracy Project Addition Strategies
Look at composing and decomposing numbers
Talk through different strategies to solve questions
Exit Question:
25 + 6 : How could you take one of these numbers apart to make the addition easier?
19 + 27: How would you add these numbers?
Day 4: Concrete
Numeracy Project Addition Problem Structure
Use counters or tens frames to work on solving given problems
Numeracy Project: Addition and Subtraction Problem Structures Reference Document
Join – Initial Amount
Compare – Smaller amount
Exit Question:
Can you set up this question with counter/in a ten frame.
Julia had 7 pencils, she found some more on the floor and now she had 13 pencils. How many pencils did she find?
Day 5: Representational (Pictorial)
Exit Question:
Sam had 14 socks and his mom bought him some more, now he has 22 socks. How many socks did she buy?
What is the question asking us?
Do we have enough information?
How would you start?
Day 6: Abstract (Symbolic)
Number Talk (from Numeracy Project)
Andy has 3 more rocks than Jesse. Andy has 9 rocks. How many rocks does Jesse have?