More and More Buttons

Students use buttons to create, model, and record addition sentences. They also explore commutativity in addition contexts.

 
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More and More Buttons

Standards & Objectives

Learning objectives: 

Students will:

  • Model the addition of set.
  • Use the terms “addend” and “sum.”
  • Create addition sentences.
  • Explore the Commutative Property of Addition.
  • Identify addends and sums on an addition chart.
Essential and guiding questions: 
  1. How can you show you are joining two sets? 
  2. How many buttons are on the red side of this sheet? On the blue side? How many in all? 
  3. Which sum on the classroom chart was listed first? What addends were used to get it? 
  4. Which sum on the Sums to 10 chart was the greatest? Which pairs of addends were used to get it? 
  5. Which pairs of addends on the Sums to 10 chart were used to get 8? 5? 
  6. Look at this row. Does any other row have the same sum? Are the addends the same? 
  7. Would you get the same sum if you had two buttons on the blue side and five on the red side as you would if five were on the blue side and two were on the red side? Can you show why?

Lesson Variations

Blooms taxonomy level: 
Evaluating

References

Contributors: 
Angela Hamilton
Originator: 
Ayers Institute for Learning & Innovation