Solving Problems Using Numbers 1-10

1. Day 1: Teacher will begin by placing a problem of the day up on the board.
Problem of the day: Jake made 3 cookies. Sage made 4 more cookies. How many cookies do they have altogether? 
The teacher will read through the problem of the day with the students as a class. They will then direct them how to begin solving the problem. Students will work through the problem independently and must show their work using illustrations and writing their final answer on the page. (give students 5-10 minutes)

2. Once the time is up, the teacher will go over the problem together with the class and ask students different ways they went about solving the problem.
3. After the teacher has gone over the problem of the day, the students will break off into centers. Students will work in each center for about 15 minutes and then switch to the other center.

Center 1: Students will be given number cards with 0-10 on them. Students will choose a card from the deck and use the building blocks to represent that number. They will choose another card from the deck and do the same thing. The students will count how many blocks they have all together to figure out the answer.
 
Center 2: Students will be given a sheet with three different ways to show how to solve the problems given. The first line the students will use cubes to show how they solved it. The second line they will draw an illustration. The third line students will create another way on their own to solve the problem. (these will be for addition) Note:**teacher will provide students will more than one chart and will give them number cards with addition problems on them**
 
4. Day 2: Teacher will begin by placing a problem of the day up on the board.
Problem of the day: Susie has 8 lollipops. She gives Zach 3 of her lollipops. How many lollipops does Susie have now? 
The teacher will read through the problem of the day with the students as a class. They will then direct them how to begin solving the problem. Students will work through the problem independently and must show their work using illustrations and writing their final answer on the page. (give students 5-10 minutes)

5. Once the time is up, the teacher will go over the problem together with the class and ask the students different ways they went about solving the problem.

6. After the teacher has gone over the problem of the day, the students will break off into centers. Students will work in each center for about 15 minutes then switch to the other center.

Center 1: Students will be given number cards with 0-10 on them. Students will choose a card from the deck and use the building blocks to represent that number. They will choose another card from the deck and take away that many blocks from the previous number. The students will then count how many blocks they have left to figure out the answer.
 
Center 2: Students will be given a sheet with three different ways to show how to solve the problems given. The first line the students will use cubes to show how they solved it. The second line they will draw an illustration. The third line students will create another way on their own to solve the problem. (these will be for subtraction) Note:**teacher will provide students will more than one chart and will give them number cards with subtraction problems on them**

Differentiation: Begin with values up to 5. Work heavily with manipulatives counted out by the student. Record numerically what the student is counting.

Extension: Extend problems to include values greater than 10.

The students will be assessed on how they solved the problem of the day when given the time to work independently. They will also be assessed by the work they they do in their centers.