Conceptual Math Lesson
Conceptual Math Lesson
Central Focus
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Goals
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place of bending over and standing up.
Use of iPad or TA while completing
Practice Sheet and Exit Ticket
Seated close to the teacher during the
read aloud
Decomposing the number 10 and creating number bonds with all of the decompositions.
Goal: Students will learn how to add to, take away from, put together, and take apart the number 10 by using objects,
drawings, and equations.
Objectives: Students will correctly determine all decompositions equal to ten and be able to reproduce all the number pairs as
number bonds.
Common Core Content Standard (same as goals)
Content Standards/Objectives
Decomposition of ten
Vocabulary/Concepts/Language
Rationale
Students will build on their prior knowledge of decomposing number up to 9 to understand the decompositions of the number
10. They will further their understanding of addition through the use of Rekenrek bracelets and grouping of ones to create a
Rationale
Essential Questions
(Focus Questions)
Students will build on their prior knowledge of decomposing number up to 9 to understand the decompositions of the number
10. They will further their understanding of addition through the use of Rekenrek bracelets and grouping of ones to create a
larger number. These skills will allow students to successfully begin adding and decomposing larger numbers.
What are the different ways in which 10 can be decomposed? What are the number families for the number 10?
Assessments:
Formative
Formative
Teacher will:
Instruct the students to
count from 0 to 20 and
to touch the floor on
odd numbers and stand
up on even numbers.
Repeat procedure while
counting silently or
whispering.
Present problem to
students on the Smart
Board and ask the
students to draw a
picture, a number bond,
and a number sentence
to show the answer:
Tom received 9 stickers
Students will:
Count from 0 to 20 and
touch the floor on odd
numbers and stand up
for even numbers.
at school. He received 5
of them in the morning.
How many did he
receive in the
afternoon?
Read aloud Math
Fables: Lessons that
Count by Gregory Tang
to reinforce the idea of
decomposing numbers
Ask the students to
Turn and Talk with a
partner regarding things
that come in groups of
10 (fingers, toes, dimes
in a dollar, etc.)
Tell them that they are
going to make bracelets
that will help them
decompose the number
10; these are called
Rekenrek bracelets.
Provide students with
materials to make
individual Rekenrek
bracelets and show
them how to make
them.
Show students a picture
of children on a
playground and ask
them to Turn and Talk
and discuss how they
see the children in the
picture.
Circulate through the
students and observe
Receive bracelet
materials from teacher
and follow instruction
on how to make an
individual bracelet.
Independent
Practice/Exploration of
Concepts
10 minutes
Lesson strategy with step-by-step
performance measures or sub tasks.
Practice/implement skills;
cooperative learning; group work,
etc.
Closure
15 minutes
Steps for ending the lesson,
summarizing the key points learned,
engaging students in reflecting on
their learning, and orienting them to
future learning. This step is present in
every lesson, even those extending
over several days or class periods.
Share understanding of the concepts
(journal, verbal share-out, exit slips,
etc)