Lesson 1: Introducing Fact Families

Students will listen to and learn a poem about the three fact family bears. I will then model a fact family using the poem. Students will then use the poem to help them solve fact families on a worksheet. I will walk around and support students. A smaller group will work with Mrs. Lloyd. Students will then come back together on the rug and play a fact family game. They will need to find the other members in their fact family.

Lesson 2: Fix my Fact Family

Students will watch me solve fact families and help me correct equations where I made mistakes. I will use the poem to help support this process. I will then model expectations when solving fact families and in game center. Students will then break into centers with approximately 10-15 minutes per center:

• Teacher center: practice solving fact families with numbers in rows
• Worksheet center: practice applying fact family knowledge with numbers in a row
• Computer center: abcmath (reinforcing previous units)
• Games center: students can play a variety of fact family matching games

Lesson 3: Fact Family Houses

I will model how to make your own fact family. I will use the template and explain expectations. Students will get a cube train where they will find the numbers in their fact family. When students have solved these they will write their answers on their house template. When they have written their fact family I will give them a roof and let them decorate. Students will solve each other’s fact families by sharing out at their tables. If short on time they will come to the rug and I will pick some to share out and we will solve them as a class.

Lesson 4: Addition with Three Numbers

Addition with three numbers. Three students will model the concept using their book boxes. We will then break into centers, with 10-15 minutes per center.

• Teacher center: practice using white boards adding 3 addend addition problems.
• Worksheet center: Roll a die three times, write the equation and
• Computer center: abcmath (what they typically use)
• Games center: Students can do a matching game with math equations on one side and finding the card with the sum (like a puzzle) or addition top it with three numbers or a board game.

Lesson 5: Write Your Own Word Problem

I will model what the students will be doing, creating three-number word problems. I will use their suggestions to write one before sending them to their seats to try on their own. They will work on writing and drawing their own word problems, then write the equation as well as solve. Students will share their word problems at their tables or I will share them on the rug, depending on time.