Acting out Addition Problems

Materials/Equipment: Blocks, baggies with

Curriculum Integration:

block and Math problem, addition number line

worksheet

Math
Theatre

Reading
Writing

Differentiated Learning:
Auditory
Kinesthetic
Verbal/Linguistic
Intrapersonal

Visual/Spatial
Logical/Math
Musical
Interpersonal

TEKS Achieved: (Include all TEKS and

ELPS labeled, numbered, and summarized.)

Lead4ward Teks snapshot K.4

Model and create addition
problems in real situations using
concrete objects

Blooms Taxonomy:

Knowledge/Remember
Analysis
Comprehension/Understand Evaluate
Application
Create

Classroom Strategies:

Cooperative Groups
Hands-On
Technology
Independent Activities Simulation
Problem Solving
Whole-group
Peer tutoring
Pairing

Submitted by: Aleena Henriquez

Grade Level: Kindergarten

Subject: Math

Rationale: The student will solve addition problems using manipulatives.

Objectives:

(Statements about what the children will do, written out as the student will. Include objectives for your chosen content
area(s). Refer to the TEKS and ELPS. The number of objectives should meet the number of TEKS and ELPS)

TSW act out addition problems using blocks

TSW demonstrate their understanding of addition using a number line

Lesson Plan:

Introduction: (Anticipatory Set/Motivation): I will tell the students that we will keep reviewing addition and that
we will be using blocks and we will be acting out the Math problem with our friends.
Process:
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I will bring two students to the front. I will explain that I will be the storyteller and my two friends will be
the actors. I will give one student 4 blocks and then give the other student 2 blocks. Then I will say, my
first friend has 4 blocks and my other friend has 2 blocks. Then I will say, Friend one has 4 blocks, then
friend 2 gives friend one 2 more blocks. How many blocks does our first friend have now?
Then I will tell them they are going to practice with me and I will pass out 5 blocks to each student.
Then I will put the students in groups of two and they will be acting out the problem 2+3 with me.
Then I will tell them that one person will have to have 2 blocks and the other person will have to have 3
blocks. Then in order to show they are adding 2 blocks the person that has 2 blocks will have to give it to
the person that has 3 blocks. Then we will act it out together by having them pass their blocks to their
partner and then I will ask them how many blocks does their partner have now?
Then I will tell the students that they will be acting out a problem using blocks with their classmates. I will
explain to them that they will need a storyteller who will be saying the addition problem and two actors to
demonstrate it using their blocks.
Then I will put the students in groups of three and I will pass out baggies where there will be a problem on
a piece of paper and blocks for them to show an act out the math problem with their group.
Then I will give them a minute to decide who will be the storyteller and two actors and practice how they
are going to act out and show their addition problem. Then each group will come up and show the class.
After the students have acted out their addition problem they will go back to their desks.

9. Then the students will complete a Addition number line worksheet. If they finish early they will have an
extra fish addition worksheet to work on.
Information Giving: How to add using blocks and acting out the Math problem
Modeling: How to show your work in Math using blocks and acting out the addition problem
Check for Understanding: The Addition number line worksheets
Guided Practice: Showing the students how to act out the addition problem using blocks
Independent Practice: the students will be working on the Addition number line worksheet independently at their desks.
Closure/Culminating Activity: Students will be coming to the front of the classroom to act out the Addition problem they were
assigned.

Enrichment/Extension:

http://www.abcya.com/addition.htm
Students will be able to get on the computer and play this math addition game.
Accommodations:
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(what YOU will do to modify your lesson)

(for a child with special needs) Set a certain number of problems to complete and check before student continues working.
(for a student that is an ELL) Extended time on an assignment.

Assessment/Evaluation:

(State your method of evaluating whether or not the students learned the concepts or skills listed in your
objectives above. State WHAT you will assess and HOW you will assess.) Self-Assessment on how the lesson was presented by you and
perceived by the students

My assessment will be the Addition number lines worksheet. I am using the number line worksheet
as my independent practice and assessment because the students needed practice using the number
line. The students will have to show their addition using a number line. The students will each get a
unique worksheet. I have differentiated the number line worksheet to have problems that are at each
of the students level. There are four groups; the first group will have addition problems from 0-10, the
second group 11-20, the third group 21-30, and the fourth group 31-40.