Grade Levels: K-3

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This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP Jr. topic Adding with Regrouping, and supports the standard of fluently adding and subtracting within 100 using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction. Students demonstrate understanding through a variety of projects.

Step 1: ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

Prompt students to think about addition and subtraction strategies they use. Ask:

  • How can making ten help you add and subtract?

Step 2: BUILD KNOWLEDGE

  • Play the Adding with Regrouping movie.  
  • Click the pause button each time a question appears in Annie’s Notebook and discuss it as a class. Then play to see how Annie answers it. 

TIP: The pause button turns red to remind you to pause. 

Step 3: APPLY and ASSESS

Students take the Easy Quiz or Hard Quiz, demonstrating what they learned about the topic while applying essential literacy skills.

Step 4: DEEPEN and EXTEND

Students express what they learned about adding with regrouping while practicing essential literacy skills with one or more of the following activities. Differentiate by assigning ones that meet individual student or grade-level needs.

  • Draw About It: Draw a picture to solve the word problem.
  • Activity: Use the code to solve the riddle. 
  • Talk About It: Use regrouping to solve addition problems.
  • Write About It: Create a story problem that uses the number sentence 26 + 9 = 35.

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Addition and Subtraction Unit: Continue to build understanding of basic operations by exploring more BrainPOP Jr. topics.

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