Addition and Subtraction Fact Families Lesson Plan: Family Reunion

Grade Levels: K-3

In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 2-3, students watch the BrainPOP Jr. movie Addition and Subtraction Fact Families and explore related resources to learn about the relationship of numbers in a fact family through the operations of addition and subtraction. Students then play a game where the object is to find all the members of their fact family.

Lesson Plan Common Core State Standards Alignments

Grade: 01

CCSS.Math.Content.1.OA.C.5

Relate counting to addition and subtraction (e.g., by counting on 2 to add 2).

Grade: 01

CCSS.Math.Content.1.OA.C.6

Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10. Use strategies such as counting on; making ten (e.g., 8 + 6 = 8 + 2 + 4 = 10 + 4 = 14); decomposing a number leading to a ten (e.g., 13 – 4 = 13 – 3 – 1 = 10 – 1 = 9); using the relationship between addition and subtraction (e.g., knowing that 8 + 4 = 12, one knows 12 – 8 = 4); and creating equivalent but easier or known sums (e.g., adding 6 + 7 by creating the known equivalent 6 + 6 + 1 = 12 + 1 = 13).

Grade: 02

CCSS.Math.Content.2.OA.B.2

Fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies.2 By end of Grade 2, know from memory all sums of two one-digit numbers.

Grade: K

CCSS.Math.Content.K.OA.A.3

Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each decomposition by a drawing or equation (e.g., 5 = 2 + 3 and 5 = 4 + 1).

Students will:

Watch the BrainPOP Jr. movie Addition and Subtraction Fact Families.
Brainstorm how knowing fact families can help them calculate quickly.
Play a game in which they must find all members of a fact family.
Create a fact family triangle.

Materials:

Internet access for BrainPOP
Interactive whiteboard
Index cards

Preparation:

Preview the movie Addition and Subtraction Fact Families to plan for any adaptations

Write out sets of addition/subtraction fact families on index cards with one number sentence per card so there are enough for the whole class. For example, 2 + 4 = 6; 4 + 2 = 6; 6 - 4 = 2; 6 - 2 = 4)

Lesson Procedure:

Write the following two number sentences on the board: 2 + 4 = 6; 4 + 2 = 6. Ask students what they notice? They should notice that both sentences include the same numbers. They may also observe that the order of the two numbers you’re adding doesn’t matter--that they either way the sum is 6.
Now add these two sentences to the board: 6 - 4 = 2; 6 - 2 = 4. Again, ask students what they notice. They should observe that both sentences include the same numbers and that both begin with 6.
Finally ask them to look at all four sentences together. What do they notice? Help them recognize that all four statements include just the numbers 2, 4, and 6. Explain that these are a fact family.
Tell students that today they will learn about fact families and then play a game where they reunite facts from the same family. Play the BrainPOP Jr. movie Addition and Subtraction Fact Families on the whiteboard for the whole class. Pause as needed to reinforce student understanding of key concepts and vocabulary.
After the movie, distribute a fact family card (see Preparation) to each student. Tell students that they need to find the rest of their family for a family reunion! Allow students time to walk around the classroom finding the other three facts that make up their family.
Finally, invite each family to review their facts and then present themselves to the rest of the class. If time allows, challenge them to put the numbers that make up their fact family on a fact family triangle.
Conclude the lesson by challenging students to the Easy or Hard Quiz to assess their understanding.

Filed as: Addition and Subtraction Fact Families, BrainPOP Jr., CCSS.Math.Content.1.OA.C.5, CCSS.Math.Content.1.OA.C.6, CCSS.Math.Content.2.OA.B.2, CCSS.Math.Content.K.OA.A.3, K-3