Bumblebee Subtraction

Rationale:
The reason for teaching this lesson is to give students some
more practice in coming up with their own subtraction problems,
and creating subtraction number sentences.
Standards:
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.OA.A.1
Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental
images, drawings1, sounds (e.g., claps), acting out situations, verbal
explanations, expressions, or equations.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.OA.A.2
Solve addition and subtraction word problems, and add and subtract
within 10, e.g., by using objects or drawings to represent the problem.
Objectives:
Students will be able to create a subtraction problem and
represent it with a number sentence.
Materials:
Bumblebee Stencil
Black construction paper for stripes
Glue
Pencil
Worksheet with number sentence
Procedure:
Model for the students what they will be doing for the day while
they are at the carpet. Explain to the students that you have a
Bumblebee that lost some of its stripes, and that you are going
to figure out how many he has left.
First, the students will cut out their bumblebee and glue it to the
paper that has sentences at the end.
Second, the students will be given black construction paper and
they will have to glue on however many stripes they want on the
bee. They will also have to put some stripes underneath the bee
at the bottom of the paper.
Once the students finish this, they will have to fill in the blanks in
this sentence. ___________s bumblebee had _______ stripes.
_______ fell off. How many stripes does the bumblebee have left?
________ - ________ = ________