Adding

it All Up
First Grade, Second Grade Math 50 minutes
Standards: 2.OA.1, 2.NBT.5

by Yolanda Swain September 10, 2015

In this lesson, students will learn how to add a one-digit number to a two-digit number. This will
help students build upon the skills needed for regrouping larger numbers.

Learning Objectives
Students will be able to add a one-digit number to a two-digit number.

Materials and Preparation Key Terms:
Base-ten blocks (4 tens rods, 20 unit cubes per student) regrouping
Index card or half-sheet paper (1 per student)
Construction paper (2 sheets)
Addition worksheet

Attachments

PDF

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Lesson
Introduction (5 minutes)
Ask two volunteers to come to the front of the classroom.
Give one student a two-digit number. Give the other student a one digit number. Instruct the
students to use base-ten blocks to add their numbers together.
Have the rest of the class use base-ten blocks to model the addition problem at their desks.
Ask students to share some information. Great questions include: What is the sum of your
addition problem? What strategies did you use to find the sum?
Tell students that today we're going to add two-digit numbers.

Explicit Instruction/Teacher Modeling (10 minutes)

Write the following problem on the board: Tess raked 18 leaves on Monday. She raked 7
leaves on Friday. How many leaves did she rake in all?
Ask students to read the problem aloud with you.
Guide students in using base-ten blocks to show 7 and 18.
Explain to students that when adding a two-digit number, add the ones first. Then add the
tens.
Ask students how many ones there are total.
Show students how to make a group of 10 ones, by connecting ten cubes together. Instruct
them to trade these ten blocks for 1 ten.
Discuss the term regrouping. Define regrouping as the process of changing groups of
ones into tens to make adding and subtracting easier.
Once you've made a ten from the ones, count the number of ones that are leftover.
Ask students how many tens and ones are there now.
Have students write a number sentence to solve the problem.
Repeat steps using two different numbers.

Guided Practice/Interactive Modeling (10 minutes)

Write the following problems on the board:
27 33 19 24
+ 7 + 8 + 3 + 5

Give each student an index card or half-sheet of paper.

Work through the steps together to complete the problems.
Remind students that a number line can also be used to help add.

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Independent Working Time (15 minutes)
Have students complete the problems on the Addition sheet independently.

Extend
Differentiation
Enrichment: Challenge advanced students to complete the problems without
manipulatives.
Support: Encourage struggling students to continue using manipulatives to add, or to draw
a picture to demonstrate how they can regroup.

Review
Assessment (5 minutes)
Tell students to turn their index card or half-sheet over, to complete a problem on the back.
Ask them to find the sum for 17 + 6, and draw or write to explain how they found it.

Review and Closing (5 minutes)

Review effective strategies for adding one-digit and two-digit numbers, including the
definition for regrouping.

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