Santa Ana Unified School District Common Core Unit Planner-Mathematics

Unit Title: Adding and Subtracting

Grade Kindergartner Time Frame: 75 Minutes per week
Level/Course:
Big Idea Recognizing numbers 1- 20 and adding and subtracting from numbers 1-10 using objects.
(Enduring
Understandings):
Essential
Questions:
Instructional Activities: Activities/Tasks

Units have many types of lessons that have different purposes

Purpose: Engage students, Sequence of problems, activities, purpose to Different students work on different things,
spark curiosity, “hook” and develop specific concepts, designed to goals of both moving from a fragile to robust
necessitate scaffold, outcome is a delicate (fragile) understanding via a variety on problems
understanding

INTRO CONCEPT CONCEPT CONCEPT GETTING GETTING FORMATIVE ROBUST AND

LESSON LESSON LESSON LESSON PRECISE GENERAL ASSESSMENT DIFFERENTIATION
LESSON LESSON LESSON LESSONS

ROBUST AND
DIFFERENTIATION
LESSONS
Purpose: attend to precision, pin down Purpose: use concepts
definitions, conventions, symbolism cross contexts, SUMMATIVE
generalize via variables ASSESSMENT
and parameters and LESSON
different types of
numbers, operations,
Designing for Opportunities for Standards for Mathematical Practice happen at the Unit Level
From: Bill McCallum, Ph.D., University of Arizona functions, structures

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21st Century Learning and Innovation:
Skills:
x Critical Thinking & Problem Solving x Communication & Collaboration Creativity & Innovation
Information, Media and Technology:
x Online Tools Software Hardware
Essential Tier II: Tier III:
Academic
Language:

What pre-assessment will be given? How will pre-assessment guide instruction?

I will give a small quiz to see where student stand on math. It will allow me to see what the students know and what we can work
on. Specially because some student may have attended preschool.

Standards Assessment of Standards (include formative and summative)

Common Core Learning Standards Taught and Assessed (include
one or more standards for one or more of the areas below. Please
write out the complete text for the standard(s) you include.)
Adding And subtraction problem and recognizing the numbers.
What assessment(s) will be utilized for this What does the
unit? I will begin with a number worksheet to assessment tell us?
observe if they know numbers 1 to 10, If they What the student
do, I will do and addition and subtraction knows and need
assessments. work with.

Opportunities for listening, speaking, reading, writing, and

thinking (Cite Literacy Standards (as applicable):
This will give them an opportunity for better their thinking
and numbers recognition. It will introduce them to problem
solving using object and fingers.

Standards of (Check all that apply) Opportunities for Observable Data (How will students
Mathematical x 1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving demonstrate these Mathematical Practices?)
Practice: them. Students will have homework that will sow me if they
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 2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively. understood the lesson. If they can do them on their own. I
3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning will incorporate ST Math and manage what level and their
of others. understanding.
x 4. Model with mathematics.
x 5. Use appropriate tools strategically.
x 6. Attend to precision.
7. Look for and make use of structure.
x 8. Look for and express regularity in repeated
reasoning.
Resources/ Text(s) Titles: Math Book
Materials:
Mathematical Tools: Small block, cotton balls

Media/Technology: ST Math

Supplementary Materials: Worksheets, Quizzes and group projects

Interdisciplinary Cite several interdisciplinary or cross-content connections made in this unit of study (i.e. literature, science, social
Connections: studies, art, etc.)

Differentiated Based on desired student outcomes, what instructional
Instruction: variation will be used to address the needs of English
Learners by language proficiency level?
If we do word problems, we will do group project for
student to help each other or one on one interaction
with me if I observe they need extra help.
Based on desired student outcomes, what instructional
variation will be used to address the needs of students
with special needs, including gifted and talented?
Special Needs- I will have Zoom hours after school and
before school as well as in classroom for students to get
help individually.

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