Getting to Ten

Students explore subtracting by breaking apart the subtrahend and subtracting in parts leading to a ten.

By Amplify Classroom

Grades: 1st Grade

Subject: Math

Learning goals: Today’s Goals • Find the difference when the subtrahend is greater than the number of ones in the teen-number minuend. • Language Goal: Explain a strategy involving decomposing the subtrahend to lead to a ten. (Speaking and Listening) Materials Manipulative Kit: connecting cubes (optional), double `10`-frames (optional), two-color counters (optional)