Kalie Lang, Melanie Kriksciun, Laura Butler

Math CAMMP

Modules

Task Analysis for Addition of Whole Numbers

First Grade

Monday: Understanding of the addition operation—action language; Addition of one digit by one digit (basic facts to ten)

Tuesday: Addition of two digits by one digit (without regrouping)

Wednesday: Addition of two digits by one digit (without regrouping)

Thursday: Addition of two digits by one digit (with regrouping)

Friday: Addition of two digits by one digit (with regrouping)

Day 6: Addition of two digits by one digit, expanded form (without regrouping)

Day 1

CAMMP 2002

College of Education

Reading and Elementary Education

Names: Laura Butler, Melanie Kriksciun, and Kalie Lang

Integrated, Thematic Problem Solving Unit: Wild About Math (Safari)

Grade Level: 1st

Arithmetic Topic (operation): Addition

HIERARCHY STEP #: Understanding of the addition operation—action language; addition of one digit by one digit (basic facts to 10).

THEME PROBLEM #: One growing baby elephant named Max is hungry. Max’s mom gives him 3 noodles to eat as a snack. Max is still hungry so his mom gives him 4 more noodles to eat. How many noodles did Max eat in total?

*SW make a necklace using noodles (as the concrete manipulative) to help them solve word problems.

Summary Table

Action Language: JOINED WITH

Open Number Sentence: 3 + 4 = ?

Manipulatives: Noodles (concrete; one-to-one correspondance)

Quantitative Solution: 7

Referential Meaning: Noodles

CONCRETE MANIPULATIVE: Noodles

REPRESENTATIONAL MANIPULATIVE: N/A

TRANSITIONAL ACTIVITIES: Counting addition game (

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STUDENT PROBLEMS

1. There are 4 baby elephants and 5 adult elephants in the family. How many total family members are there?

2. Today while I was sitting in the animal hospital, I saw 3 baby elephants, 3 momma elephants, 5 baby rhinos and 5 momma rhinos. How many total elephants did I see at the animal hospital?

3. During the William’s family Safari adventure, they drove their safari jeep to all the sections of the wild. They saw a total of 5 elephants in one family and a total of 3 elephants in the other family. How many elephants did the William’s see on their Safari adventure?

4. There were 6 elephants at the water hole. 3 more elephants walk over to the water hole. How many elephants are at the water hole?

5. My brother decided to have a safari theme birthday party. My brother invited both boys and girls to the party, so we made 7 girl elephant hats, 2 boy grey elephant hats, 8 green tiger hats, and 4 pink tiger hats. How many elephant hats did we make?

6. For my brother’s safari theme party, he decided that he wanted elephant cupcakes instead of a cake. He also wanted the cupcakes to be chocolate and strawberry flavor. 2 kids at the party had chocolate cupcakes and 6 kids at the party had chocolate. How many cupcakes were eaten at the party?

7. During lunchtime in Miss. Lynches class, the students got to choose what kind and color safari animal they wanted to be for field day. 9 students wanted to be black elephants, 1 student wanted to be a green elephant, 4 students wanted to be a yellow monkey, and 9 students wanted to be a rainbow monkey. How many students in Miss. Lynches class wanted to be an elephant?

8. In the herd of elephants there are 4 girl elephants and 3 boy elephants. How many elephants are in the herd?

STUDENT ANSWER KEY:

1.Quantitative Meaning: 9