Lesson Plan

A Bobbie Bear's Buttons

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Young mathematicians help Bobbie Bear pick colored buttons out of a box as they learn how to decompose numbers less than 10 into pairs of smaller numbers. To support students with the process, consider creating a worksheet or graphic organizer for recording the different ways they find to break apart numbers. A fun whole-group activity that offers learners of all abilities a chance to strengthen their number sense.

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CCSS: Designed
Pros
  • Lesson includes ideas for extending learning about decomposing numbers
  • Children are allowed to act out the described situation, offering support as they learn how to break numbers into smaller pairs
Cons
  • A set of colored objects is required to model the situation described in the lesson
Common Core