Sesame Street: The Addition Expedition

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Mathematics

Grade(s)

K

Overview

In this video, LL Cool J and Elmo are headed on an addition expedition. They count and add the different birds singing in the bushes. Then they find two frogs and two rabbits hopping, making four total animals hopping. This song focuses on addition and counting skills.

Mathematics (2019) Grade(s): KG

MA19.K.8

Represent addition and subtraction up to 10 with concrete objects, fingers, pennies, mental images, drawings, claps or other sounds, acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, or equations.

UP:MA19.K.8

Vocabulary

  • Expression
  • Equation

Knowledge

Students know:
  • how to represent addition and subtraction using models, pictures or symbolic representations.
  • how to explain representations of quantities.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Represent quantities and operations physically, pictorially, or symbolically.
  • Use informational and mathematical language to communicate the connections among addition and subtraction.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • both putting together and adding to can be viewed as addition.
  • both taking apart and taking from can be viewed as subtraction.

CR Resource Type

Audio/Video

Resource Provider

PBS

License Type

Custom
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