Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Popping Balloons

Subject Area

Mathematics

Grade(s)

K

Overview

Educators can support the development of fluency to 10 by utilizing a problem-based approach. This task introduces students to a problem utilizing a short video clip of balloons being popped. Students are then tasked with analyzing the video and utilizing the information gained to determine how many balloons are remaining, taking into consideration the number of balloons they started with and the number of balloons that were popped. This resource supports the development of fluency through context and purposeful practice. This resource could be used as a formative assessment task for assessing fluency to 10 or as a whole-group engagement activity at the start of a math lesson.

    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.

    Unpacked Content

    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.
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    Learning Activity

    Resource Provider

    GFletchy
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