Lesson Plan
Taking Away Sets by Illuminations
Subject
Mathematics (NYS P-12 Common Core)
Grade Levels
Elementary, Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade
Description
This lesson encourages students to explore another model for subtraction, the familiar set model. Reading one of the many books that feature subtraction set the stage for this lesson in which the students write story problems, find differences using sets, and present results in a table. In the discussion of the table, they focus on the effects of subtracting all and subtracting 0.
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Taking Away Sets
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Content Provider
Illuminations
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