Simple Addition: Learning Objectives
Simple Addition: Learning Objectives
Preschool Math
Give your students a head start in math with this lesson that teaches them how to add single-digit numbers
together using manipulatives.
Learning Objectives
Write the following vertical equations on the whiteboard 1+3= ___, 3+2= ___, and 4+2= ___.
Explain to students that addition can be done using manipulatives.
Complete the first addition problem with one manipulative in each hand.
Inform students that in order to complete the addition equation the items must be added altogether.
Ask the students to count the manipulatives repeating after you.
While holding up the manipulatives one at a time, count to four.
Inform the students that one plus three equals four.
Complete the addition problems 3+2 and 4+2 in the same way.
Differentiation
Enrichment: Give the students a worksheet without manipulatives. Evaluate if they can add doing
mental math. Allow students to add numbers higher than 5.
Support: Give the students a worksheet to count items and write the number to represent the amount of
items.