Learning Goals
Students will be able to model garden addition stories with objects, drawings, and equations to show totals within 20.
Students will be able to solve single-digit addition problems within 20 using counting, combining sets, and related strategies.
Students will be able to explain how their garden model matches an addition story using math words such as add, total, altogether, more, and how many.
Students will be able to compare different ways to show the same addition problem and notice that each method leads to the same total.
Students will be able to revise their addition work based on teacher and peer feedback during check-ins.
Students will be able to collaborate to create and publish a class garden story book page that shows an addition solution.
Products
Garden Addition Investigation Notebook
Each student completes an investigation notebook with one or more garden story pages showing the question, materials used, drawings or objects, equation, and a short oral or teacher-recorded explanation. This notebook proves individual mastery of modeling and solving addition stories and explaining the math using classroom language.
Class Garden Story Book and Gallery Walk Investigation Report
Small teams contribute pages and evidence to a shared class garden story book and present findings during the gallery walk. The report or presentation synthesizes individual models into shared conclusions, explains why the methods worked, and names any surprising or different results.
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