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Addition using the Commutative Property Bundle

1st Grade • Lesson Plan Bundle
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Subject: Math, Operations and Algebraic Thinking

Type: Lesson Plan Bundle

Skills: Apply properties of operations as strategies to add and subtract.2 Examples: If 8 + 3 = 11 is known, then 3 + 8 = 11 is also known. (Commutative property of addition.)

Materials Needed: blank paper and construction paper at least 8 ½" by 11" (1 per student), pencils & crayons/colored pencils, 3 cups or containers (label cups "=," "Addend #1," and "Addend #2), counters or small counting items like small blocks, paper clips, or beads, manipulatives: dice (2 per student), unifix cubes, and dominoes, and a document camera or whiteboard

Printable Resources:

  • "Number Cards" (1 copy)
  • "Flip-flop Facts" (1 per student) (1 for display)
  • "Building Flip-flop Facts" (1 copy per student) (1 for display)
  • "Spinning Dominoes" (1 copy per student) (1 for display)
  • "Roll and Flip" (1 copy per student) (1 for display)
  • "Commutative Property" poster (1 copy for display)

CCSS: 1.OA.3

File Type: PDF Document

Lesson Plan Description

First Grade bundle of math lesson plans containing 2 separate segments (60 minutes each) addressing Operations and Algebraic Thinking: addition using the commutative property (OA.3). These lessons include: an introduction to the commutative property using the concept of “flip-flop” facts, whole class activity, whole class demonstration with objects, independent practice of skill, and 3 games to reinforce and practice addition using the commutative property.

  • Segment 1: students will show the commutative property or “flip-flop facts” through objects and numbers, explain how the commutative property or “flip-flop facts” works, and use the words addends and sum when describing the commutative property.
  • Segment 2: using the 3 games: ” Building Flip-flop Facts,” “Spinning Dominoes,” and “Roll and Flip” students will show the commutative property or “flip-flop facts” through objects and numbers.

These lessons can be taught over the span of a half day or you can use the lessons independently, broken up over several days.