Design Topic: AdditionWhole Number Operations Subject(s): Math Grade(s): 1st Designer(s): Cameo Roman

DESIRED RESULTS

Unit Title: Addition

Established Goals: The student will recall basic addition facts with sums to 18 or less. The student
will create and solve one-step story and picture problems using basic addition facts with sums to 18
or less (Virginia Standards of Learning, Grade 1, Math 1.5 and 1.6).

Understandings: Students will understand Essential Questions:

that How do we solve addition
Addition means bringing two numbers problems/sentences?
(parts) together to get the whole number. What is the purpose of the equal sign?
There are many strategies to help solve What does the plus sign mean?
addition problems. Why is it important to know different
Addition problems can be in various addition strategies?
forms.

Students will know: Students will be able to:

That the two parts in an addition equation
are called the addend.
That adding two numbers together
creates a sum.
That the plus sign indicates that it is an
addition problem.
That the equal sign indicates that the left
side is equivalent to the right side.
That the sum when adding a number to
zero is still the same number.
Add two numbers together to get the
sum.
Recall what the different parts of an
addition equation are (addend, plus sign,
equal sign, and sum).
Solve various forms of addition problems
(picture, word, story, vertical, horizontal).
Create addition problems when given the
sum.
Write addition problems accurately.
Solve addition problems with a variety of
strategies (counting on, number line, flip
flop).

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Source: Understanding by Design, Unit Design Planning Template (Wiggins/McTighe 2005)
Design Topic: AdditionWhole Number Operations Subject(s): Math Grade(s): 1st Designer(s): Cameo Roman

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Source: Understanding by Design, Unit Design Planning Template (Wiggins/McTighe 2005)