Title – “How many fish in the fishbowl?”

By – Jennifer Delano

Primary Subject – Math

Grade Level – 1-3

Note from LessonPlansPage.com:

For this lesson you will need to create an example transparency and picture worksheet of a fish bowl with yellow, red, blue, and green fish.

Name of Unit or Concept: Ocean/Math

Lesson and/or Activity: “How many fish in the fishbowl?”

TEKS: 1.5 (C) Identify patterns in related addition and subtraction sentences. Examples: 2+3=5, 3+2=5

Learning Objective(s): After going over 5 “topsy turvey” (commutative property of addition) examples as a class, the learner will be able to complete the worksheet within 15 minutes.

List of Materials Needed:

1. “How many fish in the fishbowl?” worksheets

2. Overhead transparency (Math problems)

3. Overhead Markers

Pre-Activity Preparation:

Overhead Transparency of Topsy Turvey examples

Transition:

I need all desks cleared with everything put away.

Procedure:

Step 1 Motivation/Introduction: I need 5 quiet people to help me do a number sentence

Step 2 Number Sentence – 2 students + 3 students = 5 students (count one by one)

Step 3 Using the same kids – move one to another group

Step 4 New Number Sentence – 3 students + 2 students = 5 students (same answer)

Step 5 Do some overhead examples

Step 6 “How many fish in the fishbowl?” worksheet

Step 7 Closure: Give them another word problem on the overhead. Example: How many sharks are in the ocean? 3 Hammerheads + 5 great whites = ?

1.

Yellow Fish + Red Fish

_______ + _______ = _______

Rewrite using topsy turvey

_______ + _______ = _______

2.

Blue Fish + Green Fish

_______ + _______ = _______

Rewrite using topsy turvey

_______ + _______ = _______

3.

Red Fish + Green Fish

_______ + _______ = _______

Rewrite using topsy turvey

_______ + _______ = _______

4.

Blue Fish + Yellow Fish

_______ + _______ = _______

Rewrite using topsy turvey

_______ + _______ = _______

5.

Red Fish + Blue Fish

_______ + _______ = _______

Rewrite using topsy turvey

_______ + _______ = _______

6.

Yellow Fish + Green Fish

_______ + _______ = _______

Rewrite using topsy turvey

_______ + _______ = _______

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