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Zeke's Cube Towers: Sums Help Differences
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Grade 1 students write addition and subtraction equations for Zeke the zebra's two-colour cube towers, find missing numbers in equations within 10, and use a sum they know to find a difference ("think addition"). Every line is read aloud, wrong answers get a gentle hint, and the lesson ends by choosing and writing the fact that helps with 10 − 7. Aligned to 1.OA.C.6 and 1.OA.D.8.
Lesson details
- Grade level
- 1st Grade
- Standards
- 1.OA.C.6
- 1.OA.D.8
- Length
- 24 scenes, 21 questions
- What students do
- Multiple choice
- Number sentences
- Audio
- Includes audio
- Scoring
- Includes scored questions
- Last updated
What's included
- Hints after a wrong answer and a self-check on which differences feel tricky
- 25 narrated scenes with Zeke the zebra
- Cube-tower equations, missing-number puzzles and fast-difference practice
Learning objectives
- Write an addition equation and a subtraction equation for a two-colour cube tower.
- Find the missing number in addition and subtraction equations within 10.
- Use a known sum to find a difference (think addition).
- Choose and write the addition fact that helps with a difference.
