Lesson Plan
Gone Fishing: Equations
In this lesson, your students will strengthen their basic fact fluency and determine whether or not number sentences are true. Engage your students by giving them worksheets at their level.
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Learning Objectives
Students will understand the meaning of the equal sign. Students will be able to determine whether equations involving addition and subtraction are true or false.
Introduction
(5 minutes)- Remind students the meaning of the less than (smaller), greater than (bigger), and equal to (same) symbols in numerical sentences. Explain that the value of both sides of the number sentence must be correctly represented by the symbol.
- Have your students read number sentences as they would read a sentence in a book. For example, 1 + 1 = 2. Explain that this is true because the value of both sides is the same. Tell your students that the example 1 + 1 > 2 is not true.
- Tell your students that they will be working to find the right symbol to make sure the number sentences are true.