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Activity Title - Adding Card Game

Area/Skill
ABE Math
LCP D
Cognitive Skill Level
Comprehension 0.0- 1.9
Correlation to Framework
Standard 3.00
Benchmark 3.1

Activity Title

Adding Card Game

Goal/Objective

Fast recall or “rapid recall” of addition facts.

Lesson Outline

Prior Knowledge Needed

  • 1-24,
  • Fundamentals of Adding,
  • Knowledge of Greater than (>) and Less Than (<)

Materials, Text, Media, Handouts

Addition flash cards

Introduction

Warm up by adding Flash Cards.

Worksheets of basic addition facts.

Working together - having competition while learning.

Vocabulary

Activity

Rapid Recall.

Divide cards evenly among players, while each player places one card on the middle deck.

Objective: Match the card on the deck by playing a card with the sum of 1 more or 1 less than the card on the deck.

Extension / Enrichment Activity

To make their own game to make learning fun.

Learning facts about adding.

Evaluation Activity

Observation

Real-Life Connection

Students are reading about real life situations in newspapers and magazines.

How easy it is to add with daily use of numbers.

Shopping, Bank/check book, Allowance given to children

Bridges Accommodations

  • One-on-one
  • Peer tutoring
  • Print (Copy in larger font)
  • Print (Copy in color)
  • Large Flash Cards

Benchmark Assessment

Same as evaluation activity

Observation: Pre and Post timed evaluation of Addition Facts in 1 minute to observe who grasped “Rapid Recall” of numbers and measure of improvement/student accuracy.

508 UsableNet Approved (v. 2.2)

 

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