Lesson Plan
Commuting and Computing
Discovery is exciting! In this hands-on lesson, your students will discover for themselves the rule behind the commutative property of addition.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to explain the commutative property of addition and how it can be used for mental math.
Introduction
(5 minutes)- Explain to your students that a property is a characteristic belonging to someone or something. For example, Jenny has brown hair, and Paulo is a fast runner.
- Ask your students to share examples of properties.
- Explain that addition also has properties and that they will be exploring one of them today.
- Tell the students that when they understand the properties of addition, it will help them add faster and better.