- Worksheets
- Games
- Lesson Plans
- Workbooks
- Exercises
- Science Projects
- Skills Progression
- More
You are here:
Lesson Plan
Subtracting Buttons
Students will love using this funny story as a guide to practice solving subtraction problems. It can be used as a stand-alone or support lesson for the Subtraction Fishing Action lesson plan.
Grade
Subject
View aligned standards
Objectives
Academic
Students will be able to represent subtraction problems by manipulating up to 5 objects. Students will be able to explain how to subtract items from a group using objects to represent the problem.
Introduction
(3 minutes)
- Gather the class together for a read-aloud.
- Display the cover of the book Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons and preview the story using a short picture walk.
- Use the vocabulary cards as needed to define and/or introduce the words buttons and groovy.
- Say, "Give a thumbs up if you have a button on your clothes today."