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Lesson Plan

One Less

Students will love learning about patterns of one less using puppets! This can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for the **How Big is Your Tower?** lesson plan.
This lesson can be used as a pre-lesson for the How Big is Your Tower? lesson plan.
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This lesson can be used as a pre-lesson for the How Big is Your Tower? lesson plan.

Objectives

Academic

Students will be able to solve subtraction equations of one less.

Language

Students will be able to explain patterns of one less by using counting manipulatives.

Introduction

(2 minutes)
  • Gather students together for the lesson.
  • Show the puppet and say, "My friend, the sock snake is hungry! She has four cookies (counters) and wants to eat one!"
  • Model the puppet eating one of the counters. Then say, "How many cookies does she have left?"
  • Count the remainder, encouraging the students to count along with you.