Seed Math
Grade Level: 1
Suggested Order: Week 3
Suggested Time: 1 hour
Lesson Type: Progressive Subject (Medical Sciences and Wellness)
Overview
Students will begin by engaging with fun books and puzzles practicing multiplication and
division. Then students will engage in interactive group work to apply various mathematical
operations to everyday objects.
Vocabulary
- Addition
- Subtraction
- Multiplication
- Division
- Grouping
- Times Tables
Objectives
- Students will learn about relationships between different mathematical operations.
- Students will work as a team to generate, solve, and teach about mathematical problems.
- Students will examine the properties of seeds, fruits, and vegetables.
Required Project Materials
- Everyday materials (cards, dice, books on shelves, classroom/school objects)
- Computer lab with online access
- Seeds and fruits for counting
Multimedia Resources
Optional Multimedia Resources
Before the Lesson/ Background Information
- Make sure there are lots of items to count and group together for various arithmetic
problems.
Homework from Previous Session
The Lesson
Part 1: Math, Reading, and Games
- Read Amanda Bean’s Amazing Dream with the students.
- Introduce Dazzling Division and show how it can be used for multiplication problems as
well.
- Play division games with the class using Dazzling Division. If you have Marvelous
Multiplication, play games from that book as well.
- On computers, students can play “Candy Caper”, available for free at Fun 4 the Brain http://www.fun4thebrain.com/mult.html. This game allows them to practice their times tables.
- There are many other great math games available at this site as well. Encourage the students
to explore them.
Part 2: Grouping Groups
- Separate students into four teams: the Subtraction, Addition, Multiplication, and Division
teams. Pass out relevant books from the Optional Multimedia Resources section to the
groups as guides.
- Identify things in class that can be used for all four types of operations. These can include
books, cards, and any other multiples.
- Each team will perform their type of operation on the same group of objects and demonstrate
the activity in front of the rest of the class. For example, if you’re working with a deck of
cards, the Multiplication team will show how multiplication works using the cards. The
Subtraction team will perform a subtraction demonstration, and so on.