Addition Lesson

Visual Learning and Math

Title of Activity: Addition

URL: http://www.visualmathlearning.com/index.html

Grade Level: Grade 2

Brief Description of Activity: This website includes many great lessons and activities to keep kids busy and learning about math. The lesson I chose for grade two is addition and it contains a 15-20 minute lesson, along with the left over time to be playing addition games. By having a lesson dictated on the screen for the students to follow along with pictures and text, really adds another way to teach students math and to make it fun and interesting. The games that the students can play afterwards on the website are used as reinforcement, ways to keep the students concentrating, and less paper usage for worksheets. This is a great website to give the teacher time to circulate throughout the room and notice the students’ level of knowledge and ability to learn math concepts online and interactively.

General Learning Outcomes:

Apply a variety of addition and subtraction strategies on whole numbers to 100, and use these operations in problems.

Specific Learning Outcomes:

13. Use manipulatives, diagrams, and symbols to demonstrate and describe the process of addition and subtraction of numbers to 100.

14. Apply and explain multiple strategies to determine sums and differences on 2-digit numbers, with and without regrouping.
Most Relevant ICT Outcomes:

F1. 4.2 Solve mathematical and scientific problems by selecting appropriate technology to perform calculations and experiments.

F2. 4.1 Use technology outside formal classroom settings.

F6.1.1 Perform basic computer operations, which may vary by environment, including powering
up, inserting disks, moving the cursor, clicking on an icon, using pull-down menus, executing programs, saving files, retrieving files, printing, ejecting disks and powering down.

Brief Rationale: Mathematics has a persona of having children work independently on worksheets containing math problems. However, this website shows that students can interact with technology by following the dictated lesson and then playing interactive games. By using this website for a math class, you are allowing the students to explore the world of technology and making math fun to learn. Plus, the students can continue to learn more on their own time with this website by the lessons and games. It is great!