Use pictures of students taken with a digital camera as manipulatives for creating fact families.
- Students will use pictures to represent whole numbers.
- Students will understand the effects of addition and subtraction on whole numbers, including the inverse relationship of the two operations.
- Students will add and subtract whole numbers to solve real-world problems using pictures.
- Students will create fact families.
- Before the lesson, use a digital camera to take pictures of the kids in small groups - in their table groups, at centers, etc.
- For the lesson, have the students use two pictures to create a fact family.
For example: a picture of 3 students plus a picture of 4 students equals
7. Have them use the same set of pictures to create 2 addition sentences
and 2 subtraction sentences. Students can glue the pictures onto their
paper and write the number sentences.
Sunshine State Standards
NETS Profiles for Technology Literate Students
- Use input devices (e.g., mouse, keyboard, remote control) and output devices (e.g., monitor, printer) to successfully operate computers, VCRs, audiotapes, and other technologies.
- Use technology resources (e.g., puzzles, logical thinking programs, writing tools, digital cameras, drawing tools) for problem solving, communication, and illustration of thoughts, ideas, and stories.
- Gather information and communicate with others using telecommunications, with support from teachers, family members, or student partners.
- Digital Camera
- Use the same lesson for multiplication / division facts.