Add and Subtract with Frogs Activity

Frog-themed card game for adding and subtracting within 1000: students flip a card from each of two piles, spin to choose addition or subtraction, then solve and record the problem with regrouping.
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Preschool–Junior Kindergarten, Grades 1–2
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Updated Jul 12, 2021

Subject
Subtraction, Addition, Addition and Subtraction, Math
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This activity is great for helping students practice adding and subtracting within 1000. It uses concrete models and strategies to help students visualize the concept.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Add three-digit numbers within 1000, carrying across tens and hundreds when needed

  • Subtract three-digit numbers within 1000, borrowing across places when needed

Teaching tips

  • The two model cards could be worked through together before students draw their first pair of numbers.

Skills covered

  • Regrouping — carrying and borrowing across hundreds, tens and ones on randomly drawn problems

  • Choosing the operation — reading the spinner result and writing the matching number sentence

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Core concepts

Core concepts

  • Addition within 1000

  • Subtraction within 1000

  • Regrouping

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