Fish Frenzy – Addition and Subtraction Story Mats
This resource is a fun and hands-on activity to use when your students are learning to solve basic addition and subtraction stories. Students will have fun creating number sentences and working out how many fish the sea creatures will eat?
There is both an addition set as well as a subtraction set of sea animal mats in this pack. Simply place mats into roll and wipe sleeves and have students create their own problems using a dice and the included fish counters. The mats can be used as independent task centre activities or within guided teaching groups.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to use strategies for adding small groups of numbers, e.g. visual displays or concrete materials.
- We are learning to use counting or subitising strategies for addition and subtraction in everyday role-play situations.
- We are learning to use concrete materials or subitising to represent everyday situations that involve equal sharing and grouping.
Curriculum alignment
AC9MFN05
9
Represent practical situations involving addition, subtraction and quantification with physical and virtual materials and use counting or subitising strategies
AC9MFN06
9
Represent practical situations involving equal sharing and grouping with physical and virtual materials and use counting or subitising strategies
ACMNA004
8.4
Represent practical situations to model addition and sharing
MAe-1WM
old
Describes mathematical situations using everyday language, actions, materials and informal recordings
MAe-2WM
old
Uses objects, actions, technology and/or trial and error to explore mathematical problems
MAe-3WM
old
Uses concrete materials and/or pictorial representations to support conclusions
MAe-5NA
old
Combines, separates and compares collections of objects, describes using everyday language, and records using informal methods
MAE-CSQ-01
new
Reasons about number relations to model addition and subtraction by combining and separating, and comparing collections
MAE-FG-02
new
Forms equal groups by sharing and counting collections of objects
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
Differentiation
Modifications
Use with teacher guidance.
Extensions
Students can work with numbers up to 20.