Space Smash – Addition and Subtraction Story Mats
This is a fabulous resource to add a fun, hands-on element to your guided maths groups. Students will smash play dough to solve a range of addition and subtraction stories. There are 2 options available with numbers 1-10 and 1-20.
Use these mats and addition and subtraction story cards as part of your small group, guided maths sessions. Read the problem for students to model on the tens frames using playdough. When subtracting, they can ‘smash’ to the play dough to represent subtraction.
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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
Extensions
Students who are able to read the cards independently can use the task as an independent maths centre.