Comparison word problems for addition and subtraction one of the trickiest things to teach in first grade! first grade students are understanding addition and subtraction as putting together, taking apart, adding to, taking from and as a means for comparison. Comparison is the most difficult relationship for our students to understand because comparison is much more abstract. You are asking your students to deal with an amount that does not exist. You are asking students to quantify a relationship, not a concrete object.

Click HERE to save on the full year intervention lesson bundle. This comprehensive bundle includes all of your intervention instruction, assessment and independent practice for the entire school year!

This intervention resource is designed to support you with everything you will need in order to intervene for struggling learners who have net yet learned how to solve comparison word problems in the whole group setting with their peers.

Included you will find:

✎ Overview and Organization

The 5 Day Focus resources are designed to be informative and easy to use. I have included an overview of the related standards, an outline organizing the breakdown of how the topic is taught, a table of contents and a page outlining any and all materials that will be needed. I want you to be able to spend your time and energy on looking at your students results and reflecting on their learning- NOT on organizing materials and trying to figure out how to use this resource!

✎ Assessment

Pre and Post Assessment Materials that mirror one another will allow you to see where your students began and how far they have progressed. I have also included daily exit tickets and a tracking form so that you can easily monitor each of your students. 

✎ Direct Instruction

Instructional lesson activities to use with small groups or individual students. Each of these lessons is detailed and includes hands-on activities. There is gradual release across the 5 days beginning with more concrete models and moving away towards representative and, finally, abstract models. This research based progression will surely help your students to progress. 

✎ Independent Centers

Each of the 5 lessons also includes an independent practice activity. The independent activities have been created in the style of math centers so that they can be used directly after the instructional lesson but so they can also be used and re-used as students practice their skills.

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Looking for additional first grade resources? This unit is included in two different types of bundles.

Bundle Option #1: Lessons ONLY

You are only paying for the units that are currently included. The earlier you buy, the more you get for free! When this bundle is complete it will include:

Ultimately, 14 units will be included in this resource. Units 1-3 focus on Kindergarten standards and build a foundation. Units 4-9 build understanding of numbers and operations for numbers to 20. Units 10-14 extend number and operation understanding to numbers to 100.

1. The Meaning of Addition
2. The Meaning of Subtraction
3. Partners of 10
4. Understanding Teen Numbers
5. Counting On
6. Addition & Subtraction Fact Families
7. Missing Numbers in an Equation
8. Comparison Relationships *You Are Here*
9. Make a Ten Addition Strategy
10. Understanding 2 Digit Numbers
11. Comparing 2 Digit Numbers
12. Adding & Subtracting Decade Numbers
13. Adding Sums to 100
14. 10 More/10 Less Mental Math

Bundle Option #2: Math Interventionist Bundle

You are only paying for the units that are currently included. The earlier you buy, the more you get for free! When this bundle is complete it will include:

All Lessons Listed Above PLUS: Word Problem Notebooks, Seasonal Math Standards, Computational Fluency Resources. Please CLICK HERE to read more about this comprehensive bundle!