This resource was designed to enhance your Math Workshop and increase student engagement for March. It includes 3 task-based lessons for your Math Workshop that focus on number combinations within 10. Use it for whole group lessons, small group lessons, or even in centers. Click the Green Preview button for a closer look at what's included.

What's Included:

• 3 Lesson Plans
• Setup Instructions & ideas for classroom transformations
• Teacher Questioning Guide
• Student Recording Sheets for Each Lesson
• Task Pieces for each applicable lesson (color and black and white)

Lesson Components:

• Objective
• Standards
• Materials Needed
• Focus Lesson
• Partner/Group Task
• Whole Class Share
• Focus Idea for Learning Stations

About the Lessons & Tasks:
During each lesson, students will work as a class to answer a math question. During the task part of the lesson, students will work individually, in pairs, or in small groups to apply the same problem and record their thinking.

Themes:

• Lesson 1 - Lucky Leprechauns: Students are leprechauns for the day. They get a "pot of gold" to start. They count the gold they are starting with and search around the room for another set of gold that will make their total amount 5 or 10 (teacher choice). They'll use either the gold pieces that are included or your choice of math tools, and represent their work on a recording sheet with pictures and/or numbers.
• Lesson 2 - Give Your Dog Some Bones: Students become dog owners! They get a picture of their dog and a bag of bones to start. They count the bones they are starting with and look for another set of bones that will make their total amount 5 or 10 (teacher choice). They can use the bone pieces that have been included in this resource or your choice of math tools, and represent their work on a recording sheet with pictures and/or numbers. count boxes of candy hearts and answer your choice of math questions. This is a similar lesson to Lesson 1 so that you can focus on specific similar skills. For example: during lesson 1, students can work on number combinations to 5. During lesson 2, students can work on number combinations to 10.
• Lesson 3 - Meteorologist Math: Students are meteorologists who will be giving a 5 or 10 day weather forecast (teacher choice) They are given 2 kinds of weather that will occur over the next 5 or 10 days. They have to figure out how many days of each kind of weather they'll have. Then, they organize it on a recording sheet and report the weather using a number combination/addition format. For example: "We will have 2 sunny days and 3 rainy days. That's the weather for 5 days. 2+3=5."

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