1st Grade Subtraction Word Problems Lesson Plans

This bear-y fun lesson will help your students understand addition and subtraction and reward their efforts with a sweet treat!

Students will love competing to be the first frog to catch the fly as they practice jumping on a number line to subtract. Use this scaffolded EL lesson plan alone or alongside Whole Body Subtraction.

Get your students synthesizing various subtraction strategies as they work with a partner to solve word problems. This lesson can be used alone or with the lesson plan Show Me the Money! Two-Digit Subtraction.