Teach your students to confidently follow the steps of regrouping in subtraction problems. Use this as a stand alone lesson or alongside *Regrouping with Popsicle Sticks: Double-Digit Subtraction*.
Students will be able to perform two-digit subtraction with regrouping.
Language
Students will be able to explain how to regroup in subtraction using a graphic organizer and sentence supports.
Introduction
(3 minutes)
Share an example of a time when there were two buses taking the grade level to a field trip. Too many students climbed onto one bus, so they could not all ride to the field trip like that. Some of the students had to get off and go onto the other bus. That way, everyone could get to the field trip. In this instance, the students were regrouped.
Ask students to share what they know about the term regrouping as it relates to math. Accept student answers and share a student-friendly definition of the word by displaying the Vocabulary Card.