Year 1 Addition & Subtraction Story Problems Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

Year 1 Addition & Subtraction Story Problems Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

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Year 1 Addition & Subtraction Story Problems Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

Year 1 Addition & Subtraction Story Problems Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

$4.99

Curriculum

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Australian Curriculum v9.0
AC9M1N04 — opens in a new tab add and subtract numbers within 20, using physical and virtual materials, part-part-whole knowledge to 10 and a variety of calculation strategies
AC9M1N05 — opens in a new tab use mathematical modelling to solve practical problems involving additive situations, including simple money transactions; represent the situations with diagrams, physical and virtual materials, and use calculation strategies to solve the problem
Australian Curriculum v8.4
ACMNA015 — opens in a new tab Represent and solve simple addition and subtraction problems using a range of strategies including counting on, partitioning and rearranging parts
ACMNA013 — opens in a new tab Recognise, model, read, write and order numbers to at least 100. Locate these numbers on a number line
Victorian Curriculum 2.0
VC2M1N04 — opens in a new tab add and subtract numbers within 20, using physical and virtual materials, part-part-whole knowledge to 10 and a variety of calculation strategies
VC2M1N05 — opens in a new tab use mathematical modelling to solve practical problems involving additive situations, including simple money transactions; represent the situations with diagrams, physical and virtual materials; use calculation strategies to solve the problem
New South Wales
MA1-CSQ-01 — opens in a new tab uses number bonds and the relationship between addition and subtraction to solve problems involving partitioning
Western Australia
ACMNA015 — opens in a new tab Represent and solve simple addition and subtraction problems using a range of strategies including counting on, partitioning and rearranging parts
ACMNA013 — opens in a new tab Recognise, model, read, write and order numbers to at least 100. Locate these numbers on a number line
New Zealand
United Kingdom
UK-KS1-Y2-MATH-N-A — opens in a new tab Pupils should be taught to: solve problems with addition and subtraction: using concrete objects and pictorial representations, including those involving numbers, quantities and measures applying their increasing knowledge of mental and written methods recall and use addition and subtraction facts to 20 fluently, and derive and use related facts up to 100 add and subtract numbers using concrete objects, pictorial representations, and mentally, including: a two-digit number and 1s a two-digit number and 10s 2 two-digit numbers adding 3 one-digit numbers show that addition of 2 numbers can be done in any order (commutative) and subtraction of 1 number from another cannot recognise and use the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction and use this to check calculations and solve missing number problems
UK-KS1-Y2-MATH-M — opens in a new tab Pupils should be taught to: choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure length/height in any direction (m/cm); mass (kg/g); temperature (°C); capacity (litres/ml) to the nearest appropriate unit, using rulers, scales, thermometers and measuring vessels compare and order lengths, mass, volume/capacity and record the results using >, < and = recognise and use symbols for pounds (£) and pence (p); combine amounts to make a particular value find different combinations of coins that equal the same amounts of money solve simple problems in a practical context involving addition and subtraction of money of the same unit, including giving change compare and sequence intervals of time tell and write the time to five minutes, including quarter past/to the hour and draw the hands on a clock face to show these times know the number of minutes in an hour and the number of hours in a day
US Common Core (CCSS)
Texas (TEKS)
Ontario
CAN-G1-MATH-B2.2 — opens in a new tab recall and demonstrate addition facts for numbers up to 10, and related subtraction facts
CAN-G1-MATH-B2.3 — opens in a new tab use mental math strategies, including estimation, to add and subtract whole numbers that add up to no more than 20, and explain the strategies used
CAN-G1-MATH-B2.1 — opens in a new tab use the properties of addition and subtraction, and the relationship between addition and subtraction, to solve problems and check calculations
CAN-G1-MATH-B2.4 — opens in a new tab use objects, diagrams, and equations to represent, describe, and solve situations involving addition and subtraction of whole numbers that add up to no more than 50
CAN-G1-MATH-F1.1 — opens in a new tab identify the various Canadian coins up to 50¢ and coins and bills up to $50, and compare their values

Modifications

Support Year 1 students as they learn to solve addition and subtraction story problems within 20. This ready-to-teach unit helps learners read a problem carefully, identify whether groups are joining or being taken away, model the situation, write a number sentence and explain the answer in context.

Students work through familiar classroom, picnic, playground and shopping contexts while building confidence with visual models and practical problem-solving strategies.

What’s Included

  • Editable PowerPoint teaching presentation
  • Editable 10-question quiz PowerPoint
  • Colour Story Problem Solver classroom display
  • Grocery Story Shop colour role-play activity
  • Story Problem Trail colour game
  • Five black-and-white worksheets: Picnic Addition Stories, Playground Subtraction Stories, Add or Subtract?, Draw It, Write It, Solve It, and Make Your Own Story Problem
  • Red-answer pages for all meaningful worksheet tasks
  • Story Problem Check-In assessment and answer page
  • Five-level Year 1 marking rubric
  • Final unit plan PDF

Learning Focus

  • Recognise addition and subtraction situations
  • Model story problems using pictures and practical materials
  • Write matching number sentences
  • Solve addition and subtraction problems within 20
  • Explain answers in context

Classroom Use

Use the presentation and display for explicit teaching, then move into partner practice, maths centres, small-group work or independent consolidation. The assessment, rubric and editable quiz support review and evidence collection.

Aligned with Australian Curriculum v9.0 Mathematics content for additive thinking and mathematical modelling.

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