MAFS.K.OA.1.2Archived Standard

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Solve addition and subtraction word problems1, and add and subtract within 10, e.g., by using objects or drawings to represent the problem (1Students are not required to independently read the word problems.)
General Information
Subject Area: Mathematics
Grade: K
Domain-Subdomain: Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Cluster: Level 2: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts
Cluster: Understand addition as putting together and adding to, and understand subtraction as taking apart and taking from. (Major Cluster) -

Clusters should not be sorted from Major to Supporting and then taught in that order. To do so would strip the coherence of the mathematical ideas and miss the opportunity to enhance the major work of the grade with the supporting clusters.

Date Adopted or Revised: 02/14
Content Complexity Rating: Level 2: Basic Application of Skills & Concepts - More Information
Date of Last Rating: 02/14
Status: State Board Approved - Archived

Related Courses

This benchmark is part of these courses.
5012020: Grade Kindergarten Mathematics (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
7712015: Access Mathematics - Grade Kindergarten (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018, 2018 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))
5012005: Foundational Skills in Mathematics K-2 (Specifically in versions: 2019 - 2022, 2022 and beyond (current))

Related Access Points

Alternate version of this benchmark for students with significant cognitive disabilities.

Related Resources

Vetted resources educators can use to teach the concepts and skills in this benchmark.

Formative Assessments

More Fun with Numbers:

Students solve an Add To (Result Unknown) word problem.

Type: Formative Assessment

Two Tables:

Students are challenged to find all the different ways to sort six toys into two different groups.

Type: Formative Assessment

Lizards on a Rock:

Students solve an addition and a subtraction word problem using manipulatives or pencil and paper.

Type: Formative Assessment

Cats and Dogs Word Problem:

Students are given a subtraction word problem and asked to solve the problem by drawing a picture or using manipulatives.

Type: Formative Assessment

Bowl of Apples Word Problem:

Students are asked to solve an addition word problem by drawing a picture or using manipulatives.

Type: Formative Assessment

Lesson Plans

Quacking Addition – Sums within Ten:

This activity deepens the students' understanding of addition and recording addition sentences by using an engaging story about ducks in a pond.

Type: Lesson Plan

SPLASH! Jumping In and Out of the Pond:

In this lesson, students will use manipulatives and equations to represent and solve addition and subtraction word problems.

Type: Lesson Plan

What's Growing In Your Garden: Working with Word Problems:

In this lesson, students will solve addition and subtraction word problems within 10 related to a garden theme.

Type: Lesson Plan

How Many Hearts?:

In this lesson, students sing a song that provides practice problems in adding and subtracting. Students will use heart cut outs to model the story. Students will be encouraged to use drawings and record an equation to represent the story.

Type: Lesson Plan

Adding Circus Animals:

In this lesson, students learn to solve addition word problems within 10 using the engaging book by Jill Anderson Adding with Sebastian Pig and Friends At the Circus. This is the first in a series of four lessons on adding and subtracting within 10.

Type: Lesson Plan

What's Missing?:

In this lesson, students learn to solve addition equations that have a missing addend within 10.

Type: Lesson Plan

Add Up the Parts:

In this lesson, students learn to solve part-part-whole addition word problems within 10. The book Adding It Up by Rosemary Wells will be used to introduce the lesson.

Type: Lesson Plan

Button Subtraction:

In this lesson, students learn to solve subtraction word problems within 10. The book, Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons will be used to engage students.

Type: Lesson Plan

Addition Story Problem Fun:

In this lesson, students will act out situations as an introduction to story problems. Students will also have the opportunity to solve addition story problems using manipulatives.

Type: Lesson Plan

Help Pick Your Class Pet:

In this MEA, the class receives a letter from the principal informing them they will be getting a class pet. They need to determine which pet to pick based on the data.

Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom.

Type: Lesson Plan

How Many Goldfish?:

In this lesson, students will solve addition and subtraction word problems using Goldfish crackers. Students will also work with a partner to create and solve their own addition and subtraction word problems.

Type: Lesson Plan

Virtual Manipulative

Ten Frame:

This applet contains four games (How Many?, Build, Fill, and Add) that utilize a frame with ten slots for students to place objects, which helps students develop counting and addition skills.

Type: Virtual Manipulative

STEM Lessons - Model Eliciting Activity

Help Pick Your Class Pet:

In this MEA, the class receives a letter from the principal informing them they will be getting a class pet. They need to determine which pet to pick based on the data.

Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom.

MFAS Formative Assessments

Bowl of Apples Word Problem:

Students are asked to solve an addition word problem by drawing a picture or using manipulatives.

Cats and Dogs Word Problem:

Students are given a subtraction word problem and asked to solve the problem by drawing a picture or using manipulatives.

Lizards on a Rock:

Students solve an addition and a subtraction word problem using manipulatives or pencil and paper.

More Fun with Numbers:

Students solve an Add To (Result Unknown) word problem.

Two Tables:

Students are challenged to find all the different ways to sort six toys into two different groups.

Student Resources

Vetted resources students can use to learn the concepts and skills in this benchmark.

Virtual Manipulative

Ten Frame:

This applet contains four games (How Many?, Build, Fill, and Add) that utilize a frame with ten slots for students to place objects, which helps students develop counting and addition skills.

Type: Virtual Manipulative

Parent Resources

Vetted resources caregivers can use to help students learn the concepts and skills in this benchmark.

Virtual Manipulative

Ten Frame:

This applet contains four games (How Many?, Build, Fill, and Add) that utilize a frame with ten slots for students to place objects, which helps students develop counting and addition skills.

Type: Virtual Manipulative