Note to educator: This is a lesson on teaching subtracting using candy. The grade level for this book is 1st or 2nd grade.

Other resources: could use any pieces of candy to help the students by giving them manipulatives.

Introduction Questions:

1. Do you know what the word subtraction means?
2. What is another word for subtraction?
3. What is the answer for subtraction called?

Subtracting

with 

pieces 

of 

candy

Mrs. Smith has 10 pieces of candy.

Mrs. Smith gives Sandy 4 pieces of candy.

To set this up in a problem it would look like this

10-4=

How many pieces of candy would Mrs. Smith have left.

If Mrs. Smith gives Sandy 4 pieces of her candy she ends up with 6 pieces left.