Noyce Foundation
Apple Farm Field Trip
Monitor the growth of young mathematicians with a comprehensive addition and subtraction assessment. Using the context of a class field trip to an apple orchard, this series of four story problems allows children to demonstrate their...
Fuel the Brain
How Much Did They Spend?
Young learners do basic addition (with numbers between 50 and 323), to solve two short word problems. This is a great activity to start the day, or consider using this as a type of summative assessment.
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Cuisenaire Chefs
Favorite family recipes and cuisenaire rods are used to help learners understand fractions. They bring in recipes from home and then use their cuisenaire rods to model the fractional values needed to prepare various dishes. A great way...
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Lesson #10 Standard Measurement
Learners are introduced to units of measurement found on a ruler as well as what attributes make an object difficult or easier to measure with a ruler. The teacher has various objects placed around the room, and the youngsters practice...
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Links Away: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Pupils explore fact families. In this math lesson, students use links to model a fact family. Pupils solve addition and subtraction problems.
Curated OER
A Trip to the Toy Store
First graders recognize and identify the value of a penny, nickel and dime. They spend play money in a simulated toy store and match their coins to the purchase price of a toy of their choice.
Curated OER
As the Earth Turns
First graders explore why the sun and moon seems to disappear and reappear creating day and night.
Curated OER
Where Is Japan? How Far Is That?
First graders use literature and hands-on activities with maps and globes to explain distance and tools used to measure distance. They select tools to measure various objects in the classroom, then apply those concepts to their map...
Curated OER
Seven Quacks Me Up
First graders explore the day and night sky and add a page for the number 7 to their countiing books.