American Institute of Architects
Architecture: It's Elementary!—First Grade
Build an interest and appreciation for architecture in your young learners with this fun 10-lesson art unit. Engaging children in using their five senses, the class first observes the environment around them, paying...
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Three Little Kittens: Addition Booklet
Students explore math problem solving strategies while reading a nursery rhyme. In this addition lesson, students learn math skills such as solving simple equations, graphing data and extending patterns while reading The Three Little...
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Got These Properties? (Commutative in Addition/Zero in Addition and Subtraction)
Second graders examine the commutative property of addition and the property of zero in addition and subtraction. They complete an asessment worksheet to gain practice reading and working number sentences horizontally and vertically.
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Food Pyramid Power: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Students show their knowledge of properties of objects as it pertains to sorting and creating patterns. In this food pyramid power lesson, students show their ability to use whole numbers in different representations by appling...
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Let's Learn Those Facts: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Students participate in an adding game. In this adding numbers lesson, students calculate the sum of the dice and remove a number from their activity sheet. Students who first removes the numbers is the winner.
Helping with Math
Addition: 3-Digit Sums
The title is a bit confusing, but understand that the addends are only two-digit numbers. It is the answers, the sums, that will consist of three digits. Learners solve six addition practice problems. Answers can be obtained by clicking...
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Fact Families - Part 2
Complete these fact families; mathematicians use addition number sentences to write three more equations, all of which are members of the same fact family. There is an example here to guide them, and they solve for nine more number...
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Spill the Beans
Students explore the meaning of a fact family. In this Math lesson, students work in small groups to create their own fact family based on color of beans. The beans are colored and represent a given value. Students discover the...
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Using Counters to Add
In this addition worksheet, students use counters on a large drawing of a lady bug to help them answer 4 fill in the blank addition problems. Student then draw spots on each side of 4 different lady bugs and then answer 4 fill in the...
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Joining (Addition) & Separating (Subtraction) - Result Unknown
How much is the total? How many more is left? These basic questions are asked of students through two story problems that involve catching fish on a weekend fishing trip and goal of reading a certain number of books. Your learners will...
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Addition: Number Bonds to Fifty
In this identifying numbers that total fifty worksheet, students use an addend and the sum fifty to write the missing number. Students solve 41 problems.
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Understanding 10: Backwards and Forwards
Help your young mathematicians completely master 10 by practicing one-to-one correspondence, number recognition, and recording numbers displayed. They make 10 with groups of two-different colored cubes and color in 10-frames to show how...
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Combining Foods
Students explore addition. In this math lesson, students discover how addition and subtraction are related. Students model related addition and subtraction facts.
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Domino Challenge: Switch the Order
In this addition worksheet, students write partner numbers on each side of a domino, then write the total and the addition equation another way. Students then complete a "write about it" question.
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Use Doubles to Add
For this adding with doubles worksheet, students read the word problems and use the addition property of doubles to help them solve the addition problems.
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Johnny Appleseed Walkabout
Second graders calculate mileage for a journey. In this place value and measurement lesson, 2nd graders read Johnny Appleseed, work in groups to locate his birthplace on a map, locate the other states he stopped in, and measure the...
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Representing Relationships with Equations
Students explore Cuisenaire Rods. In this pre-algebra lesson, students work with a partner to generate addition problems with the sum of ten using Cuisenaire Rods. Students construct examples of the Commutative Property using...
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Multiplication Stories
Second graders solve various multiplication math word problems involving cars and people, fish and fish bowls, and tables and table legs. They write and solve multiplication story problems related to whole numbers, addition, subtraction,...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Partying with Two/Three Digit Whole Numbers
Learners practice problem-solving with this addition activity. They plan a party for their class and another class by determining how many cupcakes are needed. Students draw a picture of how they determined the number of cupcakes.
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Comparing Sets
Pupils count back with cubes to model subtraction problems. In this subtraction lesson plan, students compare sets of problems and record their results in a table.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Pattern and Practice
Young scholars learn how to make patterns. Students first display their prior knowledge of patterns before delving into the lesson. They complete a worksheet and participate in a web-based class activity. They work in cooperative groups...
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It's About Time!
Students read a short tutorial and complete one or more online activities. They visit an online math dictionary to learn the value of a day, month, week, and year. In addition, they construct word problems based on a favorite month;...
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A collection of Addition Lessons
Learners solve problems by adding. In this collection of addition lessons, students answer a variety of word problems and utilize addition skills. Links provide access to definitions and sample problems.
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Patterns Here, There and Everywhere
Pattern recognition is a skill often used in mathematics. Learners count and sort manipulatives, organize the data into a graph and answer questions about the information displayed. They collect the objects to be used and create patterns...