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Illustrative Mathematics

Equality Number Sentences

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Understanding the concept of equality is fundamental to the success of young mathematicians. To explore this basic idea, children compare the dots arranged in pairs of rectangles in order to determine whether or not they contain an equal...
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Guided Lesson Explanation for More, less, or Equal

For Students K
How do you teach kindergartners to count? Use this scripted explanation to show pupils how to solve problems that ask them to determine whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of...
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More, Less or Equal?

For Students K - 1st
Your class compares groups of small stars by counting quantities in each of two sets and deciding which has more. They write symbols for greater than, less than, or equal to in a circle between each pair of sets. Two completed samples...
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Sorting Candy

For Teachers K - 2nd
Lower graders sort and group objects by their different properties. They watch a video about sorting then, sort and organize candy in different groups. Students compare how others sorted their candy. Finally, they decide which group has...
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Button Math

For Teachers K - 2nd
Use buttons, cards, and dice to perform simple math problems! This inventive lesson plan should be quite engaging for young learners. Kindergarteners use buttons to help them understand the concepts of greater than, less than, and equal to.
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Pumpkin Concentration - Number Dots

For Students K - 1st
This learning exercise provides a downloadable template for a seasonal concentration game. Groups of learners match the dots on pumpkin cards. Related printables provide a template for Pumpkin Concentration with number words. Concept...
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How Many Buttons

For Teachers K
Help learners explore the concepts of more than, less than, and equal to. They participate in a button attribute activity, play a game using buttons and a die, draw the sets of buttons in their journal, and play button bingo.
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Equal or Not Equal

For Students K
Tiny mathematicians count the number of shapes (up to 8) in pairs of object groups and identify the sets as equal or not equal. Five practice problems. They also draw 2 groups of shapes that are not equal. A focused tool that requires...
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More and Less Handfuls

For Teachers K Standards
Working as a pair, two kindergartners will sit at a table and will pick two handfuls of counters. They will combine their individual handfuls into one, and count their own selection. They will then draw and record their count on a record...
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Let's Count to 20

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Budding mathematicians create groups of 10 to 20 objects using numerals to record the size of a group. They construct sets of numbers up to 10, write the numerals up to 10, and count up to 10 rationally. Students also use ten frames and...
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Team Up

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover how to break into equal teams. In this dividing instructional activity, students break different numbers of people into equal groups. Students draw pictures to represent their division and discuss what to do when an...
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Problem Solving: Division

For Teachers K - 2nd
A cute zoo theme sets the tone for a problem-solving activity which primes early learners for division. They separate zoo animals into equal groups and then write an equation that expresses the action. 
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More Monkeys, Fewer Monkeys, Equal Monkeys

For Teachers K
Students compare sets of objects.  In this identification lesson, students inspect sets of monkeys and identify them as more, less, or equal to the other sets.  Students observe a video clip discussing comparisons.  
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Illustrative Mathematics

Guess the Marbles in the Bag

For Teachers K Standards
Use this activity to help your class develop an understanding of greater than, less than, and equal to with numbers valued between 1 and 10. Secretly place a number of marbles (between 1 and 10) in a brown paper bag. Then shake the bag...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Kiri's Mathematics Match Game

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Learning math is so much more fun when it involves playing games. Following the rules of the classic game Memory, young mathematicians flip over two cards at a time as they look for numbers whose sum or difference is equal to the value...
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Illustrative Mathematics

$20 Dot Map

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Challenge the addition skills of young learners with this open-ended math problem. The task is simple, get from start to finish by connecting a series of three numbers. The trick is that the sum of the numbers must be less than or equal...
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Printables
K-5 Math Teaching Resources

Blank Number Lines Template

For Students K - 6th Standards
It's no secret that number lines are one of the most useful tools for elementary math teachers. Offering a series of six separate number lines of differing scales, this versatile template can be used when teaching about anything from...
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Dollar Word

For Teachers K
Pupils review the value of coins prior to adding up values to equal one dollar. Letters of the alphabet are assigned monetary values and students use calculators to add up the value of a word. Pupils work with a partner to try and create...
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National Gallery of Canada

Counting Circles

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners look at bands of colors and estimate how many rings of color there are. While working in groups, they come up with a plan of how to accurately count the rings. They attempt to find a pattern in the colors, and decide whether...
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Critical Thinking Strategies

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Teach your readers to be critical thinkers. A strategy is outlined that can be used to compare and contrast entities. An example lists four states. The learner removes one state that "does not belong" in the list for some reason, and...
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Numbers 1-7

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
For this number worksheet, students draw a line from a number to a group of items that equal that same number. Numbers used are 1-7.
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Understanding 10: Backwards and Forwards

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
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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Domain: Operations and Algebraic Thinking

For Teachers K - 2nd
Practice basic operations for young mathematicians in fun ways! Using two decks of cards (Ace through 10 plus the joker), learners play "memory" by matching numbers that can be added to make 10 and writing number sentences. In another...
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Pizza Anyone?

For Teachers K
Students, in groups, create models of pizzes and divide them, usin Unifix cubes, into fractions.

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