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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Which Is Heavier?

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will learn the concept of weight by practicing weighing items on a balance scale and recording their results. Students can record their answers on the black line masters included in the Illustrated Mathematics lesson "How Heavy?".
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National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics:geometric Tasks

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics:Geometric Tasks is a teacher resource that uses the Problem of the Month (POM) strategy as a way to solve pattern and other problems.
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Crick Primary School: Mathematical Puzzles

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The resource consists of 378,028 math puzzles available in three different levels. Students use multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction skills to solve the puzzles. The puzzles can be solved online or downloaded as a PDF file.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Look for and Express Regularity in Repeated Reasoning

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
The Standards for Mathematical Practice describe varieties of expertise that mathematics educators at all levels should seek to develop in their students. These practices rest on important 'Processes and Proficiency' with longstanding...
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University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Aboriginal Resources in Mathematics

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This is a collection of resources and lesson plans for teaching Mathematics with an awareness of native values and beliefs.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Common Core Mathematics

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
View a video with the basics of Common Core Mathematics. Teachers and students discussing the benefits of the new standards.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Common Core Mathematics: Argumentation and Review

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Educators will hear experiences of other professionals with opinions of the value of the Common Core Mathematics focusing on argumentation and review in the classroom.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: My Book of Five

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will be given double-sided counters/dots to complete this activity. They will take five counters in their cupped hands (or a cup), shake them around, pour them onto the desk. Next, they count how many counters are yellow and how...
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Education Place

Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Kids' Place Mathematics

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Educational publisher Houghton Mifflin provides a colorful, engaging site that offers test-prep practice, test-taking strategies, and brain teasers on a variety of math concepts for grades 1-6. Just "Choose an activity and pick a grade,"...
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Student Achievement Partners

Illustrative Mathematics: Addition and Subtraction Fluency Set of Tasks [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students explore the relationship between addition and subtraction and develop an understanding of decomposing numbers in different ways in this first-grade lesson plan.
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Student Achievement Partners

Achieve the Core: Illustrative Mathematics: The Very Hungry Caterpillar [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
In this lesson, first-grade students explore counting on and the place value system using the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
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Sumdog: Mathematics Free Math Games, Teacher Resources

For Students Pre-K - 1st
On this site students can review key math concepts such as multiplication facts, counting and fractions. Teachers can find lesson plans for their classrooms, create contests for students and track students' progress. Free registration...
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Education Place

Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Kids' Place Mathematics

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Educational publisher Houghton Mifflin provides a colorful, engaging site that offers test-prep practice, test-taking strategies, and brain teasers on a variety of math concepts for grades 1-6. Just "Choose an activity and pick a grade,"...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Argue Better Than a Pigeon

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
For this lesson, the book Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems is used as a mentor text. Students will learn how to evaluate the validity of a mathematical argument. Students will practice writing and revising their own...
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National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics: Patterns and Structure

For Teachers K - 1st
National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics: Patterns and Structure provides a teacher learning module, on how to effectively teach patterns and structure which is used to develop skills in teachers to recognize mathematical structures.
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National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics: Operations

For Teachers K - 1st
National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics:Operations provides a teacher learning module on how to effectively teach order of operations and offers resources that would help to do this.
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University of Texas at Austin

Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Measuring Real Stuff

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Nonstandard units of measure are used to compare lengths and weights of real-world objects.
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University of Texas at Austin

Mathematics Teks Toolkit: What's Poppin

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Compare weights and volumes using popped and unpopped popcorn.
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University of Texas at Austin

Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Math Bargains

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Students use real coins to explore and solve problems involving the purchase of items.
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University of Texas at Austin

Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Oh No! My Ominoes!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Explore pentominoes by determining congruent and non-congruent shapes.
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University of Texas at Austin

Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Rolling Races

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Young scholars play a game by rolling dice and determining the probability of outcomes of colors.
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University of Texas at Austin

Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Make a Hundred

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Play a game with dice to determine if it is possible to make a hundred.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: k.oa What's Missing?

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners will practice composing and decomposing numbers with this quick game. Show the student 6 counters. Ask the student to close his/her eyes. Hide some of the counters under a sheet of heavy paper. When the student opens his/her...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: k.oa Pick Two

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This activity is a basic introduction to writing simple equations. Students are given a set of numbers and will pick two numbers that add to make six. They will write an equation that shows that those two numbers add to make 6.

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