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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Choral Counting

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Using base ten blocks, students will develop the concept of ten more and ten less, moving from concrete representation to understanding of the unit of ten within ten more and ten less. Included is a detailed lesson plan with many...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Color Week

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Five-year-olds need to count things that relate to them. This activity builds on their need to be included or see the relevance of their counting. Students will practice counting, writing numbers, and filling in a chart or bar graph....
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Counting Circles Ii

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will stand and form a circle facing in toward each other. The teacher will select a counting sequence to be practiced with no more than 6-10 numbers. The students will start counting around the circle one by one until the last...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Crossing the Decade" Concentration

For Teachers K - 1st
This game is a version of the traditional memory or concentration game and will help students practice "crossing the decade". A detailed explanation of the rules, materials needed, and variations are included in this lesson.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Number of the Day

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Repeatable, daily activities are one of the best ways to instill the counting sequence for children. This activity requires a 100 chart which can be made or purchased. Students will count the "Number of the Day" beginning with 1 on the...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Grandfather Tang's Story

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
The purpose of this task is for students to compose two-dimensional shapes to create a composite shape using tangram pieces. The teacher will read "Grandfather Tang's Story" and the students will use tangrams to compose the animals from...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Choral Counting Ii

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Using a 100 chart, young scholars will chant the counting sequence starting with one to one hundred. Variations can include skip counting, counting from various numbers other than one, and counting backward.
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Teach With Picture Books: One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Author provides a summary, discussion questions, background information, pre-reading and after-reading questions, as well as extension ideas for math and language arts for the folk tale from India, One Grain of Rice.
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Curated OER

Teaching Today: Intervention Strategies for Mathematics Teachers

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site provides intervention strategies for math teachers. The site talks about both identifying students that need intervention and ways to address the issues. The ways to address the issues include small groups, differentiated...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 1.g 3 D Shape Sort

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
As a whole group, learners will sort a collection of three-dimensional objects into categories by shape. There should be several that fall into each of the categories below: Aligns with 1.G.A.1.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 1.g Counting Squares

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lesson plan challenges the students to find squares are in different places? Aligns with 1.G.A.2.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 1.g All vs. Only Some

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, students come up with statements that is true about all of the triangles that they see but not true of all triangles in general, then the teacher should ask students if they can imagine a triangle without that attribute.:...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Many Ways to Do Addition 1

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will learn that there are multiple ways to solve math problems, such as drawing a picture, using counters, using fingers, using a number line, and memorizing facts. The teacher writes a simple addition problem on the whiteboard...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Find the Numbers 0 5 or 5 10

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This activity helps students practice number identification and is conducive to small groups/centers. Materials needed can be made from index cards and blank wooden cubes. Variations are included to make this activity simpler or harder...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Number Line Up

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will have fun moving around in this counting game. The teacher will create number cards and give one card to each student. Students will need to work together to order themselves in the correct number order. Multiple variations...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: "One More" Concentration

For Teachers K - 1st
This game is a version of the traditional memory or concentration game. Students will practice counting forward or backward depending on their skill level. Directions and materials needed are fully explained in the activity.
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Nas: Studying Classroom Teaching as a Medium for Professional Development

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The Mathematical Sciences Education Board (MSEB) and the U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction (USNCMI) took advantage of a unique opportunity to bring educators together. In August 2000, following the Ninth International...
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Queen's Printer for Ontario

E workshop.on.ca: Effective Instr'n in Math, K 6: Assess't Home Connections [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
Volume 4 in an eworkshop Guide to Effective Instruction in Math outlines and illustrates instructional strategies for assessing mathematical understanding of students in K-6 and for promoting positive interactions with families about the...
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Queen's Printer for Ontario

E workshop.on.ca: Effective Instruction in Math, K 6: Problem Solving [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Volume 2 in an eworkshop Guide to Effective Instruction in Math outlines and illustrates instructional strategies for building mathematical problem-solving skills and skills in communicating mathematical concepts to students in...
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University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Lessons and Units

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This is a searchable database of lesson plans and units in all strands of Mathematics, from elementary to secondary.
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Queen's Printer for Ontario

E workshop.on.ca: Effective Instruction in Math, K 6: Resources and Mgmt [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Volume 3 in an eworkshop Guide to Effective Instruction in Math outlines and illustrates strategies for the effective management and resourcing of K-6 mathematics classrooms.
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Web Resources: Math and Science Resources

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Complete mathematical or scientific equations with online help. Wolfram offers tutorials, activities, research, computations and fun facts. Search through these various resources to find the resource specific to your need. Bring your...
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North Central Regional Educational Laboratory

Ncrel: Pathways to School Improvement

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Use this NCREL site to find research and best practices relating to many critical issues in education. Each area on the site includes discussions of critical issues, supporting material, and additional resources. Areas include...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Browse Lesson Plans

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The following database allows teachers to search for lessons for all age groups covering a wide range of subjects. Simply click on the age group and the following content: arts, foreign language, literature and language arts,...

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