Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Hitting the Target Number
The purpose of this task is to help learners develop flexible strategies for adding and subtracting within 20. Students will pick 5 number cards from pre-made cards labeled 1-10. Then, another student will pick a "target number" between...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Building Toward Fluency
The purpose of this task is to promote certain addition strategies that will help students learn to fluently add and subtract within 20. Students will use a number line or magnetic cubes to solve addition problems. Students will be asked...
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Better Lesson: Go Fishing for a Ten
Second graders use a familiar card game to help them build their math fact fluency for facts where the sum is 10.
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Better Lesson: The Neighbors of Doubles
The big idea of this lesson is that students can solve for near doubles by thinking of the related doubles fact.
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Better Lesson: Zooming in on the Facts!
Second graders will be able to solve basic math problems using math facts.
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Better Lesson: Student Self Assessment: Progress With Number Sense
Sixth graders will be able to identify areas of growth and areas where performance needs improvement.
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Better Lesson: Making a Ten
Making ten is one of the foundational strategies for developing flexible numerical thinking, accuracy, and efficiency.
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Better Lesson: Double Trouble
Second graders can think about doubles facts as world situations to help commit them to memory.