Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: k.oa What's Missing?
Students 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...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: k.oa Ten Flashing Fireflies
The purpose of this task is to help students develop fluency with addition facts to 10. Using the book "Ten Flashing Fireflies" by Philemon Sturges, students will move a yellow counter to the ten frame to represent the firefly in the...
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Better Lesson: Subtraction Number Stories Day 2
Students will be able to create their own number stories and represent them using one of the methods we have learned in this unit.
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Better Lesson: Subtraction Number Stories Day 1
Students will be able to create their own number stories and represent them using one of the methods we have learned in this unit.
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Better Lesson: Subtraction Number Stories Day 3
Students will be able to create their own number stories and represent them using one of the methods we have learned in this unit.
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Better Lesson: Math Centers Review Previous Skills
Students will be able to independently practice graphing, teen numbers, and addition.
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Better Lesson: What Are Our Norms for How We Listen?
This lesson helps build a strong culture of problem solvers, and it can work as an introduction in 1st grade or as a Kindergarten lesson!
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Better Lesson: Explaining Other People's Thinking
Set up a culture of listening and understanding in your classroom with this meta cognitive lesson on what our brains do when we listen.