Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Desert Animals

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students are asked if they think a roadrunner is a bird that is a fast runner or a slow runner? They are given a copy of Roadrunner Display Sheet. Students are asked how does a roadrunner protect iteself? They are given the following...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Using Subtraction Strategies 2

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this subtraction strategies worksheet, learners review the ways to subtract and then solve the subtraction problems. Students also answer a test prep question.
Lesson Plan
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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abcteach

Abcteach: Basic Math Addition Activities

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of teacher created activities that focus on basic addition practice. Includes frog counters that can be printed and laminated, a dot-to-dot activity, and ready-to-use math worksheets that...
Activity
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Addition

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
MathWorld provides a detailed definition of addition.
Interactive
TeacherLED

Teacher Led: Add Visuals

For Students K - 1st
Demonstrate addition for early learners using movable counters to visualize the process.
Activity
K-5 Math Teaching Resources

K 5 Math Teaching Resources: 10 More [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 2nd
Students will complete an activity to practice addition using counters and dice.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Adding Integers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart mimics the use of counters to teach addition of integers with like signs and integers with different signs. There are definitions hidden at the bottom of some pages, just grab and drag to...
Lesson Plan
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...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Adding Up, Taking Away Activity Plan

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
In this week's Afterschool Adventure, children will practice and explore strategies for solving addition and subtraction problems, such as using counters and rulers, performing mental math, and drawing pictures. As children encounter...
Lesson Plan
Can Teach

Can Teach: Grab and Add

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will practice their addition skills through this game. Lesson plan indicated for 1st-3rd grades.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: k.oa Shake and Spill

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
The purpose of this task is for students to decompose a number as a sum of two other numbers in more than one way. Students will shake and spill 5 two colored counters and determine how many of each color is showing and record the sum...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Bobbie Bear's Buttons

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
The purpose of this task is for students to find different pairs of numbers that sum to 4. Students will solve an everyday problem in their head and then model their solution using counters. They can represent their solutions using...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Burst Into Jolly Multiplication/division Factors

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
The following lesson will serve as a hands-on math activity reviewing the 2's and 3's multiplication and division factors. Students will examine the relationship between multiplication and division using Starburst and Jolly Rancher candy...