Curated OER
Metric Measurement
Students use, read and write with metric units. They practice converting from larger to smaller units. Afterwards, they construct a scale drawing of a bridge. In addition, they construct these two designs, using the same scale of 1cm to...
Curated OER
Hula Hoop Hullabaloo
Second graders use hula hoops to represent the zero as they count objects into ones, tens, hundreds and thousands. They complete an activity to after they have practiced counting objects.
Curated OER
Saving Money
After listening to the wonderful book, A Chair for my Mother, young mathematicians engage in an awesome lesson about coins and the value of saving money. The lesson is done in a classic style - everything is beautifully organized, and...
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Using Groups of Ten to Solve Problems
Upper graders solve math problems involving multiplication using specific strategies. They will use base-ten blocks, hundreds charts, and number lines to solve multiplication problems. Then they will practice several of the strategies...
Curated OER
Places, Places, Everyone
First graders play the game Show Me and use math software to practice place value.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Place Value to 1,000
Second graders stack cubes and learn how to group them in order to understand place value.
Curated OER
Roll `Em!
First graders engage in using base ten blocks and dice for a fun engaging math lesson. They use a worksheet imbedded in this lesson as the game board to help them play this math game.
Curated OER
Addition Relay
Third graders, in pairs, use a bag of counters which can be dried beans, squares of papers, etc.
Curated OER
Teaching Place Value
Utilizing mathematical literature and games are two excellent ways to introduce and teach place value.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Skip Counting
A definition of skip counting followed by interactive examples and links to exercises that will help your skip-counting skills. Learn to skip count by 2, by 3, by 4, by 5, and by 10, and challenge yourself with backwards skip counting.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Number Bubble Skip Counting
Number Bubble: Skip Counting is an educational game for kids to practice counting by multiples. Children can count by twos, threes, fours, fives, sixes, sevens, eights, nines, or tens to 100. Utilize this game with one of our interactive...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Souper Scooper
This hands-on, inquiry based lesson is an extension of the AMSTI Science Module, Solids and Liquids. Students use nonstandard units to measure beans in a soup mix. Students predict how many beans will be in a scoop. Students group beans...