Assessment
Illustrative Mathematics

The Pet Snake

For Students 1st Standards
Assess how long the class pet snake grew and how long it was when it started growing with a short learning exercise. Learners use addition and subtraction strategies with measurements to answer three questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

More or Less

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this counting groups of items worksheet, students count two groups of items in each box and circle the groups that have more. Students solve 6 problems.
Worksheet
Curated OER

More or Less (Numbers to 20)

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this more or less worksheet, students look at each pair of numbers and then color the number that is larger than the other green. Students repeat the process for the second set of numbers, but color the number that is less yellow.
Worksheet
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More or Less (Numbers to 10)

For Students K - 1st
In this more or less instructional activity, students look at each pair of numbers and color the numbers that are more green. Students color the second set of numbers that are less yellow.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Guided Lesson Explanation for More, less, or Equal

For Students K
How do you teach kindergartners to count? Use this scripted explanation to show pupils how to solve problems that ask them to determine whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of...
Worksheet
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Two-Digit Numbers: 10 More or 10 Less

For Students 1st - 2nd
Complete the sequence by adding or subtracting 10! Although the instructions are slightly vague, the idea is that learners are given a starting number and fill in four sequential numbers by either adding or subtracting 10. The first four...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Counting Objects

For Students Pre-K - 1st
What an easy way to practice counting and comparing numbers! Learners examine four sets of drawings, each with two types of objects pictured. They count each object, writing the number below. Then, they color in the item with fewer...
Worksheet
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More, Less or Equal?

For Students K - 1st
Your class compares groups of small stars by counting quantities in each of two sets and deciding which has more. They write symbols for greater than, less than, or equal to in a circle between each pair of sets. Two completed samples...
Assessment
Illustrative Mathematics

Maria’s Marbles

For Students 1st Standards
Ali has more marbles than Maria in some of these word problems, while in others Maria has more marbles than Ali. First graders are tasked to read each word problem and solve how many marbles each girl has.
Lesson Plan
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Cooperation, Trust and Interdependence

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students experience what it is like to depend on a group for their safety and to accomplish a goal. They increase their need for interdependence and cooperation in building relationships. Students need to explore the effective...
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Curriculum Corner

Second Grade Summer Math Practice Book

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Stop the summer lag with a set of second grade Common Core based math practice sheets. Learners fill in hundreds charts with missing numbers up to 1,000. They practice writing numbers in standard, expanded, and word form. Children also...
Organizer
Curated OER

Compare Sets of Objects Guided Lesson

For Students K - 1st
Practice math vocabulary terms fewer, more, and data using this visual-object-analysis guide. Learners observe three sets of objects and answer three questions, two of which compare numbers of objects, and the last which...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Compare: More or Less

For Students K - 1st
In this comparison worksheet, students determine which box has more pictures and count numbers in each. A website reference for additional activities is given.
Lesson Plan
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Mystery Jars

For Teachers K - 4th
Youngsters discover ways to estimate. They will use two jars with large and small items and estimate the number of items. Then record their estimate and explain why they answered the way they did. They try this experiment with different...
Lesson Plan
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Patterns Here, There and Everywhere

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pattern recognition is a skill often used in mathematics. Learners count and sort manipulatives, organize the data into a graph and answer questions about the information displayed. They collect the objects to be used and create patterns...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Comparisons

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this math comparisons instructional activity, students compare 2 groups of fish and decide which one has more fish and which one has less fish.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Yummy Apples!

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Young learners listen to a read aloud of Gail Gibbons book, Apples and the story A Red House With No Windows and No Doors. They compare characteristics of a number of kinds of apples, graph them and create a apple print picture. Learners...
Worksheet
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Ten More, Ten Less

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Six story problems needing answers await your class. Pictures provide some scaffolding, but consider also using unit cubes and 10-rods to compose and solve equations for each. Some of the problems require a two-step processes to solve. A...
Worksheet
Curated OER

More Worksheet

For Students K
In this more worksheet, students count the number of shapes and draw a group of the same shape that is more than the first group. Students solve 2 problems.
Worksheet
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Comparing

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Examine short number sequences to help scholars explore value comparisons. They look at various given numbers (both two-digit and three-digit) and write in values that are less or more by specific one-digit numbers (i.e. three less, two...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

How Thick Is a Soda Can I?

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
The humble soda can gets the geometric treatment in an activity that links math and science calculations. After a few basic assumptions are made and discussed, surface area calculations combine with density information to develop an...
Lesson Plan
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Same, More, Fewer

For Teachers 1st
For this mathematics worksheet, 1st graders color each circle red and draw one blue circle for each red one. Then they circle more, fewer, or same to identify which circles are which, red and blue.
Lesson Plan
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Counting More or Less

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice counting form 0 to 10. They are introduced to the concept of greater than and less than, through the use of pictures. They make flashcards using 3 X 5 cards with stamps or stickers on one side and the corresponding...
Worksheet
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More, Less or Equal

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this math worksheet, students compare sets and determine how they compare. Students count the size of small sets using the numbers 0 to 20 and identify if the sets are equal in size, larger or smaller.