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Spider Tea Cakes - Miss Spiders Tea Party
Students assemble a spider tea cake by counting out their objects and following directions
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The Gingerbread Man
In this unit students use the traditional tale of the gingerbread man as a context for ordering and comparing lengths. They compare the length of two objects directly, order three or more objects by length and select objects that are...
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The 13 Days of Halloween
Students practice counting from one to thirteen. They create a Halloween counting webpage.
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Addition and Subtraction in Center Time
First graders complete center activities as they practice their addition and subtraction skills. They listen to Rick Walton's, "How Many, How Many, How Many" before playing games, and completing addition and subtraction worksheets at...
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Are There Enough?
In this problem solving learning exercise, students read 4 math stories and use counters to figure out how many more are needed. Students circle yes or no to indicate if there are enough objects for each animal in the story.
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Investigation - The Bakery Shop
Learners participate in mathematical music and subtraction using their fingers when indicated in the song. In this music/math lesson, students count their fingers and pretend their fingers are cookies. Learners sing the song and...
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Mathematics of Scale
Learners problem solve to calculate the number of times various listed objects could fit onto Tacoma Narrows Bridge. They create a scale drawing of the listed objects in comparison to the bridge.
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Meteor or Meteorite
Students differentiate between a meteor and meteorite. They participate in an experiment to discover how the size and weight of an object determines the size of the impact crater. They utilize their math skills by measuring with a ruler...
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Measuring With Fluids
Students investigate the concept of measurement for capacity and they use real containers to be filled of different sizes. Students use the scoops as the number of units for counting the capacity volume. Then they order the containers by...
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Let's Learn About Numbers
First graders participate in a variety of drill and practice activities as they study numbers. They play with numbers, write about numbers and have opportunities to manipulate and match up numerals, number words, and sets of objects.
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Apples A Peel To Me
First graders gather, record and interpret data. In this math lesson plan, 1st graders collect data from their classmates regarding their favorite types of apples. Students use the data collected to explore the use of real graphs and...
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Mini Muffin Mania
In this muffins worksheet, students complete different ways to show how to package the muffins in a grid. Students show 6 different ways.
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Writing Equations: Subtraction 0 to 10
In this subtraction worksheet, students study the sets of images, cross out the pictures that will be subtracted, and count the amount of objects left. Students write the 4 subtraction equations in the box. Students then write the...
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Venn Diagram and Shape Sorting Lesson Plan
Students use Venn diagrams to represent classifications of shapes and to use counting arguments to find the number of objects in a given set.
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Adding in Any Order
In this mathematics worksheet, 1st graders use a circle and write how many for each problem. Then they take a specific number of circles, add a few more and count. Students identify what was the same in the addition sentences.