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Illustrative Mathematics

Number of the Day

K - 2nd Standards
Daily routines not only help to manage classrooms, they can also provide students with rich opportunities for learning. This activity supports young learners in developing their number sense by counting up the school days on a class...
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Curated OER

Adding Tens

2nd
Second graders explore and discuss adding 10 as they predict number patterns with the hundred chart. They work in pairs, groups choose a number, 1-9, and predict what happens if they add 10 to the number. Students make-a-ten strategy...
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Scholastic

Adding and Subtracting Ten

K - 2nd Standards
Developing fluency with basic addition and subtraction is fundamental to the success of all young mathematicians. This four-day lesson series begins with learners using ten-frames and hundreds charts to recognize patterns when adding and...
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Curated OER

Counting with Base - Ten Models

1st - 2nd
Help your kids develop strategies for counting. In this base-ten lesson, learners use matching cards, base 10 blocks, and dry erase markers and boards to examine the base 10 counting system.
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Curated OER

Exercises: Counting by 10s

1st - 2nd Standards
You've found six problems sure to help your class understand adding tens and hundreds. First they fill in a chart by adding 10s, then they make 100 in different ways. They then use a hundred chart to complete three different patterns,...
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Curated OER

Learning Even and Odd Numbers

K - 1st
In this math lesson, young learners receive a numeral written on a paper and arrange themselves in chronological order. They illustrate skip counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's using their numerals and then complete an individual 100 chart by...
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Curated OER

Hundred Number Chart

1st - 3rd
In this math worksheet, young scholars examine a filled-in hundred number chart. Students discover number patterns and multiples while using this chart for any math purpose.
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Curated OER

Planetary Place Value

3rd - 4th
Third graders explore place value to the ten thousands place. This incredibly thorough, 24-page lesson has learners construct, order, and compare numbers to 9,999. This three-day lesson includes reteaching and extension activities...
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Curated OER

Pattern Puzzles

1st - 2nd
A short video introduces place value in addition and subtraction. As a class, your students identify all even numbers up to one hundred and explain the pattern. They use addition strategies to fill in the missing numbers on the number grid.
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Curated OER

Grade 3: Palindrome Patterns

3rd
Third graders use addition to create numbers that are palindromes and organize their results to look for patterns. They make generalizations from patterns and practice reading large numbers and addition with regrouping.
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Curated OER

Number Chart and Number Line

1st
First graders research strategies for identifying numbers through 100. In this number recognition lesson plan, 1st graders make games, create puzzles,and fill in missing numbers to practice number identification.
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Curated OER

Ten by Ten

K - 2nd Standards
Learners participate in hands-on activities using a hundreds chart and counting toes and fingers. They discover the patterns that are created when counting by ten. After a lecture/demo, students practice by using a worksheet embedded in...
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Virginia Department of Education

Powers of Ten

7th Standards
Investigate negative exponents of-ten. Pupils use the pattern of increasing powers of 10 to determine negative powers of 10. The scholars write the powers in expanded and product forms and make the connection to exponents using a...
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Curated OER

Roman Numeration

5th - 6th
Gain a deeper understanding of the base 10 system through practicing conversion to Roman numerals through one million. The class is taught how to read the numerals through modeling and guided practice. This lesson includes a homework...
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Curated OER

Using the Sounds of Words Reading Task

K - 2nd
Young readers demonstrate phonemic awareness in words and blends, and recognize 100 high-frequency words. Use a nursery rhyme to point out rhyming words, and change the words by putting a new letter at the beginning. Each learner will...
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Curated OER

Patterns

4th
Fourth graders investigate patterns and sequences.  In this patterns and sequences instructional activity, 4th graders use a hundreds chart to build recurring patterns.  Students skip count by threes and fives on a hundreds...
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Curated OER

Ten More and Ten Less

K - 3rd
Get learners to analyze two-digit numbers based on place value, and use manipulatives to add and subtract both 1 and 10. A place value chart is available, and you can project it during guided practice. Through visualizing...
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Curated OER

Counting Chart

1st - 2nd Standards
Elementary learners discover counting through a counting chart. In this math lesson, students identify numbers 1-100. They then point or recite their counting numbers.
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Curated OER

Patterns

5th
Fifth graders recognize shape and number patterns. In groups, 5th graders use strategies to find patterns. They extend the patterns and give explanations as to how they found the pattern. Students use the computer and the hundreds...
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Curated OER

Calculating Patterns

Pre-K - 2nd
Students create numerical patterns by using an internet based calculator. In this patterns lesson plan, students complete, create, extend, and record different patterns.
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Curated OER

Number: Decimals

4th - 6th
Students explore the concept of decimals. In this decimals lesson, students examine number patterns as they complete a worksheet that requires them perform multiplication with decimal numbers.
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Curated OER

I Can Use a Worm to Count

K
Kindergarteners use worms, puppets or other props to practice counting to 100. First, they listen to a read aloud of Count Worms by Roger Hargeaves. A worm pattern is used to count to 100, with each segment of the worm...
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Curated OER

Finding Patterns with the Hundreds Chart

2nd - 3rd
Students review their numbers up to one hundred. Using a chart, they compare and predict patterns that might be in the numbers. They practice skip counting and grouping numbers. Using a spreadsheet, they graph different sets of numbers...
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Curated OER

Weaving a Story

1st - 2nd
It's time to investigate patterns! First and second graders construct a paper weaving using a hundreds chart, then use the Ti-10 calculator to make patterns such as adding 3 each time. Learners remove multiples of three from the hundreds...