Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 1, Lesson 3: Moo-vin

Add some interaction to a basic addition and subtraction instructional activity using this technique. Simply cut up a 100 chart (attached), and have scholars choose one number each. Then, using the attached handout, have each student...

From the apple on your desk and the coffee cup in your hand, to the cabinets along the classroom wall, basic three-dimensional shapes are found everywhere in the world around us. Introduce young mathematicians to the these common figures...

Introduce young scholars to calendars as they practice the days of the week and four seasons. First graders complete three days-of-the-week sequences, each starting on a different day. They can reference the completed sequence example...

Geometric shapes make great visual models for introducing young mathematicians to the concept of fractions. Looking at a series of four circles, students are asked to determine whether or not one half of each circle is shaded. To support...

Create geometric cups by interpreting directions, informational text, and mathematical concepts. Critical thinkers apply geometric theory (congruent shapes, patterns, symmetry) to actual directions to create a cup that holds Kool Aid....

Second graders manipulate triangles to discover the concepts of slides, flips and turns of a geometric shape.

This Groundhog's Day, challenge scholars to predict, estimate, tally, and graph in a weather-themed instructional activity in which class members play the role of the groundhog to forecast the weather come February second. 

Second graders, through large screen monitor, study geometric design. They participate in a diagnostic assessment in which they use pnecils, scissors and paste.

Here is another excellent math lesson to use when striving to meet Common Core goals. In it, young geometers use their knowledge of number and measurement to draw rectangles of different sizes. The "My Rectangles and Angles" activity...

Invite your first graders to compose and decompose two and three-dimensional figures with this fun, hands-on lesson. They investigate and predict the results of putting together and taking apart two-dimensional shapes with rubber bands...