LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

I have taught in Oklahoma, Kansas, and North Carolina for a total of 31 years, 29 of which have been in this state. I completed 28 years in Nash-Rocky Mount Schools teaching first and second grades. I am currently teaching first grade at Elm City Elementary School in Wilson County.

Resources created by Mary Deans

Open the gate, close the gate
Open the Gate, Close the Gate is a variety of activities to provide practice identifying and discriminating between open and closed figures. The activities are designed to meet varying learning styles, and to move students from the concrete level to the abstract level of learning.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
By Mary Deans.