Standard Course of Study :: Mathematics — Grade 1

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Supermarket sweep: Day 2: Students will participate in a supermarket game and follow a shopping list. Students will compare the quantity of items “purchased” and graph results. Students will also learn a song about shopping in a supermarket.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Development and Mathematics); By Angela Hunt and Melody Holmes.

Piggies: This activity is a fun, interactive lesson that integrates children's literature with math (a great way to integrate author studies). This activity allows students to be involved in four learning styles (visual, auditory, tactile and kinesthetic).; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts and Mathematics); By Stephanie Hatcher.

Pattern block addition: Students will practice addition, problem solving, and writing equations in the context of a fun and challenging pattern game.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics); By Dawn Potter.

Make math "bear"-able: The students will use teddy bear counters to explore addition and subtraction facts (1-10). Students will demonstrate an understanding of ordinal numbers by locating the position of their counters on their workmats.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics); By Nikki Gilmore.

Introduction to fact families: Addition (commutative property): Students will "invent" their own examples that demonstrate the commutative property of addition through hands-on activities.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics); By William Krupicka.

Friendship addition: This lesson introduces students to the concept of basic single digit addition.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics); By Jennifer Barbee.

Chocolate! Chocolate! Chocolate!: Using chocolate as a theme, students will become involved in reading, writing, math, word study/spelling and other developmentally appropriate (integrated) activities. The unit includes centers for the classroom along with whole group activities.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts and Mathematics); By Luwonna Oakes.

An apple a day: Understanding halves and simple addition: This is a hands-on lesson which uses apples to introduce the concept of "half" and to teach simple addition. This lesson was taught to a group of 1st grade EC students.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics); By Janet Acorn.

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Who's in the fact family?: In this lesson, the fifth of a six-part Illuminations unit titled “Macaroni Math,” students explore the relation of addition to subtraction. Students use problem-solving skills to find fact families, including those in which one addend is zero... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Where will I land?: In this lesson, the third of a six-part Illuminations unit titled “Macaroni Math,” students find differences using the number line, a continuous model for subtraction. Students are encouraged to predict differences and to compose puzzles involving... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

What's the difference?: In this lesson, the sixth of a six-part Illuminations unit titled “Macaroni Math,” students use reasoning to find differences from numbers up to 10, using real and virtual calculators and an addition chart as tools. They also play a concentration... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

What's left?: In this lesson, triangular flash cards and dice games help students practice addition facts. Students modify their “Addition Chart” to record the facts they know at the immediate-recall level. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

What balances?: This lesson encourages students to explore another meaning of subtraction, the balance. They use subtraction facts to generate related addition facts and explore at the concrete level the idea of subtraction as the inverse of addition. Through a series... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Using the number line to compare: In this lesson, the third of a six-part unit from Illuminations, students determine differences using the number line to compare lengths. Because this model is based on linear measurement, it is a distinctly different representation from the models presented... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Try for five: In this lesson, the fifth of a six-part unit from Illuminations titled “Food Pyramid Power,” students explore the many ways to decompose numbers and then build on their knowledge of addition and subtraction to find missing addends. They also... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Healthful Living and Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Taking away sets: This lesson, one of a seven-part unit from Illuminations titled “Links Away,” encourages students to explore another model for subtraction, the familiar set model. Reading one of the many books that feature subtraction sets the stage for this... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Take away: This lesson from Illuminations helps introduce elementary students to subtraction. The objective is to create a link between students' experiences and mathematics. By the end of the lesson it is expected that students should have a deep understanding of... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Sum search: In this lesson, students practice addition facts in a concentration-game format using dominoes. Then they generate sums to given numbers using a calculator and record them on a hundred board and look for patterns. Later, they record their current level... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Some special sums: In this lesson, one of a five-part unit from Illuminations titled “Let's Learn Those Facts,” students practice doubles and doubles-plus-one addition facts. They record their current level of mastery of the addition facts on their personal addition... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Shirts full of buttons: This lesson is one of an 8-part unit from Illuminations titled “Shirts Full of Buttons.” In this lesson students explore subtraction in the comparative mode by answering questions such as “How many more?” and “How many less?”... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

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