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

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Aligned lesson plans

French fries up and down
The students will get hands-on practice working with patterns and translating them to numerical sequences. This lesson reaches visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners all at the same time.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics)
By Annie Nesbitt.

Resources on the web

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
Recording two ways
In this lesson, the first of a six-part Illuminations unit titled “Macaroni Math,” students make sets of pasta shapes and count some away, then record the subtraction in vertical and horizontal formats. They draw a set and cross out some shapes,... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: Illuminations
Numbers many ways
This Illuminations lesson is the fifth of an eight-part unit titled “Begin With Buttons.” In this lesson, students work with subtraction at the intuitive level as they explore number families and ways to decompose numbers to 10. They will also... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: Illuminations
More and more buttons
This Illuminations lesson is the fourth of an eight-part unit titled &dlquo;Begin With Buttons.” In this lesson, students use buttons to create, model, and record addition sentences. They also explore commutativity in addition contexts. This... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: Illuminations