Mathematics — Kindergarten

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How Many Left?

Students explore the familiar set model of subtraction. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

How Many Buttons?

Students review classification, make sets of a given number, explore relationships between numbers, and find numbers that are one more and one less than a given number. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Hopping on the Number Line

Students generate sums using the “number line” model. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Hopping Backward to Solve Problems

Students determine differences using the number line to compare lengths. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Hopping Backward on the Number Line

Students generate differences using the number line model. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Here's a Handful

Students construct sets of up to five items, write the numeral 5, identify sets of five, and record “5&rdquop; on a chart. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Food Pyramid Power: Looking Back and Moving Forward

Students display their knowledge of properties of objects for sorting and creating patterns. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Focus on Two

Students make groups of two, write the numeral 2, and record a group of two on a personal recording chart. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Finding the Balance

Students explore another model of subtraction, the balance. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Finding Sums to Six

Students discover the role of the additive identity and explore sums to six. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Finding Four

Students explore the number four. They make sets of four, write the numeral 4, and compare sets of four to sets of one, two, and three. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Finding Fact Families

Students explore the relation of addition to subtraction. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Finding Fact Families

The relationship of subtraction to addition is introduced with a book and with dominoes. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Finding Addition Patterns

Students explore commutativity and examine addition patterns. Then they record known facts on a personal addition chart. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Fact Family Fun

The relation of addition to subtraction is explored with fish-shaped crackers. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Fact Families

Students use books and connecting cubes to explore the relationship of addition to subtraction. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Exploring sets through math-related book pairs

This ReadWriteThink lesson integrates reading, writing, viewing, and visually representing mathematical ideas while simultaneously strengthening home-school communication. The two math-related books used give real-world contexts to the strategy of grouping... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Mathematics)

Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Exploring Pennies and Dimes

Students examine pennies and dimes and model subtraction as they listen to a children's book. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Exploring Other Number Patterns

Students make and extend patterns with numbers in a variety of mathematical contexts. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Exploring Adding with Sets

Reading The Hershey's Kisses Addition Book will set the stage for this lesson in which students write story problems, find sums using sets, and present results in the form of a table. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics