Mathematics — Kindergarten

Dinosaur math

The children will be involved in several different activities (graphing, sorting and classifying, patterning) rotating to each station during the lesson.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)

By RobinC Adams.

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Tangram puzzles

In this lesson from Illuminations, students choose a picture and use all seven Tangram pieces to fill in the outline. They describe and visualize what figures look like when they are transformed through rotations or flips, or are put together or taken apart... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics)

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Puzzling relationships

In this lesson, students use concrete materials to develop the skills needed to work with interactive Tangram puzzles. The students also further develop their understanding of spatial relationships and develop problem-solving skills. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics)

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My pet

In this lesson, the first in an eight-part unit from Illuminations titled “Traveling Along: Measuring and Mapping,” students develop and use spatial relationships and spatial memory by creating a map of a pet. The students use visual and spatial... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics)

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Mapping all of me

In this lesson, students use the knowledge and skills gained from a previous lesson by placing yarn strips appropriately on 4' x 3' strips of paper and drawing around them to create a map of their body. Then the students use directional and positional words... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics)

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Ladybug mazes

This Internet Mathematics Excursion is based on an E-example from the NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. In this activity, students will plan a series of moves that will navigate a ladybug through a maze. Their plans will turn the ladybug... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics)

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How do you build triangles?

In this lesson, the second in a four-part unit from Illuminations titled “Triangles,” students investigate basic properties of triangles. They then investigate the relationships among basic geometric shapes and communicate their findings to... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics)

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Get the turtle to the pond

This lesson from Illuminations provides opportunities for creative problem solving while encouraging young students to estimate length and angle measure. Students are asked to enter a sequence of LOGO commands to help the turtle get to the pond. Children... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

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Figuring in football

In this lesson, one of a five-part unit from Illuminations titled “Mathematics and Football,” students examine the influences of pattern, symmetry, and design in the real world, by looking at a football field. A football field has numerous figures... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics)

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Facing up

In this lesson, one of a six-part unit from Illuminations titled “Going Places: Measuring and Mapping,” students create a map of their face and practice locating different parts using the geometric and measurement concepts they have learned... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics)

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Designing a virtual path

In this lesson, one of a four-part unit from Illuminations titled “Ladybug Adventures—Learning Geometry and Measurement Concepts,“ students use their knowledge of numbers, measurement, and geometry to design a “virtual path”... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations