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Counting fun
This is a lesson on counting that takes 30 minutes. It is a good whole group activity for beginning counting, (forwards and backwards), and numeral recognition 1-10 to use early in the year. It is also good for math in literature. The activity can be extended as a counting game to use individually or small group during work stations.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
By Karen McNeely.
Shopping spree
Students will practice counting money up to five dollars using grocery ads from local stores.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
By Lauren Gary.
Count and eat the M&Ms
The student will participate in a pre-math activity using the computer. The child will learn to count objects from 0-10 unassisted on the computer. Thus, each child will be rewarded with a special snack time. They will count M&M's from 0 to 10 and eat them as an incentive and a reward.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
By Frank Lowdermilk.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Once I Caught a Fish Alive): Counting and directional words
In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 12
In this kindergarten lesson plan, students use the nursery rhyme "1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Once I Caught a Fish Alive)" to practice recognition of written numbers and directional words.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
By Lisa Wright.
Estimating quantities
Students will estimate items individually. As a whole group, they will check to determine the closest guess.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics)
By Aimee Stewart.
Number fun
Students will use games to recognize numbers. They will match the number with a set of objects. This is a two day lesson with 45 minutes each day.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
By Kay Nix.
Easter egg math
Using colored Easter eggs, students will sort by color, count eggs, and graph data.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
By Marie Messer.
You're the cashier!
Students will use manipulatives and computers to count back change from amounts up to $5.00.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
By Lynn Tugwell.
"Shaping up" with ordinal numbers
This lesson teaches students ordinal numbers through literature, and a visual memory game, and it reviews shapes, colors, and ordinal numbers with a listening and following-directions assessment.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
By Sue Bowen.
Making change to $1.00.
In this lesson students will work in small groups making change to $1.00 using coins and pictures of items priced from Sunday fliers. In advance the teacher will cut out pictures of items costing less than $1.00.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Mathematics)
By Julie Hohns.
Everybody show
This math game teaches number recognition and progression, and strengthens rote counting skills.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
By Mary Waldrup.
More, less, and equal
Students will identify sets and numbers that are more, less, or equal to each other while participating in a variety of games and activities.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
By Rachel Fiscus.
Color-coded time
This lesson introduces telling time to the minute using the analog and digital clocks. The hands are color-coded to assist with hour and minute hand discrimination. The student will use the time on the digital clock, which can then be transferred to the more difficult analog clock.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
By Anne Clodfelter.
Making change
Students will use plastic coins and paper bills to practice making change with a partner.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics)
By Carol Livingston.
M&M math
Rotating to each station using M&M's, this lesson will allow students to add, graph, sort, and estimate.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
By Karen Walker.
Sorting seeds
This lesson will engage students in manipulating, sorting, counting, and graphing seeds. The students will be involved in the creation of a graph using the computer.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Mathematics)
By Mary Jackson.
Raisins, Raisins, Raisins
This lesson involves students in collecting data,organizing data into a line plot, discussing statistics, calculating mean, medain and mode and consumer awareness.
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Mathematics)
By Melanie Simmons.
Blueberries for Sal: Counting and correspondence
This lesson is designed to aid the teacher in teaching the math skills of one to one correspondence, number recognition, and matching numbers to sets. It is also a great lesson to intergrate into a unit on Bears or the color Blue.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Mathematics)
By Wrenn Smith.
Mandarin Chinese I | 中文课程1
Part one of an online textbook for learning Mandarin Chinese.
Format: book (multiple pages)
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 1 Mathematics)
By William Krupicka.