Better Lesson
Better Lesson: I Am Five! Exploring the Number Five
Students will be able to identify the number five, identify groups with five objects and represent the number five.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Five by Two
This card game reinforces number identification and sequencing and is conducive to small groups/centers. The students will need a deck of playing cards including some of the face cards. Instructions and variations for play are included.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: One Is Fun! Exploring the Number One
Students will be able to identify the number one, identify groups with one object and represent the number one.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Oranges How Many Sections Are Inside?
In this biology investigation students will be asked to attempt to determine how many sections exist in an orange without having peeled it. Students will work in small cooperative groups. Each group will be able to use a small magnifying...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: I See Two. Do You? Exploring the Number Two
Students will be able to identify the number two, identify groups with two objects and represent the number two.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Peg + Cat: Camp Day 1
Peg and Cat are helping the Farmer today, and they have a lot of work to do! Today's activities include welcoming campers, introducing camp, sorting animals, collecting 100 chickens, planting vegetables, and solving some really big...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Find the Numbers 0 5 or 5 10
This activity helps students practice number identification and is conducive to small groups/centers. Materials needed can be made from index cards and blank wooden cubes. Variations are included to make this activity simpler or harder...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Finding Equal Groups
This activity will test how quickly students can count objects. The teacher will assemble a variety of groups of objects in a few different forms (examples included). Students will race against the clock to sort the groups of objects...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Salad Dressing
The purpose of this task is to have students add fractions with unlike denominators and divide a unit fraction by a whole number. This accessible real-life context provides students with an opportunity to apply their understanding of...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Match Me!
Kids love to count and build puzzles. This activity encourages them to do both! The kids count objects on puzzle pieces and match the groups of objects to the correct number.
ICT Games
Ict Games: Shark Numbers
Shark Numbers is a mobile-friendly place value game. The learning objective of this game is to know what each digit in a 3-digit number represents, (for ages 5-8).
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Guess the Marbles in the Bag
Students will make their best guesses as to how many marbles are in a bag. After recording 4-5 guesses, the teacher writes the number representing the total on the board, and the students then help sort their guesses into less than,...