Practice place value skills with this lesson. Learners put numbers in order from greatest to least, identify the values of particular numbers, and engage in an activity to compare numbers using manipulatives.

Elementary schoolers use their understanding of place value to develop a strategy for a number game. In this lesson plan, pupils use place value to play "100 or Bust" and figure out a good winning strategy. These kinds of math games are...

Daily routines not only help to manage classrooms, they can also provide students with rich opportunities for learning. This activity supports young learners in developing their number sense by counting up the school days on a class...

Discover the joy and excitement of improving your math fluency through four different puzzles. Combine those with 25 different ways to represent numbers and you have hours of enjoyment that can be fun outside of the classroom as well.

While just a quick review of different ways to write a number, this could be enhanced to provide a richer exploration. Using a couple of examples, the teacher walks learners through the process of identifying and expressing numbers.  

Few topics engage young mathematicians as much as learning about money. Through a series of shared readings and hands-on activities, children explore the US currency system, learning how to count money and calculate change as they create...

Use the special Tennessee State Quarter as a learning tool. During this lesson plan, discuss why the Tennessee Quarter has musical instruments on it. You can also utilize a worksheet embedded in the plan to help your class compose a song...

Here is a great learning task that focuses on the development of areas in computational fluency including strategies in mental math. Young learners are guided through a list of addition expressions that help them visually understand the...