University of Texas
Essential Reading Strategies for the Struggling Reader
Beneficial for beginning readers, struggling readers, and those in need of review, a set of language arts activities is a great addition to any foundational reading unit. Focusing on phonological awareness, fluency, instructional...
Education Development Center
Consecutive Sums
Evaluate patterns of numbers through an engaging task. Scholars work collaboratively to determine a general rule reflecting the sum of consecutive positive integers. Multiple patterns emerge as learners explore different arrangements.
Illustrative Mathematics
Number of the Day
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...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Predictable Patterns With Addition
Students learn to compare numbers. They generate patterns using repeated addends, and different starting points.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Add Them Up
In this activity, students explore the total voltage provided by several batteries in a series to a battery-operated device. They graph scatter plots, understand multiplication as repeated addition, and use a pattern to develop a...
NumberNut
Number Nut: Multiplication: 1 to 10
Demonstrates how to use repeated addition to multiply single-digit numbers, how to recognize number patterns that can help with understanding, as well as how to use a multiplication table for facts that need to be memorized. Includes...