Apple Seeds
This K-2 activity lets students practice number recognition, counting and writing the
numbers 0 through 6
Base 10 Hundreds Chart
Use a random number generator and base ten blocks to add and subtract with the Hundreds Chart. A good teacher utility
Clean Up the Playroom
Practice Ordinals with long names and short names as students move objects to the shelf to clean up their playroom.
Factor Trains
Use multilink cubes to visually see the Greatest Common Factor and Least Common Multiple in this hands-on manipulative and coloring lesson.
Domino Fractions
Play domino fractions and learn the magnitude of proper fractions in this game for two players or teams.
Count On with Christi
Count along with Christi as this interactive lesson gives students practice in Counting On.
Feed the Hungry Fish
A SMART board lesson based on an activity from an NCTM Illuminations lesson. Black line Masters included.
Fill the Egg Carton
A game that involves the students in counting as they roll the die and help Henrietta the Hen fill her egg carton.
Harley High Low
Harley High/Low is a fun little problem solving activity that can be played at the students desk with a standard deck of cards. This can be used as a large group or class activity.
Fraction Wall
This lesson allows the student to move fraction bricks to compare and combine the proper fractions in an effort to rebuild the wall.
Can be utilized with fraction rods or Cuisenaire Rods
Fill the Ten Frame
Primary grade students practice filling the ten frame with red counters while practicing the strategy of anchoring to 5 and 10. Teacher questioning is important during the lesson.
Make the Larger Number
This “game’ deals with having a single digit random number generated and placing the number at a place value location so that your end result will be a larger number than your opponent
More or Less
Roll the die and spin the spinner as your primary level students practice the computation strategy of One More/Two More
or One Less/Two Less
More Less Dot Cards
This lesson uses Dot Cards to expand the concept of More, Less, or Same. Dot Card blackline masters are included for students to have their own set. The lesson progresses to using numbers and symbols at the end
Relative Magnitude
One student places a secret number on the number line and others try to guess the number. As others guess an arrow is moved to indicate their guess on the number line. Four variations of the lesson are included.
See Hear Count Write
The senses come into play here as primary students can see the number, the name, hear the name, count the objects and writing the number. Use the Creative Pen to add to the lesson.
Skip Counting Circles
Students skip count around the circle by drawing lines to connect the numbers using just the ones digit of your number. When it starts repeating the patterns formed lead to some interesting discoveries.
Bits Bytes and Binary
A lesson suited for upper grades that studies the Binary Number System and how it relates to the Base Ten System. Excellent for understanding how the base number system works.
Shape Times Shape
A problem solving activity that uses properties of numbers to determine the value of the various shapes. Combines number sense with computational sense and problem solving.
Birds On A Wire
An interactive lesson with ordering single digit numbers, even and odd numbers, and Less Than greater Than
More Less Same
This activity involves comparing numbers with more, less, or same.
It uses dots cards at first and then switches to random numbers as students progress from the concrete to the abstract.
Interactive Ten Frames - Three different Ten Frames to utilize.
Use this interactive ten frame for fact families or for any ten frame activity. Click on the frame or marker and the marker will magically appear or disappear or change color. The Two Color Fact Families have different fact families for 8, 10 and 12.
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Number Sense
Broadly speaking, number sense refers to "a well organized conceptual framework of number information that enables a person to understand numbers and number relationships and to solve mathematical problems that are not bound by traditional algorithms" (Bobis, 1996)
Featured Lesson
Cutouts
Learn to navigate about the hundreds square by determining the numbers that would be in the blank squares of the cutout. Various cutouts are used to give the students an excellent problem solving activity with the 100’s chart.
Interactive Ten Frames ... Two Color Fact Families
Use these three interactive ten frames for fact families or for any ten frame activity. Includes a single ten frame, a double ten frame and a two color ten frame. Click on the frame or marker and the marker will magically appear or disappear or change color. The Two Color Fact Families have different fact families for 8,10 and 12.
Practicing Place Value
Several different activities for practice with Place Value. When you click on the star the place value name is revealed.
Building 100
Ten Frames are used in this activity to build compatible numbers to 100. A nice way to use Ten Frames with upper grades.
