Students can find patterns in 4-digit numbers that will help them when counting over decades and centuries.

I want my students to realize that numbers are everywhere and math is applicable to almost all other subjects. Geography offers a perfect opportunity for students to make this connection.

SWBAT be part of a team and successfully play a game with a partner, practicing the norms that have been established. SWBAT successfully explore three of the math tools that they will be using throughout the year.

Breaking figures into smaller squares and rectangles allows me to multiply to find the area

Revisit, Revisit, Revisit! Students need repeated exposure to math concepts to really understand how they work.

Students will be able to locate specific areas and objects to learn about their new school setting.

This lesson solidifies students' understanding of time to the hour (while enriching with basic geography content) and continues to build back up to 3rd grade goal of time to the minute.

Using dimes to make change is another way to work with subtracting tens within 100.

My first graders have been studying the defining attributes of 2D shapes. They are going to love using toothpicks and marshmallows to present their knowledge of 2D and create 3D shapes.

Making ten is one of the foundational strategies for developing flexible numerical thinking, accuracy, and efficiency.

Not everyone solves a problem in the same way. Reinforcing that different strategies can be used effectively is the goal of this lesson.

At the end of the year, a lot is going on in our classroom. We continue our center routine for additional practice and to allow for end of the year testing to be completed.

A lesson where students collect trash, sort, and record the mass in grams. They will use their knowledge of numbers to figure out what category of trash had the most. The biggest idea of the lesson is that students will be more likely to reduce their own waste if they understand what a mass of trash looks like.

Lining up from tallest to shortest is a great way to practice looking at height and exploring the terms shorter and taller.

Butterflies and caterpillars are the focus of this measurement lesson, integrating our math and science curriculum.

Students will determine if numbers in a set are: greater than, less than, or equal to.