Counting on, simple addition and number identification wrapped into a FREE math game...YES, please! Add in some fun race cars from the Target Dollar Spot and it's new favorite! Sometimes the most simple activities have a huge impact on our learning adventure. Grayson loved it and begged for it daily. It was definitely a win-win.

Activities for composing and decomposing numbers should be based on a child's "number'. See how to use the hiding assessment to differentiate instruction.

Hello! This is just a quick blog post about helping your child build number sense. People who have number sense can use numbers flexibly. They rely on their un…

Grab-Bag Subtraction I recently took a math class that focused on using Kathy Richardson's assessment series. You can click here to read more about her evaluation tools. What I loved about this course is that the instructor had us administer the Kathy Richardson assessments and from the information, gathered we would pinpoint what each child knew and still needed to learn. Every few weeks I would conduct the assessments and then provide lessons at their stage of development. Kathy…

A key component of differentiating in K-1 is determining each child's "number" when composing and decomposing the numbers to 10.

Subitizing is an essential math skill for elementary students. Knowing how to quickly recognize the number of objects at a glance is an invaluable tool that helps students move from counting to more advanced math concepts. In this blog post, we will explore why subitizing is so important and how it can be developed in the classroom through focused math worksheets and math centers. Click to take a closer look at the importance of subitizing in kindergarten and first grade classrooms.

Number sense is CRITICAL in the younger grades. It is so important for my students to be able to understand what numbers mean and their relationship to one another. Once they have a solid number sense they can then build upon their mathematical skills both inside and outside of the classroom. I have a […]

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Sorry, last minute add on, and it is a pain to put it on the bottom of the page. :) Counting teen numbers: This week we needed to take step back. We have had trouble with getting along this year, so my assistant and myself are just monitoring the tubs, focusing on getting along, working with others and cleaning up when asked to. O.k. it is over half way through the year, but that is the group we were blessed with! Here are a couple new things we added this week: Good ol patterns: Bump game…

Math Stations Here are some of my favorite math stations. I have four HAVE to Math stations each week that rotate through each table. A...