Mathematics
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Books of a Feather Are Read Together
Whether you color and cut out or buy a picture of a large turkey, hang it without feathers in the center of your bulletin board or on the wall. Challenge ... Read this tip
Tissue Boxes to Reinforce Skills
Square tissue boxes make for a fun game that can reinforce all sorts of skills across the curriculum. I cover each side with a concept I want to reinforce, ... Read this tip
Using Dice to Practice Math Facts
Using dice to practice addition, subtraction or even multiplication, depending on the grade you teach, is always a great way to teach math to younger kids. When I put together ... Read this tip
Kindergarten Pattern Strips
When it comes to teaching mathematics to the very young, it’s important to focus on hands on activities. Here is an independent learning center activity I use in my classroom. ... Read this tip
Famous Footprints Math Activity
Give you students a whole new meaning to measurement by having a “famous” person from your school or community trace the outline of his or her foot onto a piece ... Read this tip
Domino Addition
Playing games during center time is always a fun way for children to learn their addition facts. Provide students with a set of dominoes, have them figure out the sum ... Read this tip
What Can You Graph?
How you get to or from school
Birthdays
Letters in your first name
Rhyming words in a book
Number of girls and boys in the class, candy in a bag, cereal in a cup, ... Read this tip
Money Poem
Money Poem
Penny, penny,
Easily spent.
Copper brown
and worth one cent.
Nickel, nickel,
Thick and fat.
You’re worth five cents,
I know that.
Dime, dime,
Little and thin.
I remember,
you’re worth ten.
Quarter, quarter,
big and bold.
You’re worth twenty-five
I am told.
Hula Hoop Venn Diagram
When teaching venn diagrams to my first graders, I use two hula hoops by laying them on the floor with the overlap in the middle. We categorize items by color, ... Read this tip
