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Additional Strategies: Using Properties to Add
Lessons for Grade 1

Overview of Lesson
Students use the commutative and associative properties of addition flexibly in order to add two or more numbers efficiently.


Big and Little
by Jamee Petersen


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Math and Nonfiction, Grades K–2
by Jamee Petersen
Breaking Numbers Apart
by Rusty Bresser and Caren Holtzman


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Minilessons for Math Practice, Grades K–2
by Rusty Bresser
The Button Game
by Vicki Bachman


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First-Grade Math: A Month-to-Month Guide
by Vicki Bachman
Caterpillars
by Leyani von Rotz and Marilyn Burns


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Lessons for Algebraic Thinking, Grades K–2
by Leyani von Rotz and Marilyn Burns
Classroom Discussions: Using Math Talk in Elementary Classrooms
by Suzanne H. Chapin, Catherine O’Connor, and Nancy Canavan Anderson


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by Suzanne Chapin, Catherine O'Connor, and Nancy Canavan Anderson
Classroom Discussions: Using Math Talk in Elementary Classrooms
by Suzanne H. Chapin, Catherine O’Connor, and Nancy Canavan Anderson


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by Suzanne Chapin, Catherine O'Connor, and Nancy Canavan Anderson
Compare Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Objects
Lessons for Grades K–1

Overview of Lesson
Students learn to differentiate between two- and three-dimensional shapes. They draw two-dimensional shapes and use clay to create three-dimensional shapes.


Comparing Handfuls
by Leyani von Rotz and Marilyn Burns


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Counting Crocodiles
by Andrea Holmes
Developing Operations Sense
by Stephanie Sheffield


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by Stephanie Sheffield
The Door Project
by Rosemarie Dyer
Estimating Length: Differentiating Within a Unit
by Linda Dacey and Rebeka Eston Salemi


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Math for All: Differentiating Instruction, Grades K–2
by Linda Dacey and Rebeka Eston Salemi
Evens and Odds
by Stephanie Sheffield


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by Stephanie Sheffield
Farmer’s Math
by Ann Carlyle
Growing Mathematical Ideas in Kindergarten
by Linda Schulman Dacey and Rebeka Eston


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Growing Mathematical Ideas in Kindergarten
by Linda Schulman Dacey and Rebeka Eston
Guess My Number
by Rusty Bresser and Caren Holtzman


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by Rusy Bresser and Caren Holtzman
Helping English Language Learners Make Sense of Math Word Problems
by Rusty Bresser, Kathy Melanese, and Christine Sphar

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Supporting English Language Learners in Math Class, Grades K–2
by Rusty Bresser, Kathy Melanese, and Christine Sphar
Hold and Fold
by Chris Confer


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Math By All Means: Geometry, Grades 1–2
by Cheryl Rectanus
The Icky Bug Counting Book
by Vicki Bachman


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by Vicki Bachman
Identifying and Describing Polygons
by Rusty Bresser, Carolyn Felux, Kathy Melanese, and Christine Sphar


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by Rusty Bresser, Carolyn Felux, Kathy Melanese, and Christine Sphar
Measurable Attributes
Lessons for Grades K–1

Overview of Lesson
Over a period of three days, children learn that there are different ways to measure things. They learn to assign a number to a magnitude of some attribute of an object, such as length and weight. They also learn to compare capacity using water or sand.


Modeling Subtraction
by Stephanie Sheffield


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More or Less?
by Rusty Bresser and Caren Holtzman


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by Rusty Bresser and Caren Holtzman
More than One
by Jamee Petersen


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Math and Nonfiction, Grades K–2
by Jamee Petersen
Numbers at School
by Chris Confer


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by Chris Confer
Post-Assessment Tasks for Grades K–2
by Linda Dacey and Rebeka Eston Salemi

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by Linda Dacey and Rebeka Eston Salemi
Quick as a Cricket
by Lisa Rogers
Rod Towers
by Vicki Bachman


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Sizing Up Measurement: Activities for Grades K–2 Classrooms
by Vicki Bachman
The Shape of Things
by Marilyn Burns


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Math and Literature, Grades K–1
by Marilyn Burns and Stephanie Sheffield
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by Chris Confer
Splitting Shapes
Lessons for Grade 1

Overview of Lesson
Students partition circles and squares into fourths and halves to make equal shares to share among groups of 4 students.


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by Marilyn Burns
 
     
Research Shows

“Substantial differences in mathematics achievement of students are attributable to differences in teachers.”


National Mathematics Advisory Panel
Foundations for Success: The Final Report of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, 2008, 35

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