Foundational Math Topics
Age/Grade Levels
Content Formats
Series
Age/Grade Level: 3rd Grade
Activities, thoughts on teaching third grade, and online math games third grade and below.
Series: Hear from the Experts
How Children Learn about Numbers: A Conversation with Kelly Mix
February 19, 2020
In her presentation “Cognition and Early Childhood Numeracy: How Number Concepts are Built and Why Input Matters,” Kelly Mix bridged research and practice in her discussion of math language and learning.
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Tags Cardinality
Series: Focus on the Lesson January 28, 2020
Launch Problem Solving with Understanding Using Three Reads
In this lesson launch, we see a third-grade teacher using reading comprehension strategies to help children understand a math story problem using a Three Reads strategy.
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Kindergarten
Series: Hear from the Experts January 22, 2020
MathTalk Leaders Illustrate How Efforts Can Transform Neighborhoods
Early Mathematics Learning in Family and Community Contexts was the 2019 topic of the Promising Math biennial conference. Framing the event were three plenary presentations that brought cognitive, contextual, and collaborative lenses to the topic.…
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Tags Family math
Series: Hear from the Experts January 21, 2020
Co-Design Process for Math in the Neighborhood with Omo Moses
Omo Moses, founder of MathTalk, and his colleague, Keith Griffin discuss how they connected over basketball and went on to find local, culturally-relevant ways to engage families in math learning in their own neighborhood.
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Tags Family math
Series: Focus on the Child December 5, 2019
Egg Carton Story with Child 15
The math story this second grader solves is a change unknown story. There was a full carton of a dozen eggs but some were eaten, leaving only 3 eggs. After making sense of the problem, the child uses a counting up strategy to figure it out.
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Child 15
Series: Focus on the Child December 4, 2019
Teddy Bear Picnic Math Stories with Child 15
A second-grade student solves a variety of addition and subtraction math stories. Using his fingers as math tools, he is able to solve the stories, even as what is known or unknown shifts.
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Child 15
Series: Focus on the Child December 3, 2019
Capture It with Child 15
A second-grader works on basic number combinations as we see him playing a comparison card game, Capture It. He is accurate when comparing sums but is still developing his efficiency and flexibility, key indications of fluency.
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Child 15
Series: Focus on Collaboration June 19, 2019
School Event Engages Families in Early Math Learning
Families play a fundamental role in shaping children's interest and skills in math. Schools can help connect the math that exists both in and out of school and nurture families' positive relationship to math.
- Age/Grade Level: 0-3, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, Kindergarten, Pre-K
- Tags Family math, Games
Series: Focus on the Child December 8, 2018
Counting a Large Collection with Child 14
A second grader has a partial understanding of counting in equal groups. Focus on the Child videos are taken from one-on-one interviews with individual children. The interviews are designed to elicit evidence of children’s mathematical thinking. They are not teaching episodes or formal assessments.
Series: Focus on the Child November 17, 2018
Subtraction as the Inverse of Addition with Child 5
This second grader uses a known number combination (3 + 9) to solve a subtraction problem, showing an understanding of how addition and subtraction are related as inverse operations.
- Topic: Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Child 5
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