1st Grade Math
Series: Book Ideas
Rules of Counting with Fingerplays and Books
June 27, 2017
Children need experiences and practice counting in different, flexible ways while learning the rules of counting. These books and the right questions can help.
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags Animals, Food, Books, Pat Hutchins, Eileen Christelow, Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, The Doorbell Rang
Series: Book Ideas June 7, 2017
Enjoy Counting Activities and Math Fun with a Traditional Mexican Festival
In Count Me In! by Cynthia Weill we follow a procession of Mexican folk culture while exploring counting and math concepts.
- Topic: Counting
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags Culture, English Language Learner, Cynthia Weill, Count Me In!, Cuenta Conmigo
Series: Book Ideas May 2, 2017
It’s Picnic Time. Don’t Forget to Pack the Math!
Many classrooms are planning year-end picnics, so it’s the perfect time to read We’re Going on a Picnic! by the beloved author Pat Hutchins.
- Topic: Spatial Relationships
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags Animals, Mapping, Food, Books, Pat Hutchins, We're Going on a Picnic
Series: Focus on Collaboration April 11, 2017
Focusing on What Teachers Learn From Student Work
Analyzing student work has many benefits, from better understanding children's current mathematical thinking to considering how to adjust instruction.
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
Series: Hear from the Experts March 26, 2017
Tangram Puzzles: Make One For Your Kids
Instructor Lisa Ginet explains how to make tangram puzzles, an ancient Chinese game made from seven shapes cut from a square. Over 6500 different arrangements can be made from these seven simple shapes!
- Topic: Spatial Relationships, Shape
- Age/Grade Level: Adult Learners, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Games
Series: Book Ideas March 14, 2017
3 Animal Picture Books That Explore Questions About Data
Data analysis uses math to make sense of the world. It is compiling information and describing it in a quantitative way: how many?
- Topic: Data Analysis
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags Animals, Graphing, Tiger Math: Learning to Graph from a Baby Tiger, Ann Whitehead Nagda, Cindy Bickel, How Many Snails?: A Counting Book, Paul Giganti Jr., Birds, Kevin Henkes
Series: Book Ideas February 15, 2017
Explore Estimation While Enjoying a Whopper of a Tale!
This book is a delightful way to start a discussion about estimation in the early grades. Is it reasonable that Hugh Thomas caught a million fish?
- Topic: Number Sense
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags Animals, Estimation, Subitizing, Books, Numerosity, A Million Fish...More or Less, Patricia McKissack
Series: Ideas at Work February 6, 2017
Valentine’s Day Math Can Spark a Love of Symmetry
Cutting paper hearts for Valentine’s Day math fun is a common, early experience with symmetry for many young children.
- Topic: Number Operations, Shape
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags Seasonal, Holiday, Lois Ehlert, Color Farm, When a Line Bends...A Shape Begins, Rhonda Gowler, Operations
Series: Book Ideas February 1, 2017
5 Books for Valentine’s Day That Inspire a LOVE for Math
Every Valentine’s Day children talk about caring, friendship, and love. They can also explore math concepts in the books that are read this time of year.
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Seasonal, Holiday, Grandfather Tang's Story, Ann Tompert, Kevin Henkes, Lilly's Chocolate Heart, The Boy Who Loved Math, Deborah Heiligman, Guess How Much I Love You, Sam McBratney, Are You My Mother?, P.D. Eastman, A Mother for Choco, Keiko Kaza
Series: Book Ideas January 3, 2017
4 Books That Inspire Algebraic Thinking in Young Children
One of the best ways to delve into the rules and patterns that govern algebra is through the books that are read to children each and every day.
- Topic: Precursor Concepts, Sets, Number Operations
- Age/Grade Level: Infants, Toddlers, Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade
- Tags Books, Eric Carle, Audrey Wood, Tana Hoban, Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue?, The Napping House, Mary Ann Hoberman, Rooster's Off to See the World, I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
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