2nd Grade Math
Series: Focus on Play
Matching Cards Game in PreK
August 25, 2016
A quick matching game with dot cards is a fun way for preschoolers to practice recognizing small sets without counting.
- Topic: Number Sense
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade
- Tags Subitizing, Games, Dot cards
Series: Focus on Play August 24, 2016
Measuring a Block Tower with Kindergartners
Building block towers provides a natural opportunity to measure height. In this scene, children use strings and a broom.
- Topic: Measurement
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade
- Tags Blocks
Series: Book Ideas August 4, 2016
The Math in Learning Names
Do the children in your classroom know each other’s names? At winter break, are they still pointing to “that girl?” Doing activities in the early weeks of school that use the children’s own names will…
- Topic: Data Analysis
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Books, Kevin Henkes, Chrysanthemum, Juana Martinez-Neal, Alma and How She Got Her Name
Series: Book Ideas July 25, 2016
4 More Kids’ Books Packed with Geometry
For kids books, geometry doesn't have to just be reciting the shapes. Here are books that can begin rich geometrical discussions.
- Topic: Spatial Relationships, Shape
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Animals, Blocks, Arts, Pat Hutchins, Daniel Kirk, Betsy Franco, Lois Ehlert, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lucy Micklethwait, Color Farm, Color Zoo, Block City, Grandpa's Quilt, I Spy Shapes in Art
Series: About Early Math July 19, 2016
Importance of Early Math Often Overlooked
This article, which includes powerful words by our own Dr. Jie-Qi Chen, describes the importance of early math, how it is often shortchanged in classrooms, and explains techniques that are becoming increasingly common for bringing…
Series: Focus on Collaboration June 30, 2016
Teachers Learning from Other Teachers
At Chase Elementary in Chicago, teachers from PreK to 5th grade meet regularly in grade level teams with the goal of sharing their practice.
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
Series: About the Collaborative May 11, 2016
Collaborative Travels to Canada to Share Early Math Games and Activities
The sessions included an overview of foundational math concepts as well as hands-on early math games and activities for the classroom.
- Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags English Language Learner, Games
Series: Hear from the Experts May 7, 2016
“Ooh-Ooh Culture”: Answer-Getting Versus Collaborative Learning
Phil Daro compares and contrasts the answer-getting learning style of the United States with the collaborative learning style of Japan.
Series: Focus on the Lesson April 7, 2016
Preparing for a Gallery Walk
In a Gallery Walk, students walk around the classroom and describe their math thinking in depth, reflecting on the ideas of their classmates.
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags Gallery walk
Series: About Early Math March 21, 2016
Five 3s or Three 5s, the Common Core Questions Continue
This article from Scientific American dissects one of many homework assignments that have outraged parents recently, often with blame falling to the Common Core State Standards.
- Age/Grade Level: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
- Tags CCSS, Common Core
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