Effective Math Lessons

First Grade Addition Facts 4 - Adding Doubles + 1 (powerpoint & boom cards) teaches students to find addition problems that have addends exactly one apart to take the lower number, double it and add 1 for the answer. There is a powerpoint lesson that teaches how to do it and then the boom cards were made to follow this lesson and provide practice and testing. They are paperless, self checking and fun to use. There are many effective teaching research principles in this powerpoint lesson.

1st Grade Subtraction Facts Bundle teaches all the necessary strategies to master the subtractions facts through 20. These are perfect for distance learning on Zoom or similar formats. On top of that they are powerful when used as direct instruction in the classroom. Students have to memorize very little in order to learn all of the basic subtraction facts because they are continually learning patterns and mnemonic devices. For more information about the pieces in this bundle, click on

First Grade Addition Facts Bundle - Use powerpoint lessons to teach the basic facts by using patterns, strategies, picture prompts and mnemonics. Then follow up with practice and checking for understanding using matching boom card sets. On top of that it is powerful when used in the regular classroom. It teaches students all the 100 basic addition facts. The following concepts are taught: the zero concept and how to count on one, two, and three, how to had tens, how to add nines, doubles

First Grade Subtraction Facts 5 Powerpoint Lesson and Boom Card Practice - Combinations of Nine and Ten teaches students combinations of ten patterns to use when subtracting and then uses that knowledge to teach them how to subtract nine. Two sets of boom cards were made to follow this powerpoint lesson and provide practice and testing. They are paperless, self checking and fun to use. They are paperless, self checking and fun to use. There are 22 strategies of effective teaching based on re

First Grade Subtraction Facts 6 - Counting Up to Ten teaches students how to start with the bottom number, then counting up from that number to ten. You take that number and add it to the number of the top number in the ones column to get the answer to the subtraction problem. With this strategy students can subtract all subtraction facts from 2-9 from 11-20. The boom cards were made to follow this lesson and provide practice and testing. They are paperless, self checking and fun to use. T

First Grade Subtraction Facts 4 - Doubles Pattern teaches students how to subtract numbers by referring back to the Doubles Patterns they used in addition. The boom cards were made to follow this lesson and provide practice and testing. They are paperless, self checking and fun to use. There are 14 strategies of effective teaching based on research in this powerpoint lesson. For best results, students should have white boards and dry erase markers. Included in this powerpoint lesson ar

First Grade Subtraction Facts 3 - Counting Up 1, 2, and 3 teaches students how to subtract numbers by starting with the smallest number and then counting up to the large number. The boom cards were made to follow this lesson and provide practice and testing. They are paperless, self checking and fun to use. There are 14 strategies of effective teaching based on research in this powerpoint lesson. For best results, students should have white boards and dry erase markers. Included in thi

First Grade Subtraction Facts 2 - Counting Back 1, 2, and 3 Powerpoint Lesson and Boom Cards teaches students how to subtract 1 by counting back 1, how to subtract 2 by counting back 2, and how to subtract by counting back 3. The boom cards were made to follow this lesson and provide practice and testing. They are paperless, self checking and fun to use. There are 14 strategies of effective teaching based on research in this powerpoint lesson. For best results, students should have white

First Grade Subtraction Facts 1 teaches students the pattern of zero in subtracting zero from a number, and when the same number is subtracted from itself you get zero. The boom cards were made to follow this lesson and provide practice and testing. They are paperless, self checking and fun to use. There are 13 strategies of effective teaching based on research in this powerpoint lesson. For best results, students should have white boards and dry erase markers. Included in this powerp

First Grade Addition Facts 6 - Making a Ten Strategy teaches students how to use a ten frame to solve the addition problems. Next students visualize the ten frame in order to decompose the numbers to form a ten and then add. The boom cards were made to follow this lesson and provide practice and testing. They are paperless, self checking, and fun to use. There are 13 strategies of effective teaching based on research in this powerpoint lesson. For best results, students should have whit

First Grade Addition Facts 5 - Adding In-between Doubles teaches students how to add numbers that are 2 apart using the in-between doubles strategy. The boom cards were made to follow this lesson and provide practice and testing. They are paperless, self checking, and fun to use. There are 13 strategies of effective teaching based on research in this powerpoint lesson. For best results, students should have white boards and dry erase markers. Included in the powerpoint lesson are the f

First Grade Addition Facts 3 - Adding Doubles (powerpoint & boom cards) teaches students patterns and stories to help students learn their double addition facts. The boom cards were made to follow this lesson and provide practice and testing. They are paperless, self checking and fun to use. There are 13 strategies of effective teaching based on research in this powerpoint lesson. For best results, students should have white boards and dry erase markers. Included in the powerpoint les

First Grade Addition Facts 2 - Adding 9 and 10 (powerpoint & boom cards) teaches students how to use strategies to add 10 and 9 to numbers through 20 with a powerpoint lesson. The boom cards were made to follow this lesson and provide practice and testing. They are paperless, self checking and fun to use. There are 13 strategies of effective teaching based on research in this powerpoint lesson. For best results, students should have white boards and dry erase markers. Included in the p

First Grade Addition Facts 1 - Adding 0, 1, 2, and 3 (powerpoint & boom cards) teaches students the zero concept and how to count on one, two, and three with a powerpoint lesson. The boom cards were made to follow this lesson and provide practice and testing. They are paperless, self checking and fun to use. There are 13 strategies of effective teaching based on research in this powerpoint lesson. For best results, students should have white boards and dry erase markers. Included in th

1st Grade Subtraction Facts Mastery Bundle teaches all the necessary strategies to master the subtractions facts through 20. These are perfect for distance learning on Zoom or similar formats. On top of that they are powerful when used as direct instruction in the classroom. Students have to memorize very little in order to learn all of the basic subtraction facts because they are continually learning patterns and mnemonic devices. For more information about the pieces in this bundle, c

First Grade Measurement - This is perfect for distance learning on Zoom or similar formats. On top of that it is powerful when used as direct instruction in the classroom. It teaches students how to order three objects by length, compare the lengths of two objects by using a third object, and express the length of an object as a whole number of length units. There are 22 strategies of effective teaching based on research in this powerpoint lesson. For best results, students should have

First Grade Addition and Subtraction 1 - Beginning Fact Families - This is perfect for distance learning on Zoom or similar formats. On top of that it is powerful when used as direct instruction in the classroom. It teaches students how to match a related addition and subtraction sentence using a cowboy round-up theme. They are also taught how to write the related fact. The final word problem introduces the fact family. There are 22 strategies of effective teaching based on research in

First Grade Addition 3 - Adding 3 Whole Numbers - This is perfect for distance learning on Zoom or similar formats. On top of that it is powerful when used as direct instruction in the classroom. It teaches students how to use their knowledge of adding numbers to make a ten to add 3 whole numbers. A review of their ten combinations takes place before the lesson. There are 22 strategies of effective teaching based on research in this powerpoint lesson. For best results, students should

First and Second Grade Even and Odd Numbers - This is perfect for distance learning on Zoom or similar formats. On top of that it is powerful when used as direct instruction in the classroom. It teaches students how to identify whether a number is even or odd. A variety of visuals is presented to help the students learn the concept such as block pattern, hundred chart, dividing a number in half, making partners of a number, and a poem. There are 22 strategies of effective teaching based

First Grade Addition 1 - Adding Tens and Multiples of Tens is powerful when used as direct instruction in the classroom, on-line or individually. It teaches students four different ways on how they can add tens and multiples of tens: by counting on, by using base ten blocks, by using the 100 chart and by using basic addition rules. There are 22 strategies of effective teaching based on research in this powerpoint lesson. For best results, students should have white boards and dry erase m