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.

3rd Grade Estimating Sums and Differences teaches students to use rounding before adding or subtracting so that they can estimate an answer close to the actual answer in order to check their work. A rounding poem is used to help students remember the steps. There are 22 effective teaching research strategies used in this lesson. In addition, a 20 question digital Easel Assessment is included in order to check students' understanding of the lesson. It is self-checking for students and

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

Third Grade Time Bundle is made up of 3 powerpoint lessons. Time 1 - Reading Minutes on the Clock, Time 2 - A.M. or P.M., Time 3 - Solving Time Word Problems 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. For further information about the powerpoint lessons, click on each individual lesson. There are 22 effective teaching strategies used in these lessons base on research. For best results

Fourth Grade Subtraction 1 - 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 subtract three digit numbers with zeros on top. Students see a model that shows how regrouping works. Fourth Grade Subtraction 2 - 4 Digit Numbers with Regrouping teaches students how to subtract four digit numbers with regrouping. Each lesson has a title slide, objective, essential quest

Sixth Grade Decimals 1 - Introduction and Place Value - 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 the value of each place value in a decimal number up to ten thousandths. Students are shown how moving to the right each decimal place becomes 10 times smaller. Word, standard and expanded forms are demonstrated. There are 22 effective teaching strategies based on re

Fourth Grade Rounding up to 100,000 - 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 two different methods on how to round numbers: clothesline (number line) and poem (rules) approach. There is a 20 question digital Easel Assessment to check the students learning on this lesson. Students receive immediate feedback and it is auto-graded for the teacher. Ther

Fourth Grade Place Value 3 - Comparing & Ordering 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 compare numbers up to a one hundred thousand. The symbols greater than, less than, and equal to are defined and illustrated. In addition, a 20 question digital Easel Assessment follows the lesson to check their understanding. Students get immediate results

Fourth Grade Place Value 1 - Read Numbers to 100,000 - 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 read, write, and understand place value up to the hundred thousands. The concept of periods and places in each period is explained and modeled. There is a 20 question digital Easel Assessment to follow the lesson. Students can see the errors they make immediatel

Fourth Grade Multiplication 6 - 2 Digits x 2 Digits with Regrouping - It teaches students how to multiply 2 digits times 2 digits with regrouping and how to multiply using Partial Products. The following concepts are reviewed: relationship of multiplication to addition, products, factors, arrays, and how arrays can represent multiplication problems. There is also a review of the nine multiplication facts. This is perfect for distance learning on Zoom or similar formats. The lesson is