Foundations in First

This "spook-tacular" journal pack contains 20 different math stories. With a variety of addition and subtraction problems, students will gain meaningful practice on solving story problems. Each journal page is designed so that students can work through the entire problem solving process: -understanding the question -planning/picture -providing a number sentence -writing a labeled answer -checking the answer on a number line

A follow up to our Halloween story problems, this unit focuses on turning over more responsibility to the students. Each journal page is designed so that students can work through the entire problem solving process: -understanding the question -planning/picture -solving with a number sentence -writing a labeled answer -checking the answer on a number line Check out our other story problem units: Winter Story Problems March Story Problems April Story Problems

Students will review math concepts in fun and engaging Valentine's themed games and activities. 11 Math Activities Included: Valentines Story Problems- Story problem practice Part-Part-Whole Puzzles- Practice part-part-whole concept Bucket of Addends- 3 addends, making 10 More Cupcakes, Less Cupcakes- 1 less, 1 more, 10 less, 10 more Forms of Love- Tens and ones, standard form, expanded form Number Line Love Notes: Adding and subtracting decade numbers Comparing Cookies: Greater and less than

This unit of story problems builds on our previous story problem units. The unit focuses on turning over more responsibility to the students and includes pre-multiplication concepts and adding/subtracting with decade numbers, in addition to previously learned addition and subtraction concepts. Each journal page is designed so that students can work through the entire problem solving process: -understanding the question -planning/picture -solving with a number sentence -writing a labeled answer

This short activity is a great way to introduce making a budget in the primary grades. Students are given an amount to spend and must use the menu to decide what decorations to buy with their money. Then students use their decorations to make a Valentine holder.