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This week long unit (20-30 minutes/day) covers adding a 2 digit number to a 1 digit number and addition with regrouping using manipulatives. The students are asked to add a single digit number to a double digit number and then solve double digit problems with regrouping using manipulatives. There are opportunities for the students to use manipulatives, explain their answers, collaborate with other students and have independent practice. Each days lesson has a Ticket Out the Door indicated wit
This is a ready to use week long lesson (20-30 minutes/day) to introduce and practice adding two digit numbers without regrouping. I have used this with my 1st graders with great success! There is mathematical reasoning, practice problems, manipulative use (base ten blocks) and higher level questioning. Each days lesson also comes with a Ticket Out the Door to do a quick mastery assessment. There is also a Week 2 lesson that includes adding a double digit number to a single digit number an
This week long power point lesson is made to introduce students to 3 different types of graphs - tally charts, pictographs and bar graphs. The students learn graphing terminology, how to create a graph and answer questions about the graphs. They are then asked to create their own questions and answers about different graphs. The final lesson is comparing the three graphs. This is a great lesson to introduce graphing and get the students ready to create their own graphs in future lessons. Th
Number Sense is a vital concept for 1st grade! This is 4 weeks worth of number sense lessons (20-30 min. per day) focusing on the numbers 1-20 and all the major number sense concepts. It covers before/after, shapes, skip counting, greater than/less than, even/odd and an introduction to place value along with reading and writing the numbers. This a Each lesson has partner work, individual work and a ticket out the door to ensure the student's understanding. Some of the lessons are asking the s
McGraw-Hill Wonders Units 1-6 Parent Spelling Handbook
These lists include the weekly phonics words, sight words and other words with the phonics skills. There is also a short explanation on each page to help families understand the sound.
This could be used as a spelling curriculum for homeschool groups. It includes all short vowels, most long vowel spellings and consonant diagraphs.
The 1st unit is available for free to preview.
K - 2nd
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Spelling
Students each solve addition problems in different ways. This is 1 week worth of math lessons (20-30 min. per day) focusing on how to use Number Line Strategy and Counting On Strategy to solve addition problems. It then compares the two so students can pick the one that works for them and feels comfortable using it instead of always counting on their fingers. This is a continuation of the 'What is Addition' power point where the students learned what addition really means and how to draw pic
Primary reading passages and questions on their level!
*The Pilgrims
*The Mayflower
*Journey on the Mayflower
*Land-Ho (landing in Plymouth)
These topics are covered in a way that 1st graders are able to understand. They are followed by worksheets with 4 questions each directly aligned with the passages.
This pack is "What is Addition," "Addition Counting Strategies" and "Addition Memorizing Strategies" all rolled into one.
This is a pack of 3 week-long units (20-30 minutes/day) covering addition basics along with many of the strategies that 1st grade students need to know - Number Line, Counting On, Adding 1 and 0, Doubles, Doubles Plus One, Making Tens and the Commutative Property of Addition. Each lesson has partner work, individual work and a ticket out the door to ensure the student's u
This is a week long unit (20-30 minutes/day) covering adding and subtracting 10 is aligned to the CC standard 1.NBT.5. I have used this with my 1st graders with great success! There is mathematical reasoning, practice problems, manipulative use (hundreds chart) and higher level questioning. Each days lesson also comes with a Ticket Out the Door to do a quick mastery assessment. There will be more Common Core aligned math lessons posted to my store using the same format and vocabulary!
This is a week-long unit exploring how to take Fact Family knowledge and use it to solve problems with an unknown number (4 + ___ = 9). The students should have an understanding of Fact Families before learning these lessons but there is a review on the first day. From there, the students will solve addition problem using manipulatives (number cards included) and then subtraction problems. The end of the unit is a review with mixed practice that challenges the students to solve and then expl
This is a week long vocabulary and conversation lesson that I used with my first grade ELL students. It includes 10 vocabulary cards, sample sentence frames and lesson plans as well as a little matching game using the emotions. This was used to help ELL students understand more complex emotions and work on how to explain those emotions.
This worksheet goes with the lesson on Tuesday of my Double Digit Addition Week 2 powerpoint. It covers adding a double digit number to a single digit number and then explaining how the problem was solved.
This is a ready to use week long lesson (20-30 minutes/day) to introduce subtracting counting strategies. It covers drawing pictures, using a number line, counting back, and subtracting with zero and one. I have used this with my 1st graders with great success! There is mathematical reasoning, practice problems, manipulative use (number lines) and higher level questioning. Each days lesson also comes with a Ticket Out the Door to do a quick mastery assessment. There will be more Common Core al
This PP introduces important telling time vocabulary and concepts. It only lightly hits on telling time but it covers topics surrounding time such as vocabulary, word problems with elapsed time and daily schedules. There are student engagement questions embedded in the PP to allow the students to absorb the concepts they are learning.
This is a week long power point lesson teaching the meaning behind subtraction. It is all based on word problems and starts with finding the whole group and sets in the problem. Then it goes on to reading and writing subtraction problems. Finally, it ends with solving word problems and differentiating between subtraction and addition word problems. Each lesson is well defined with a Ticket Out the Door to use as assessment. This is a great lesson to have before my Subtraction Counting Strat
1st Grade Measurement Basics!
This week long powerpoint lesson covers all the measurement basics that 1st graders need to learn:
- why do we measure
- measuring using nonstandard units
- estimation
- inches and centimeters
Each day has necessary vocabulary, explanations for new learning, teaching modeling, partner practice and independent practice with a Ticket Out the Door.
Enjoy!
This is a weeklong power point point (20-30 minutes/day) covering all of Common Core standard 1.OA.7. This standard asks the students to completely understand equals sign and this power point achieves this. The students learn to evaluate the value of each side of an equation and then determine equal to, not equal to, greater than or less than. Each lesson has partner work, individual work and a ticket out the door to ensure the student's understanding. Most of the lessons ask the students to
This is a set of 10 adjective vocabulary cards, lesson plans and a matching game. It includes sentence frames that help the students use the adjectives appropriately as well as explain how they would use them. By the end of the week, the students will feel comfortable using the adjectives while reading, writing and speaking.
This is a selection of 4 first grade appropriate reading passages covering back to school topics. The reading passages have a mix of CVC words, high frequency words and back to school words.
The topics are: My First Day, School Supplies, School Days, and Recess.
After reading the passages, the students are asked to do activities that cover Common Core standards 1.RL.1 and 1.RL.2 (sequencing, making connections, pulling out key details, sorting, and answering questions).
This is a week long power point unit made for the students to really understand the concept of Fact Families. It begins with understanding related facts and ending with the students being able to write all 4 equations in a fact family independently. Each lesson includes student engagement strategies such as using manipulatives, explaining your thinking to a partner and showing your work on a whiteboard and each lesson ends with a Ticket Out the Door. This also aligns well with the common cor
1st - 3rd
Basic Operations, Math
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About the store
Experience
I've been a primary teacher for 15 years in 3 states and 5 districts. All these changes have given me a great idea of what teachers want and need to do a great job!
Teaching style
My teaching style changes all the time! I love to try new ideas or incorporate new strategies into my lessons!
Awards & shining teacher moments
I was asked to be part of a committee to adapt the Common Core Standards for the state of Arizona in 2010. This really helped me understand the standards and how they can be used in the classroom.
My own education history
I'm proud to say that I am a graduate of Indiana University. I also earned my Master's Degree in Reading, Writing and Literacy from a great program at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Additional biographical information
I love teaching and I hope that comes out in what I have to offer here!
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