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This resource is not just aligned to the Common Core, it was designed for the Common Core to help you go beyond the basics to bring a depth of place value understanding to your students. This resource includes 90 place value problems to help you teach the Common Core place value standards listed below and provide a resource for you to draw upon as you prepare your students for Common Core assessments. The resource includes: An introduction and rationale A list of the Common Core standards ad

This guide was designed to help teachers use fraction bars to teach students how to add fractions with a model to solve word problems. The guide shares a weblink to a free digital manipulative, instructions for using the manipulative, suggested uses, example problems, extension ideas, and printable problems with answer keys. Common Core Standards Addressed: CCSS.Math.Content.3.NF.A.1 Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; unders

This picture book guide was designed to help teachers explore the concept of one half. It was also designed to help teachers make digital connections to literature. The guide opens with an activity that helps students build background knowledge. Five guiding questions are provided that can be the basis for whole class discussion or individual student essay response. Three of the questions include a digital connection to an interactive website. One question requires students to give examples

This series of lessons was developed to help teachers use digital content to introduce and explore 2D Shapes concepts. Fifteen weblinks to free digital content are provided in a series of four lesson plans. Each lesson plan teaches a specific concept using digital content. Lesson objectives and step by step instructions for using the digital content are included in each plan. Lesson 1 Objective: The students will be able to identify seven shapes and list their defining characteristics includi

This guide was designed to help teachers use a rekenrek to teach students how to visually recognize a number as two sets of combined objects, how to compare two sets of objects using the matching strategy, and how to construct and deconstruct the same number in different ways. The guide shares a weblink to a free digital manipulative, instructions for using the manipulative, suggested uses, and four example activities. Common Core Standards Addressed: CCSS.Math.Content.K.OA.A.3 Decompose numbe

This guide was designed to help teachers use an adjustable spinner to explore probability. The guide shares a weblink to a free digital manipulative, instructions for using the manipulative, suggested uses, example questions (easy, medium, hard), and answer keys. Students are asked to determine the probability of a given color on a given spinner and to create spinners to reflect a given probability. Questions are also included that ask students to choose numberlines that reflect given probabil

This guide was designed to help teachers use an interactive ruler to explore line measurement. The guide shares a weblink to a free digital manipulative, instructions for using the manipulative, suggested uses, example questions, and answer keys. Students are asked to measure lines, create lines, compare lines, and estimate the measurement of lines. Because of the length of the resource, I am not offering a preview. Please see my other Digital Math Manipulative products for a similar represe

This guide was designed to help teachers use a geoboard to explore shapes. The guide shares a weblink to a free digital manipulative, instructions for using the manipulative, suggested uses, and example questions. Students are asked to decompose shapes and change the attributes of a shape to create another shape. Because of the length of the resource, I am not offering a preview. Please see my other Digital Math Manipulative products for a similar representation of this resource. Common Core

This guide was designed to help teachers use fraction rods to teach students how to determine the unit with a model to solve word problems. The guide shares a weblink to a free digital manipulative, instructions for using the manipulative, suggested uses, example problems, extension ideas, and printable problems with answer keys. Because of the length of the resource, I am not offering a preview. Please see my other Digital Math Manipulative products for a similar representation of this reso

This guide was designed to help teachers use a paint grid to teach students how to find perimeters with a model to solve word problems. The guide shares a weblink to a free digital manipulative, instructions for using the manipulative, suggested uses, example problems, extension ideas, and printable problems with answer keys. Because of the length of the resource, I am not offering a preview. Please see my other Digital Math Manipulative products for a similar representation of this resource.

This guide was designed to help teachers use number cards to explore place value. The guide shares a weblink to a free digital manipulative, instructions for using the manipulative, suggested uses, and example questions (easy, medium, hard). Decimals are used in the hard questions. Students are asked to identify the place value of a given number card and to create a number with a specific value using the number cards. Because of the length of the resource, I am not offering a preview. Pleas

This guide was designed to help teachers use a grid to explore symmetry. The guide shares a weblink to a free digital manipulative, instructions for using the manipulative, suggested uses, and example questions. Students are asked to complete shapes so they are symmetrical and to create symmetrical shapes. Because of the length of the resource, I am not offering a preview. Please see my other Digital Math Manipulative products for a similar representation of this resource. Common Core Standards

This guide was designed to help teachers use a digital manipulative to explore angles. The guide shares a weblink to a free digital manipulative, instructions for using the manipulative, suggested uses, example questions for whole class instruction, and example questions for small groups or individual students. Students are taught to create angles, measure angles, and estimate the measurement of angles. They are also introduced to the concept of a benchmark measurement. Common Core Standards