Standard 1: Develop an understanding for counting using objects in a set.

Students are shown dot cards and asked to determine how many dots are on each card.

Type: Formative Assessment

Students are asked to compare two numbers between 1 and 10 during a game of "Which is Greater?".

Type: Formative Assessment

Students are asked to count cubes arranged in lines, arrays, and circles.

Type: Formative Assessment

Students are asked to count a set of cubes, rearrange the cubes, and then determine the number of cubes in the rearranged set.

Type: Formative Assessment

Students are asked to count sets of cubes and determine how many cubes are in each set. Next, students are given a set of cubes and asked to count out a given number of cubes.

Type: Formative Assessment

Students are read the book, You Can Do It, Sam, by Amy Hest and are asked to count the number of cakes and houses in the illustrations.

Type: Formative Assessment

Students compare numerals to determine which number is the greatest.

Type: Formative Assessment

Students work with a partner to determine whose card, if any, has more dots.

Type: Formative Assessment

Students compare groups of objects to determine whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of objects in another group.

Type: Formative Assessment

Students identify the set that contains one more than a given number.

Type: Formative Assessment

Students take handfuls of counters, count them, and use the terms greater than, less than, or equal to to compare the sets.

Type: Formative Assessment

Students use counters and ten frames to model and write given numbers.

Type: Formative Assessment

Students are asked to match four ten frames representing different numbers to the correct numerals.

Type: Formative Assessment

Students are asked to count a set of seven cubes, rearrange the cubes, and then determine the number of cubes in the rearranged set.

Type: Formative Assessment

Students count to tell how many dots are on the cards.

Type: Formative Assessment

Students are asked to show 12 cubes.

Type: Formative Assessment

Students count the objects in a set and write the number of objects they counted.

Type: Formative Assessment

Students write the number of objects counted in sets of objects.

Type: Formative Assessment

Students write the numbers they hear in a story.

Type: Formative Assessment

Students work in pairs to compare 10 frame cards that contain both a numeral and a corresponding number of dots.

Type: Formative Assessment

Students are asked to compare two numbers between 1 and 10 using playing cards.

Type: Formative Assessment

Students are asked to compare pairs of numbers between 1 and 10.

Type: Formative Assessment

Students are asked to count eight books and decide how many bookmarks they would need if they gave each book a bookmark.

Type: Formative Assessment

Students are shown two cards with pictures of animals and asked to compare the number of animals on the two cards.

Type: Formative Assessment

Students will use data collected by drones to coordinate cleanup efforts after a hurricane. They will develop a method to rank locations with downed trees blocking roads based on their potential impact on safety or recovery operations.

This is an open-ended engineering design lesson where students will develop a model to help them solve a problem. There are no “right” answers as the lesson is focused on the process of developing a solution and the skills and reasoning behind the process. Students should be given the freedom to interpret the problem and parameters in unique ways to pursue their own lines of thinking in producing a solution.

Type: Lesson Plan

Engage students in a fun game of guessing by integrating science and math skills. Students keep track of how many pilots are still in the group as they eliminate some each round based on their partner's answer related to observable characteristics. This lesson is based on the CPALMS eReader, "Ten Little Pilots," resource #217323.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this integrated lesson plan, students will work together to use a given algorithm to reach the responsible decision. Students will use the algorithm to identify examples of responsible decisions as they move across a grid. 

This is lesson 2 of 3 of integrated civics with computer science.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this integrated lesson plan, students will discuss the different ways that groups of people can make decisions. Using communication and collaboration with peers and teachers, students will use a scratch program to solve a problem. 

*This is lesson 1 of 3 lessons that integrate civics with computer science* 

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Students will make a personalized calendar of patriotic holidays to reference throughout the academic or full calendar year.

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In this integrated lesson plan, students will work cooperatively in groups to choose a picture card that depicts a group of objects that is greater than, less than, or equal to the picture card shown by the teacher.

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Students will go on a simulated bird-watching trip around the classroom. They will collect and sort images of various birds into categories based on their visible characteristics. They will use these groups of bird images to practice counting and comparing objects in different categories. Students will use descriptions of bald eagles in the book, The Bald Eagle by Norman Pearl, to identify images of bald eagles among their categories and discuss how the bald eagle is a symbol of the United States.

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In this integrated lesson plan, students will discuss the expectations for conduct within small group rotations of counting and representing with a written numeral (i.e.: how to take turns, how to make a responsible decision during the activity by staying on task and reminding other members of the group to stay on task while they are working at that rotation place, etc.). Students will also state the number of objects in a rearrangement of that group without recounting.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson, the teacher will go through an interactive and fun way to learn the relationships of numbers and objects for the numbers 1- 6. The lesson will begin with the students acting as the manipulatives for their classmates. Then will get to work with their peers in a fun dice version of bingo. This lesson will expose students to 1:1 correspondence, finding the relationship between quantity and written numerals, cardinality, and conservation of number.

Type: Lesson Plan

Counting to five can be fun! After reading Over in the Ocean and exploring animals in the coral reef, students will use goldfish to count out numbers 1 through 5. Students will count using one to one correspondence and explore with numbers and manipulatives. They will then explain how they know the number 5 represents five objects.

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In this lesson, students will be creating a counting book and placing paper cut-outs of fruit on each page of their book. They will point and count each fruit to show their understanding of one-to-one correspondence up to 5. Students will represent each quantity with a written numeral.

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This lesson should be taught in the beginning of kindergarten. In this lesson, students will focus on counting number 1-5. The use of hands-on manipulatives, story puppets, and stamps are incorporated.

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This lesson is a hands-on lesson designed to teach greater than, less than and equal to by comparing groups of objects.

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This lesson will help students be able to compare the number of objects in two groups to determine if the number of objects in one group is greater than or less than the number of objects in the other group by representing the numbers in ten frames.

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In this lesson students will count and compare the number of objects in two different groups with up to 5 objects each. They will compare by matching to determine which group has a number that is greater than or less than the other group using pictures of sweet treats. There is an individual activity and printable worksheet attached to support the sweet treat theme.

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In this MEA, students will help pick a flower that will be the focus of the Spring Festival.  They will practice counting pictures and representing the number of pictures with a written numeral.

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In this Model Eliciting Activity, MEA, students will work in collaborative groups to choose the best ice cream bar that an ice cream truck may sell. Students will analyze the data provided and come up with a solution. They will also be asked to reevaluate their written procedures once a second data set is presented.

Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. MEAs resemble engineering problems and encourage students to create solutions in the form of mathematical and scientific models. Students work in teams to apply their knowledge of science and mathematics to solve an open-ended problem, while considering constraints and tradeoffs. Students integrate their ELA skills into MEAs as they are asked to clearly document their thought process. MEAs follow a problem-based, student centered approach to learning, where students are encouraged to grapple with the problem while the teacher acts as a facilitator. To learn more about MEA’s visit: https://www.cpalms.org/cpalms/mea.aspx

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Type: Lesson Plan

In this Model Eliciting Activity, MEA, students will be working in small groups to figure out what moving company is best for a family that is moving to a different state. The students will be using criteria such as pricing, moving of vehicles, speed, and safety.

Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. MEAs resemble engineering problems and encourage students to create solutions in the form of mathematical and scientific models. Students work in teams to apply their knowledge of science and mathematics to solve an open-ended problem while considering constraints and tradeoffs. Students integrate their ELA skills into MEAs as they are asked to clearly document their thought processes. MEAs follow a problem-based, student-centered approach to learning, where students are encouraged to grapple with the problem while the teacher acts as a facilitator. To learn more about MEAs visit: https://www.cpalms.org/cpalms/mea.aspx

Type: Lesson Plan

This lesson is intended to allow students to gain insight into the importance of measurement. The focus is on using non-standard units to measure the length of a "train" they create. Students are then required to compare the length of their train with a buddy's train.

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This activity deepens the students' understanding of addition and recording addition sentences by using an engaging story about ducks in a pond.

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In this lesson, students will use their fingers and manipulatives to help solve simple addition problems within 5.

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In this lesson, students will use manipulatives and equations to represent and solve addition and subtraction word problems.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson, students will manipulate beans (fireflies) to represent numbers 11-19 as a unit of ten and a group of ones.

Type: Lesson Plan

This inquiry-based 5E lesson provides an initial look at categorizing items into 2 categories. Visuals of animals are used to begin the classifying/categorizing of animals and their babies. Students will practice categorizing in pairs and will be given the categories to use. They will then explain the placement of each item in the category. The teacher will ask guiding questions and facilitate the lesson to ensure comprehension of the material.

Type: Lesson Plan

This lesson is designed to teach students to write and represent groups of numbers using drawings. This lesson will cover the numbers 1 to 5.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson, students will count forward from a given number while manipulating animals in a pond during a read aloud by the teacher.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson, students will sort objects, count the number of objects in each category and compare using the terms greater than, less than, or equal to.

Type: Lesson Plan

Students will work in teams to help choose the best Popsicle to sell. They will develop a procedure based on the following criteria: taste, color, cost, and melting speed. They will reassess the Popsicles during the twist incorporating flavors and a fourth Popsicle choice. Students may arrange the criteria based on their team's interpretation of most important to least important. Students may have to make trade offs based on these interpretations.

Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this Model Eliciting Activity, MEA, students will work in teams to determine the best pet toys to buy for a pet daycare.

Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. MEAs resemble engineering problems and encourage students to create solutions in the form of mathematical and scientific models. Students work in teams to apply their knowledge of science and mathematics to solve an open-ended problem, while considering constraints and tradeoffs. Students integrate their ELA skills into MEAs as they are asked to clearly document their thought process. MEAs follow a problem-based, student centered approach to learning, where students are encouraged to grapple with the problem while the teacher acts as a facilitator. To learn more about MEA’s visit: https://www.cpalms.org/cpalms/mea.aspx

Type: Lesson Plan

In this Model Eliciting Activity, MEA, students will work in teams to determine the best unique pizza topping to add to a restaurant menu.

Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. MEAs resemble engineering problems and encourage students to create solutions in the form of mathematical and scientific models. Students work in teams to apply their knowledge of science and mathematics to solve an open-ended problem, while considering constraints and tradeoffs. Students integrate their ELA skills into MEAs as they are asked to clearly document their thought process. MEAs follow a problem-based, student centered approach to learning, where students are encouraged to grapple with the problem while the teacher acts as a facilitator. To learn more about MEA’s visit: https://www.cpalms.org/cpalms/mea.aspx

Type: Lesson Plan

This MEA is designed on a Kindergarten grade level. Students will work in teams to determine the best piece of playground equipment to add to the city playground. Students will use criteria such as safety, cost, degree of fun, and time to build to make their determinations.

Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom.

Type: Lesson Plan

This MEA is designed at a Kindergarten grade level. Students will work in teams to determine the best apple treat to showcase in a display at a farm stand. Students will use criteria such as smell, taste, and profit to make their determinations.

Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom.

Type: Lesson Plan

This is an engaging, hands-on lesson to help the students understand the meaning of the equal sign. The lesson is written using a pan/equal arm balance but may be done with just connecting cubes.

Type: Lesson Plan

Poor Professor Dupont! He is missing his prized cockatoos! Help Professor Dupont find his special birds one by one as you turn the page. After helping Professor Dupont find his special cockatoos, create a classroom tree and sort the birds by color. You will have a fine feathered fantastic time counting and sorting!

Type: Lesson Plan

More than, less than, or equal to? Which would you rather have? Well, it depends upon the situation. Let's compare objects and numbers and decide if it is best to have more of something, less of something, or just as much as someone else.

Type: Lesson Plan

Eating cereal may be fun, but counting out with it can be more fun! Hungry for a great time? Students will learn to count out 1-10 using cereal and help some mice escape from a hungry snake.

Type: Lesson Plan

The students will use M&M's to find the number that makes 10, for any number from 1 to 9, when added to the given number. Students will record the answer as both a drawing and an equation.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson, students will use manipulatives and equations to model and solve subtraction equations.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson students will use manipulatives and equations to model bringing together two smaller groups to make one large group. This is part one of a two part series. Part 2 is titled "All Together Now- or NOT" (Resource 49796).

Type: Lesson Plan

Students will learn about the concept of ones and tens and how 10 is a friendly number that we can utilize in various ways in mathematics. They will physically manipulate snap cubes to make a ten train and add on randomly selected ones that will include the numbers 11-19. After that students will draw representations of the numbers 11-19 and finally write the two-digit number that a ten train and a selected group of ones will create.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this open-ended question, students, in teams will make decisions about how to rank new ice cream flavors for Frosty's based on various ice cream characteristics (e.g., taste, smell, color and fun factor). Students will practice analyzing data sets and their writing skills to record their process and thinking.

Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this Model Eliciting Activity, MEA, students, in teams, will make decisions about how to select a new bicycle for a mountain bicycle company to start selling.

Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. MEAs resemble engineering problems and encourage students to create solutions in the form of mathematical and scientific models. Students work in teams to apply their knowledge of science and mathematics to solve an open-ended problem, while considering constraints and tradeoffs. Students integrate their ELA skills into MEAs as they are asked to clearly document their thought process. MEAs follow a problem-based, student centered approach to learning, where students are encouraged to grapple with the problem while the teacher acts as a facilitator. To learn more about MEA’s visit: https://www.cpalms.org/cpalms/mea.aspx

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson students will learn to count to 100 by 10's. The relationship between the numbers 1-10 and 10-100 will be made using the 100's chart followed by a PowerPoint story about Little Count the Caterpillar. Students will make their own Little Count the Caterpillar using circle body segments, where each circle represents the numerals 10, 20, 30... 

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson, students will use two-sided colored counters (discs) to decompose the number ten.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson, students will use buttons to sort by like characteristics. In addition, students will be counting and recording the number of buttons in each category. Students will also group equal amounts together to create new categories. 

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In this lesson, students will learn the desired procedures and successful outcomes for conducting daily math centers that will help them become better learners. This lesson includes station activities for counting objects and representing the number with a written numeral. The procedure for math centers can be adapted for use in other grade levels.

Type: Lesson Plan

In teams, students will make decisions about how to select the best bakery based on various cupcake characteristics (e.g., taste, smell).

Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom.

Type: Lesson Plan

Students explore lengths of fish to determine if fish are too long to fit in different sized aquariums. Students will use non-standard units and measuring tools to compare the lengths of fish and boxes without being able to directly hold the fish near the boxes.

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This activity practices taking one away from a number to compose an equation.

Type: Lesson Plan

This lesson is designed to give the students a hands-on opportunity to count small numbers of objects and decide which is greater or less than the other when compared.

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In this activity students will recite the Five Little Ducks poem to decompose numbers using manipulatives and equations to represent the math.

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The students will partner up and use Fruit Loops to represent addition equations with sums up to 10. They will draw, act out, use verbal explanations and write equations to show addition.

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In this lesson, students will work with subtraction within 10 by taking 1 away from a number.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson, students will act out situations as an introduction to story problems. Students will also have the opportunity to solve addition story problems using manipulatives.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson, students will practice one-to-one correspondence and counting to 10 using black dots as manipulative.

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The students will receive explicit instruction from the teacher on the definition of decomposing a number and how to represent a decomposition with manipulatives, drawings, and equations. The students will use linking cubes to reflect numbers from 11-19, and to show their understanding of how to decompose a number. Students will record decompositions as an equation.

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The students will be working in whole group, small group and individually to discover measurable attributes of objects and sort the objects into categories. Students will also count and compare the number of objects in each category. 

Type: Lesson Plan

In this Model Eliciting Activity, MEA, the class receives a letter from the principal informing them they will be getting a class pet. They need to determine which pet to pick based on the data.

Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. MEAs resemble engineering problems and encourage students to create solutions in the form of mathematical and scientific models. Students work in teams to apply their knowledge of science and mathematics to solve an open-ended problem, while considering constraints and tradeoffs. Students integrate their ELA skills into MEAs as they are asked to clearly document their thought process. MEAs follow a problem-based, student centered approach to learning, where students are encouraged to grapple with the problem while the teacher acts as a facilitator. To learn more about MEA’s visit: https://www.cpalms.org/cpalms/mea.aspx

Type: Lesson Plan

In this open-ended question, students, in teams will make decisions about how to rank shoes based on various shoe characteristics (e.g., color, comfort, shoelaces, lights, and customer ratings).

Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom.

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson, students will solve addition and subtraction word problems using Goldfish crackers. Students will also work with a partner to create and solve their own addition and subtraction word problems.

Type: Lesson Plan

The students will show understanding of the conservation of numbers regardless of the order in which objects were counted. The students will be able to tell "how many" without recounting objects and be able to explain that the amount is the same because no objects were added or taken away. 

Type: Lesson Plan

In this lesson, students will show understanding of the conservation of numbers regardless of the order in which they were counted. Student will be able to tell "how many" without recounting objects and be able to explain that the amount is the same because no objects were added or taken away.

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In this lesson, students will show understanding that "one more" is the next counting number. Student will be able to tell "how many" without recounting objects and be able to explain that the total amount is the next counting number because it is one more.

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Students will count items with numbers ranging from zero to twenty in an outdoor environment (can also be done indoors) and, when given a number up to 20, will count steps, using body movement in the form of "taking steps" on a number line to enhance learning.

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In this lesson, kindergarten students will learn to sort objects familiar to them by different attributes. They will justify their decisions for classification when objects have more than one similar characteristic.

Type: Lesson Plan

Set sail with Captain O’Shun to find objects that are first in line and identify the position of these objects using the ordinal word "first" in this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Explore comparing sets of objects to determine which set has fewer objects with Beefy the burger on a flavorful mathematical adventure at the Not Enough Nibbles Diner. In this interactive tutorial, you will use matching to compare the number of diner related objects in two groups and use the term "less than" to tell which group does not have as many objects as the other group.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Come along with Scout as he prepares supplies for a camping adventure. You will learn to count to 10, recognize the number 10, and count 10 objects in this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Get ready to set up camp with Scout as you explore the number 10. You will count 10 objects in a circle, count a group of 10 objects, and count out 10 objects in this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

In Part 1 of Summer's Pool Party, students assist Summer in preparing for a pool party with her friends. They will help Summer count to 9, recognize the number 9, and count 9 objects in a line.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Help Tyler count seven objects in a scattered arrangement, group seven objects, and count out seven objects one by one with this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Help Scoopy compare the number of objects in two groups and describe the comparison using the term "equal to" at the ice cream shop with this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Help Polly Parrot count to 7, recognize the numeral 7, and count 7 objects in a line with this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Help Buddy count 6 objects in an array, group with 6 objects, and count out 6 objects as he builds his treehouse in this interactive tutorial.

This is part 2 in a two-part series. Click HERE to open part 1.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Help Buddy count to six, recognize the number 6, and count six objects in a line with this interactive tutorial,

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Learn about the American flag by identifying colors and shapes and sorting parts of flag designs into groups in this interactive S.T.E.M. and civics integrated tutorial.

This is part 1 of 2-part series, click HERE to view part 2.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Learn about the American flag by sorting flag designs and features into groups and counting the objects in a group in this interactive S.T.E.M. and civics integrated tutorial.

This is part 2 of 2-part series, click HERE to view part 1.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Learn to how to recognize and write the number 5 and count up to 5 objects using 10 frames and number lines as you help Lucy the dog plan a party in this interactive tutorial.  

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Help Lucy the dog recognize and write number 4.  She will also learn to count up to 4 objects using a ten frame and number line in this interactive tutorial.  

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Help Lucy and Izzy learn to recognize and write the number 2. In this interactive tutorial, you'll also count two objects and use a 10 frame and a number line. 

This is part 2 in a multi-part series. Click below to open the other tutorials.

• Part 1: Where Is My Bone? Numbers 0 and 1

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Help Lucy and Izzy explore the numbers 0 and 1 using writing, ten frames and number lines in this interactive tutorial.  

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Help Gabriella and Olivia count groups of objects from 0 to 5 in this interactive tutorial.

Type: Original Student Tutorial

Unlock an effective teaching tool that can help students all the way from basic counting principles to multiplying polynomials.

Dot Matrix sheet is available for dowload here.

Type: Perspectives Video: Teaching Idea

Unlock an effective teaching strategy for connecting geometry and numbers in order to build number sense in this Teacher Perspectives video for educators.

Type: Perspectives Video: Teaching Idea

Count down from 10 with this cute poem as pilots explore the motion of different types of aircraft. Adapt how this animated and narrated resource is used for a variety of content explorations.

Type: Presentation/Slideshow

In this game, students develop fluency with counting sequences and number patterns and strengthen number sense through movement, rhythm, and voice modulation while also practicing active participation and listening skills.

FCR-STEM’s Count Us In! initiative is designed to support out-of-school providers and parents in fostering math success and enjoyment among K-5 children.

Type: Student Center Activity

This teaching idea describes a project for kindergarten students. Students create a book of numbers 1-10. Each page has the numerical and written form of each number, as well as colorful drawings that corresponded to that number.

Type: Teaching Idea

Double Ten Frame

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0-10 Number line

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