First Grade Mathematics
Click here to read an excellent article by Yale mathematician Roger Howe on the mathematics of first grade.
Category Archives: Grade 1
What does it mean to understand place value?
Click here for an excellent article on the necessary components students need to assemble in order to understand place value …
Differentiating Math Tasks
Click here for strategies that help transfer typical textbook problems into differentiated tasks.
Arithmogons
Here is a great site with more on the Arithmogons activity.
Finding the value of your initials
Click here for another great place value activity for grades K-2!
Addition and Subtraction Problem Types
In first grade, students build a foundation for arithmetic by developing a robust understanding of addition and subtraction. Mathematics educators …
Place value activities, games, and resources
So what’s the problem with place value? Why can students look at the same base ten block manipulatives that the …
We are all mathematicians
In her book Math Exchanges: Guiding Young Mathematicians in Small Group Meetings, Kassia Omohundro Wedekind talks about creating the right …
It’s all about the instruction
1) Watch this video. 2) Think about your first unit of instruction. Please share your thoughts here on how you will …
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