If you like to entertain and educate, you'll love these Fun First Grade Math Crafts for teaching Counting and Place Value with Ordering Numbers. Because they are easy to create, your students will love them too! Paper Crafts are so easy! Count Forward and Backwards Math Crafts Who Let the Dogs Out?? 🐶🐕🐩🐕🦺 The first Fun Math Craft created was this cutie right here. The Math Hound helps first graders (and kindergarteners) practice Counting Forward. In the same resource you'll find the Math Shepherd that focuses on Counting Backwards. Both have options from 10 and 20 with just numbers or ten frame options. Worksheets Included to Practice Counting Forward and Backwards Fun on the Farm Math Crafts The Skip Counting Chicken - Skip Count by 5's to 120 Ready for a Clucking Good Time? 🐔 Meet the Skip Counting Chicken and practice counting by 5s to 120! Students will have this fun craft to take home for continued practice. Differentiated: Count by 5s to 50 Count by 5s to 100 From 25 to 70 From 25 to 120 Blank Version - Teacher Assigns Numbers Nine Skip Counting by 5 Worksheets Included More Fun on the Farm Math Crafts The … [Read more...]
First Grade Math & Literacy Mystery Picture Puzzles Fun!
Mystery Picture Puzzles Make 1st Grade Fun! They can be used in a variety of subjects to practice skills such as addition, subtraction, place value and phonics. Your first graders will love these fun and engaging activities. They can be used as cut and paste worksheets or full color math or literacy centers. Why Mystery Picture Puzzles? Have you tried Mystery Picture Puzzles in your First Grade Classroom? If not, you're in for a Fun Treat for your students. They are also an engaging way to practice many different skills! What's a Mystery Picture Puzzle? They are a scrambled picture with answers placed somewhere on the pieces. There is a skills board in which students glue the correct answer. Once all of the answers are glued to the board, the mystery picture will reveal itself if the answers are correct! A great self-checking activity! Are they easy to use? Yes! And kids love them, too! Just copy the puzzle pages and follow the step-by-step instructions on the page. Your students will be begging for more. Here's a free puzzle to try these out for yourself. How can I best utilize MPP? That's one of the great things about Mystery Picture Puzzles! They can be used in … [Read more...]
First Grade End of Year Activities – Camping Day
It's Classroom Campout Time! Have you ever had a classroom campout? You can make it as simple as you'd like! Really, it doesn't have to be a ton of work to make it fun for your students! In this post, you'll find some fun and easy ways to create a Simple Classroom Camp Out. Decorating Your Classroom Some teachers go all out on this! But you don't have to do any of it to have a classroom camp out. Your students' "tents" will make your room look decorated enough! But, if you're interested, check out this link to some ideas that I found on Pinterest. Also... if you have parent volunteers, I'm sure they'd love to take on this activity! Ideas for Classroom Campout - Pinterest Some ideas that are pretty easy: real trees & potted plants for that outdoorsy look lawn chairs - kid size if possible paper lake faux campfire Moon and stars decorations - glow in the dark if possible kids' tents / sheets over desks Setting Up Setting up your classroom should take place at the end of the day prior to the Classroom Camp Out or the first 30 minutes or so the morning of. This will include the following: creating a space - students will use sheets or blankets and desks … [Read more...]
First Grade Math Practice Teaching First Grade Place Value to 120
Welcome to the Breaking Down the Standards Series. In this post, we will cover How to Teach First Grade Place Value to 120. We'll use base ten blocks and digits to model and represent numbers respectively. You'll get the skinny on the TEKS and Common Core Standards, which are the stepping-stones to effective math lessons. 1. First Grade Place Value Standards: To see the First Grade Place Value Standards for the Common Core and the TEKS, click the image above. 2. The Vertical Alignment for First Grade Place Value Vertical Alignment for First Grade Place Value is so important when planning your lessons. We need to examine not only the first-grade standards, but also Kindergarten and 2nd grade standards as well. You need to know what your students should already know and also what they should know when their first-grade year is over. Vertical alignment looks at the Kindergarten Standards as well as the Second Grade Standards and sets you and your students up for SUCCESS! Click the image above to see the Vertical Alignment. Kindergarten: Up to 20 Compose and decompose numbers through 20 using tens and ones. Count forwards and backwards within 20. Subitize - recognize instantly the quantity … [Read more...]
3 Tips to Alleviate Classroom Stress During the Holidays
3 Tips for Less Stress in Your Classroom Need help with that pesky Holiday Classroom Stress? Here are 3 fun tips to make this time easier. The 1st Tip: Alleviate Classroom Stress during the holidays by keep your students busy at all times. Have tons of fun and educational busy work at your fingertips. When you assign it, be sure to give it out as something fun to do, not consequence for their behavior. This will keep making spirits bright! ⭐ Great for Early Finishers Morning Work Learning Centers Sponge Activities Homework Here are some seasonal packets for this very purpose. Math Reading Phonics Writing Language Arts Whole Group Fun Check out the Video Preview Digital Learning The 2nd Tip: Alleviate stress by promoting good behavior. Give a ton of praise for appropriate behavior. 😍 And have incentives on hand to pass out. 🎅❤️ Here are some ⛄ Winter Incentives that you can use all the way through winter. This resource includes PUNCH CARDS, BOOKMARKS, & AWARD CERTIFICATES. Kids love these!! The 3rd Tip: Alleviate Holiday Stress by Playing Christmas Music! Kids love to work to music that they know and love. … [Read more...]
First Grade Math Problems Using a Number Line for Addition and Subtraction
Addition and Subtraction Using a Number Line A number line is an easy to use tool to have in your math toolbox for teaching addition and subtraction. Although using a number line can seem tricky for kids, with just a few simple steps you can help your first graders use this tool with ease! Watch the video see a number line in action. Addition Using a Number Line - Interactive Teaching Video Addition Using a Number Line Video Recording Sheet Subtraction Using a Number Line - Interactive Teaching Video Subtraction Using a Number Line What's Included: You don't just get the Interactive Teaching Videos, you also get resources to practice and assess using a number line. Task Cards Each set includes 13 Addition/Subtraction task cards with a recording sheet, plus an answer key that shows number line answers as well as the equation. Worksheets You get five leveled worksheets with answer keys. Leveled by sum/differences to 10, 12, 15, 18 and 20 Number Line Manipulatives Coming Soon Fact Family Interactive Video (Related Facts) Missing Addends Interactive Video ( 3 + ___ = 8 ) Missing Subtrahends Interactive Video ( 11 - ___ = … [Read more...]
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