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Category Archives: teaching
Addition and Subtraction in 1st Grade
Addition and Subtraction are to very basic computation skills children will use everyday for the rest of their lives. Laying a good foundation is crucial to building on for more complex math skills down the line. These resources pertain to … Continue reading
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Instructional Resource Set-Kindergarten, Counting
Counting can be and should be a fun topic for children to learn. This blog will offer resources for children and teachers covering the areas of counting, number sense, and number recognition for Kindergartners. There are helpful websites, books, and … Continue reading
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Cha-Ching! Teaching Money to 3rd grade students
The resources listed below are great to use in a 3rd grade classroom for a unit on money. You will find appropriate children’s literature related to money, websites for kids to practice their money skills, and websites for teachers and … Continue reading
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Kindergarten Counting
The following links are resources that will be helpful in teaching Kindergarten counting. Use these resources when planning lessons and activities for VA SOL K.2: The student, given a set containing 15 or fewer concrete objects, will a) tell how … Continue reading
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Teaching First Grade Math: Addition and Subtraction
The following information includes resources that will be helpful when teaching basic addition and subtraction facts. The information covers the Virginia Standards of Learning for math 1.5. With the help of these resources, students will develop strategies helpful for … Continue reading
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Teaching Time
Introduction to the topic- This entry covers the topic of telling time. It focuses on VA SOL 2.12. The student will tell and write time to the nearest 5 minutes, using analog and digital clock. There are many great resources … Continue reading
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Teaching 3rd grade Math: Fractions
The following resources can help in teaching fractions to elementary students. The books and the other resources are a good way to help make learning math fun. Give Me Half written by Stuart Murphy illustrated by G. Brian Karas Splitting … Continue reading
Teaching Money with Children’s Literature
Introduction: The resources that are listed below are great examples of materials that can be used in a second grade classroom for a unit on money. The topics range from counting coin values, to addition and subtraction of monetary values, … Continue reading
Learning First Grade Geometry!
INTRODUCTION The topic is plane geometric shapes and the selected resources listed and briefly summarized below are directly related to accomplishing the learning objectives provided by the VA SOL. Grade one is the level and the associated SOL are 1.12 … Continue reading
Teaching First Grade Math: Shapes
Introduction These the following resources can be used to teach first grade math, specifically geometry and shapes. The resources could be used to teach children about constructing and modeling plane shapes found in the environment (circles, squares, triangles and rectangles) … Continue reading