Lesson Plans for Elementary School Students
Category: Math
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Handprint Counting by 5′s
Simple worksheet (see below) makes the concept of counting by 5′s very easy to understand. The layout allows students to see the pattern of the 5′s and 0′s in the one’s column, and the patterns … View Full Lesson →
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Domino Adding
A fun way to practise adding numbers to 12. Using the familiar picture patterns of dominoes, students match ends of two paper dominoes, saying “3 plus 6 equals 9″. Teacher models reusing photocopy paper, cutting … View Full Lesson →
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Pumpkin Addition and Subtraction
This is a great spare-time or centre activity for practising adding and subtracting. The pumpkin faces are easy to make and program with the number sentences that you want students to practise. Students may help … View Full Lesson →
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Halloween Candy Counting
Lots of practise is needed when learning to count to 100, or even 200, and all that repetition may begin to get boring. The counting time around Halloween NEVER needs to be boring. There is … View Full Lesson →
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Hugs and Tallies
A memorable way for remembering how to make tally marks that equal 5. Four students stand close together in a row, and a fifth student faces them with outstretched arms and gives them a group … View Full Lesson →
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Patterning Fun
Beautiful repeating patterns are created using color, position (up/down), direction (turning), plus a variety of stamps. Simple enough for grade 1′s but can be used to make quite complex patterns. Grade 1′s and 2′s … View Full Lesson →
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Finger Counting
Hands are used to get students to identify 5 fingers quickly, or 3 fingers, or 7 fingers. Once students can recognize the number of fingers you are holding up, change it to “what’s missing?”. If … View Full Lesson →
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Chisanbop (Korean counting to 99)
Objective: Learn a quick method of adding to 99 with your hands. This really is not that difficult to learn. My grades 1 and 2 could do it. Students love to do Chisanbop. View Full Lesson →
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Fraction Fruit
Objective: Learn fraction concepts tasting fruit students have never tried before, easier when your friends are trying them too (get signed permission from parents about students eating fruit, regarding allergies, etc.) review of Canada’s Food Guide … View Full Lesson →
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Money Booklet
Objective: Learning to identify coins and bills Materials: Coin stamps or enough coins to trace (1 cent, 5 cents, 10 cents, 25 cents, loonie, toonie) For each student, two 8 1/2″ X 11″ pages cut … View Full Lesson →