Many kindergarteners come to school with rote counting skills, but they often do not understand that the numbers they can recite actually represent quantities. This lesson helps to make that connection.

A flip chart on the Promethean board and laminated shapes keep student engagement high as they demonstrate their sorting skills.

In the past, we made apple tasting graphs. Since graphing isn't big in terms of Kindergarten Common Core, this is a great way to update an old tradition with a CCSS-aligned activity!

Fourth graders will gear up to explore how to find the means, median, and modes to represent data.

What better way to get to know your students than with a 1:1 interview. Today you will interview each student on their knowledge of triangles and their ability to separate them from other shapes.

First graders work towards CCSS.MP1: Make sense of and persevere through problems with this introductory lesson. Students learn to visualize what is happening in the problem.

In this BetterLesson, 2nd graders will learn to focus on details as they analyze the story of Cendrillion.

If you know how to count by tens, you can solve multiplication problems in which ten is a factor.

Subtraction problems can involve shapes, attributes and perimeter.

This lesson is a real world task that combines many skills the students have learned throughout the school year.

Area comes alive when you design your own space.

Fractions can be used to understand halves of a unit square.

Breaking figures into smaller squares and rectangles allows me to multiply to find the area

This unit is designed to teach students about research writing. The lessons follow the format of Writer's Workshop. Many of the lessons provide a formula for students to follow while constructing their essays to ensure struggling readers...

This unit focuses on reading comprehension and structure. It includes lessons on the main idea and supporting details, theme, sequence, fact and opinion, literary devices, character, text features, inferences, organization of nonfiction,...