Math Archives - Page 2 of 4 - Little Minds at Work

What’s under the bowl? {and a freebie}

This week we wrapped up our subtraction unit with some fun hands-on games! This little easily to implement game needs only; recording sheets, bowls or cups, snap cubes {or any other small manipulative}. How to play: Students get a set number of snap cubes {we were … [Read more...]

Teaching Subtraction to the Common Core in Kindergarten!

Hello! Hello! This past week we started out unit in subtraction. I'm not sure about your little ones, but ours go straight from addition to subtraction! Some do well with the swift transition but others are still building a solid foundation in addition, so subtraction is some … [Read more...]

Count & Write to 100!

Hi friends! I hope you're having some nice weather this weekend! For some reason the nice weather just seems to make my weekend even better! :) This past week my students and I embarked on a new journey- - writing to 100! Okay, okay....writing to 100 what's new … [Read more...]

More on Addition!

Even after 124 days of school this year I am still amazed at what these little ones are capable of! We've been having a blast diving in to our addition work! We began our addition unit last week and are now getting into the real "fun stuff!" We took a moment in our math lesson to … [Read more...]

Addition: Teaching to the Common Core! {freebies included}

Last week we started to cover addition! Needless to say I am EX-CITED! My students have worked so hard this year building math foundation skills. We are now soaring with all of our new learning! In this post I hope to share all of the ways I teach addition in my … [Read more...]

Place Value in K!

Hi friends! Well this week we completed our recap unit on teen numbers and place value introduction! Be sure to view my 2 previous place value posts {here} and {here}This week we worked on 2 fabulous hands-on place value activities, place value word problems, & more! … [Read more...]

Count it Up & More! {freebie}

Hello friends! Since I am unable to make it to the classroom I will share with y'all so I feel as though I am getting some "teaching" in! We went to school one day last week and we've only made it to school once this week due to two large snowstorms! We were out of power all … [Read more...]

Number Sense Classroom Resources {freebie}

As teachers we are constantly learning and fine tuning our expertise! When I first started teaching I had this idea that if my students could id and write their numbers to 20 then they had great "number sense." However, what I didn't realize was that I couldn't just teach my … [Read more...]

Interactive Math Games {freebies}

Happy Tuesday friends! Today was a great professional development day! Tomorrow is back to the classroom- - and I really miss those lil guys! Missouri is expecting some snow and ice Thursday so we will see if any snow days work their way into our already short week! I wanted to … [Read more...]