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Equivalent Fractions Freebie!
The holiday season is approaching and I am again humbled and appreciative of the love and support of Math Coach's Corner followers! Your comments inspire and encourage me, lift my spirits on a down day, and totally validate my faith in the great teaching that is going...
Make a Ten Strategy for Addition
In Kindergarten, our kiddos learn their "Friends of Ten". In other words, they learn all the combinations that make ten (ex., 2 + 8, 3 + 7, etc.). In 1st grade, as students begin learning their basic addition facts, they apply that knowledge in a strategy known as...
Flexibility with Place Value
Just a quick post about place value and how important it is for students to be able to decompose numbers by place value in different ways. Here's what I mean. Typically, we think of 34 as 3 tens and 4 ones. That's certainly true, but it can also be decomposed as 2...
Flexible Number Tasks
A sweet friend recently reminded me of an activity I created and shared a number of years ago, and I decided to dust it off and extend it! I love activities that are flexible and repeatable, unlike worksheets that are pretty much one-and-done. These flexible number...
Using Manipulatives for Multi-Digit Multiplication
Manipulatives, thought by some to be useful only for young children, are appropriate for students of all ages and should be used whenever new concepts are introduced. This post contains affiliate links, which simply means that when you use my link and purchase a...
Resources for Digital Learning
Even as we left school in May, I think most of us assumed that the 2020/2021 school year would be unlike any other. Like many of you, I spent a good part of my summer learning more about digital learning. And while many of us connect digital learning exclusively with...
New Digital Math Games!
The other day, I posted a picture on Facebook and Instagram of something I was working on, and I was blown away by the response! Yes, I am working to digitize my resources. This is not only in response to the increased need for resources to support remote learning in...
Making Ten Back and Forth Game
Ten has a special place in our number system, so it is critical that children know all the combinations for making ten. A quick look at where this skill goes in first and second grade helps emphasize the importance of mastering this critical skill by the end of...
1st Grade Essentials: Basic Fact Strategies
With pages of math standards at each grade level, what is really considered essential learning? In this series of posts, I attempt to highlight the key skills at every grade level, explain those skills in layman's terms, and provide activities and tasks for helping...
Kindergarten Essentials: Combinations for Numbers Through 10
What does Kindergarten math look like? What are the essential skills that every Kindergarten student should master prior to Grade 1? Believe it or not, fact fluency starts in Kindergarten! Now, before you whip out those flashcards (the way many of us learned our...
