Hundred charts are very versatile tools in the elementary classroom. Working with the patterns on hundred charts helps students develop place value understanding. Hundred charts are also excellent tools for solving multi-digit addition and subtraction problems. There...
I was planning with my Kinder team today, and the discussion turned to skip counting by tens off the decade. Traditionally, when skip counting by tens was taught, we asked students to count the multiples of ten–10, 20, 30, etc. Counting by tens off the decade...
I was working on a professional development session this week for my primary teachers, and it had me thinking about how we can use the same routines for whole group instruction, small group instruction, and workstation activities. And how we can differentiate...
As I was planning with my 1st-grade teachers the other day, they said they had some kiddos who were really struggling with counting by tens off the decade (17, 27, 37, 47, etc.). They had the Tens Ladders, but that was too challenging for some kids. I suggested that...
My sweet and sassy 1st-grade team wanted an independent practice activity for skip counting by 10s off the decade. They wanted it to look like the hundred chart, so the kiddos could make the connection to the patterns in the hundred chart. They also wanted it to be...
