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Amanda Cole
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Amanda Cole
1st Grade Math
143 Lessons
KIPP Central City Primary
New Orleans, LA
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1st Grade Math
(16 Units, 143 Lessons)
Unit 16 - What the WHAT?! Teaching Challenging Story Problems(7 Lessons)
Unit 1 - Creating a Culture of Math(10 Lessons)
Unit 2 - Count to 100 Every Day!(13 Lessons)
Unit 3 - 10: A First Grader's Best Friend(10 Lessons)
Unit 4 - Charting and Analyzing Data(7 Lessons)
Unit 5 - Inch by Inch, Paperclip by Paperclip(10 Lessons)
Unit 6 - Properties of Addition and Subtraction(12 Lessons)
Unit 7 - Shapes and Blocks(10 Lessons)
Unit 8 - Understanding Equality(8 Lessons)
Unit 9 - Adding and Subtracting: Base Ten(5 Lessons)
Unit 10 - Solving 3 Addend Problems (8 Lessons)
Unit 11 - Missing Parts: Unknowns in All Positions(10 Lessons)
Unit 12 - Parts of a Whole(5 Lessons)
Unit 13 - Tick Tock, Tick Tock(9 Lessons)
Unit 14 - Time is Money: Hitting all the MD Standards(14 Lessons)
Unit 15 - Base 10 Bonanza(5 Lessons)
Unit 16 - What the WHAT?! Teaching Challenging Story Problems(7 Lessons)

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1st Grade Math
» Unit:
What the WHAT?! Teaching Challenging Story Problems

Big Idea:This introduction to comparison story problems gets kids invested in comparing numbers through a partner game.
Standards
15 Resources
5 Favorites
15 Resources
5 Favorites

I'm Jealous! Comparison Story Problems
1st Grade Math
» Unit:
What the WHAT?! Teaching Challenging Story Problems

Big Idea:Students think about how to compare numbers in this introductory lesson to comparison story problems!
Standards
17 Resources
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17 Resources
8 Favorites

Colorful Scaffolding
1st Grade Math
» Unit:
What the WHAT?! Teaching Challenging Story Problems

Big Idea:Give students a colorful scaffold to help them identify the missing addend in a story problem!
Standards
14 Resources
6 Favorites
14 Resources
6 Favorites

Who Stole the Cookies?
1st Grade Math
» Unit:
What the WHAT?! Teaching Challenging Story Problems

Big Idea:This fun play on the song "Who stole the cookies" helps students practice the rigorous math concept of missing subtrahend problems, and of course figure out how many cookies were stolen from the cookie jar!
Standards
15 Resources
7 Favorites
15 Resources
7 Favorites

How many did I hide?: Missing Part Game
1st Grade Math
» Unit:
What the WHAT?! Teaching Challenging Story Problems

Big Idea:Expect high investment AND rigor in this lesson! Students get to play an interactive game as they work on identifying the missing addend in a number sentence!
Standards
16 Resources
9 Favorites
16 Resources
9 Favorites

Lights, Camera, Action! Creative Story Problems
1st Grade Math
» Unit:
What the WHAT?! Teaching Challenging Story Problems

Big Idea:Students get creative while deepening their understanding of what a number sentence represents! Incorporate technology and writing in this interactive math lesson.
Standards
20 Resources
3 Favorites
20 Resources
3 Favorites

On Your Mark...
1st Grade Math
» Unit:
What the WHAT?! Teaching Challenging Story Problems

Big Idea:The number line is a tool students will use in math from Kindergarten all the way through high school! This lesson has students explore how to model missing addend/subtrahend using the number line.
Standards
16 Resources
4 Favorites
16 Resources
4 Favorites