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Teaching Mental Math Number Talks are Mental Math exercises, but students need to be taught how to think about mental math and how to incorporate math vocabulary into their thinking and speaking. The videos below are examples on how to coach students into using their mental math skills. Watch this video on YouTube Number Sense…

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Making 8, 9 and 10 Lesson: Game Worksheet Students practice computation strategies and identify number patterns and relationships to make eight, nine, and ten in a variety of ways. Matching Number Pairs for Eight Matching Number Pairs for Nine Matching Number Pairs for Ten Sample Lesson Making 7, 8, 9, 10 Worksheet Sums up to…

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Decompose, Branching and Number Bonds Video Lessons (K-2) This resource provides strategies and tools for decomposing numbers through the use of branching. Branching* is simply a strategy of breaking apart and associating numbers in a way that creates friendly landmark numbers. This directly ties to the Common Core standards tagged in this resource as the…

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Multiplying Fractions by a Whole Number: Lesson Worksheets Smarter Balanced Library – This is for teachers of districts who use this.  Free, but must sign in.  From test makers SBAC.  11 day, lesson-oriented worksheets.  Includes warm-ups, practice, homework, tasks, reflection, exit tickets, and teacher notes. Worksheets – We have downloaded and converted the worksheets to printable…

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Teach Operations & Algebraic Thinking With These Free Ten Frames Worksheets Develop Mental Math Skills At Home and In Your Classroom With These Free Online Teaching Resources Download the worksheets Have You Tried ‘Framing’ Learning This Way? Have you ever heard of using escape room games in the classroom? It’s a super-effective way to reframe…

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Interactive Math Manipulatives  Toy Theater – (Elementary) Spinner, Fraction Bars, Counters, Base Ten Blocks, Ten Frames, and more. National Library of Virtual Manipulatives – (K-12) Seperated by grade levels and domains. Everything you need from building shapes, Pentominoes, and Clocks, to Function Machines, Algebra Balance Scales, and Pythagorean Theorem. Math Playground – (K-8) Geoboard, Pattern…

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Number Talk Videos (1st Grade – 7th Grade) The essential idea of Common Core is to develop strong mental math skills.  Number Talks are an excellent way to develop students mental math skills while students share different ways to think about problems. Inside Mathematics

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Kindergarten Common Core Math Videos Compare the Number of Objects in Groups (K.CC.6) Watch this video on YouTube Number Bonds (K.OA.1 ) Watch this video on YouTube Learn Basic Addition Facts: Add 0 (K.OA.5 / 1.OA.3) Watch this video on YouTube

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Middle School Math Common Core Videos for Teachers Common Core Math Videos – Need help on teaching Common Core math?  Engage New York is a math series designed just for Common Core.  The videos show various ways to teach some of the Common Core math standards.  It is a great place to go if you…

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Elementary Math Common Core Videos for Teachers Common Core Math Videos – Need help on teaching Common Core math?  Engage New York is a math series designed just for Common Core.  The videos show various ways to teach some of the Common Core math standards.  It is a great place to go if you are…

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