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Guided Math: Tools, Activities & Ideas

Fun, standards-based and age-appropriate activities and resources to help you plan smart for teaching math and teaching guided math groups.

Free Lucky Rainbow Addition Game for Kindergarten

Free Lucky Rainbow Addition Bump Game

Work on addition skills with a free set of rainbow-themed bump-style gameboards. Teach your students to play bump once ...

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Free Wintertime Addition Game for Kindergarten

Free Wintertime Addition Bump Game

Work on addition skills with a free set of bump-style winter-themed gameboards. Teach your students to play bump once ...

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Free Grinchy Subtraction Game for Kindergarten

Free Grinchy Subtraction Bump Game

Work on subtracting within five with a free printable game. Grab this free subtraction bump game to build your students' ...

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Free Ocean Subtraction Game for Kindergarten

Free Dinnertime! Subtraction Bump Game

Work on subtracting within five with a free printable game. Grab this free subtraction bump game to build your students' ...

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Free Monster Truck Subtraction Game for Kindergarten

Free Off-Road Subtraction Bump Game

Work on subtracting within five with a free printable game. Grab this free subtraction bump game to build your students' ...

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Free 3D Shapes Hide-n-Seek Pirate Treasure Game

Free 3D Shapes Hide-n-Seek Pirate Treasure! Game

Practice describing 3D shapes with this fun hide-n-seek game for kindergarten. Students will describe a shape using ...

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When to teach math standards in kindergarten

When to Teach Math Standards in Kindergarten

Let’s talk about when you should teach each of the math standards in kindergarten. Your curriculum guide may have it all ...

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Such a perfect Composing and Decomposing Numbers 11 to 19 Christmas Game

Fun Christmas Composing Teen Numbers Game for Kindergarten

Give your students lots of opportunities to explore place value concepts like composing and decomposing numbers 11-19 in ...

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Free Christmas Composing Teen Numbers Game for Kindergarten

Fill your lesson plans in December with fun, standards-based learning opportunities. Here is a free download to ...

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Free Roll-A-2D-Shape Activity for Kindergarten

Learn to identify 2D shapes in kindergarten with this free roll-a-shape activity. Kindergarten students need to get ...

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Free Describing 2D Shapes Mini-Booklet for Kindergarten

Introduce how to describe 2D shapes by simply using dots and lines. Here is a free printable booklet to describe the ...

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Free Describing Hidden 2D Shapes Game for Kindergarten

In kindergarten, students are expected to describe shapes like a circle, square, hexagon and triangle with the number of ...

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Free Describing 2D Shapes Bingo Game for Kindergarten

While I think using a classic game like bingo isn't always the most effective way to teach a classroom skill - I do ...

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Free 'Making 5' Addition Bingo Game for Kindergarten

Work on understanding addition sentences and composing the number five with this free bingo game for ...

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18 Kindergarten Videos to Teach 2D Shapes

Here are some favorite kindergarten videos on describing and naming 2D shapes. These videos are quick and very handy to ...

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Awesome Math Strategies for Kindergarten

Awesome Math Strategies for Kindergarten and the 6 Questions to Ask Your Small Group

Teaching math strategies in kindergarten may be easier than you think. Here are the top math strategies for kindergarten ...

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Explain 3d shapes to kindergarten

How to Explain 3D Shapes to Kindergarten

People often wonder how to explain 3D shapes to kindergarten (especially when they have to be able to tell the ...

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How to teach 2D shapes in kindergarten - Creative Ways to Make Teaching 2D Shapes Happen

21 Creative Ways to Teach 2D Shapes in Kindergarten

Teaching shapes to kindergarten is part of many standards-based curriculums. When you teach 2D shapes, you're ...

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Teaching how to draw 2D shapes

Teach: How To Draw 2D Shapes in Kindergarten

Teaching the basics in kindergarten can go a long way. I find it key to teach the little stuff right up front in order ...

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frozen themed teen numbers frosted race game

Frosted Frozen Compose Teen Numbers Game

Decompose and compose teen numbers like champs in your classroom with this fun, frozen, wintery game. This printable ...

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Making 5 Fluency Ideas and Games

Making 5 is one of the basic and fundamental ideas that come from the Common Core standards in kindergarten. Students ...

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How to teach numbers in kindergarten

How to Teach Numbers 1-10 in Kindergarten

Number sense and learning to write and use numbers 0-10 is a pretty big deal the first nine weeks of ...

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Free Linking Cube Measurement Activity for Kindergarten

Free Linking Cube Measurement Activity for Kindergarten

Here is a measurement activity for kindergarten. This free measuring activity uses a printable and some linking ...

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How to teach how to draw a ten frame - perfect for kindergarten

Teach: How to Draw a Ten Frame

Teach how to draw a ten frame so that it can be used as a tool throughout the year to show groups of ten - perfect for ...

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10 Activities for Describing 3d Shapes in Kindergarten - These will help my kids describe a cylinder, sphere, cube and cone!

10 Activities for Describing 3D Shapes in Kindergarten

Describing 3D shapes in kindergarten is now an expectation as it is a key geometry standard. This standard focuses on ...

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Free Addition and Subtraction Bump Games Just for Kindergarten

11 Free Addition and Subtraction Bump Games Just for Kindergarten

Work on addition and subtraction in kindergarten by playing games. Here is a collection of 11 free bump gameboards that ...

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Free Describing 3D Shapes Bingo Game for Kindergarten

Free Describing 3D Shapes Bingo Game for Kindergarten

Work on identifying 3D shapes or describing 3D shapes with a free printable bingo game for kindergarten. Here is a ...

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Teaching decomposing numbers to accelerated kindergartners - I can see doing this with my high kiddos. Awesome!

Decomposing and Composing Numbers - Working With Accelerated Kindergartners

We discovered why decomposing and composing numbers really is crazy important and dug into our daily schedule ...

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How to Teach Decomposing and Composing Numbers in Kindergarten with activities, games and small group lesson plans

How to Teach Decomposing and Composing Numbers

What we just explored why decomposing and composing numbers really is crazy important in kindergarten. This is part 2 ...

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Decomposing and composing numbers - this is huge in kindergarten

Decomposing Numbers - Why We Teach This in Kindergarten

Decomposing numbers means to break down numbers into their sub-parts. Common Core standards has kindergarten students ...

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Quick Tools to Teach Sorting in Kindergarten

12 Quick Tools to Teach Sorting in Kindergarten

Let's teach kindergarteners how to sort with some creative ideas that are easy to implement. Here are sorting ...

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Free Kindergarten Subtraction Game: What's the Difference

Working on subtraction has been a goal of mine in teaching math to kindergartners. This free kindergarten ...

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12 Guided Math Independent Activities for the End of the Year

I love using math games to encourage practicing standards independently in kindergarten. Here is a collection of ...

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Free Beginning Numbers Roll and Color Dice Game

Playing fun math games is one of my key strategies in giving kindergartners the time to practice key skills. Here ...

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How to Set Up a Year-Long Math Computer Center

Set up and maintain a computer center in your classroom to support your math teaching. Let me show you how to set up a ...

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how to make a math material bead rack {tutorial} - KindergartenWorks

How to Make a Rekenrek {tutorial}

When I began teaching with new math materials, like ten frames, my goal was to improve the number sense of my students. ...

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free measuring booklet and rulers for Kindergarten - K.MD.1, K.MD.2

Free Measuring Booklet and Rulers for Kindergarten

When I am teaching a skill that doesn't need to be differentiated {really} and that lends itself to exploration I try to ...

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math journals - meet the Common Core - KindergartenWorks

Two Reasons Why I Love Using Math Journals in Kindergarten

You can use math journals to give students opportunities to write about their thinking and ditch worksheets once ...

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learning teen numbers in kindergarten

Learning Teen Numbers in Kindergarten

Teaching teen numbers in kindergarten using a composing and decomposing numbers approach. Students learn the meaning ...

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creating ten frame manipulatives - KindergartenWorks

How to Create Ten Frame Manipulatives

Speaking of planning, I am sketching out the next nine weeks of math instruction. We are beginning work over the next ...

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Subtraction - Am I the Last One to Figure This Out?

Two weeks ago, I was fussily taking some photos from our math journals to share and it hit me. I was teaching my ...

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kindergarten timed tests - building fluency within 5

Kindergarten Timed Tests - Building Fluency Within 5

Starting this quarter I want to reward my kinders with knowing they are increasing their skills by giving them a ...

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why does 10+6=16? - KindergartenWorks

Why does 10+6=16?

This year I have been using small group math instruction to guide my kinders. I've shared how its laid out and even a ...

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teaching addition with a number line as a strategy - KindergartenWorks

How to Teach Addition With a Number Line as a Tool

This year I wanted to be more diligent about teaching various addition strategies as options for my students to explore ...

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