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Addition and Subtraction Face-Off! Game

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Students place markers on the numbers 2-12. Students toss two 6-sided dice, find the sum and remove a marker from that number, if there is still one. The first player to remove all markers wins the game. This game can be used as addition practice or as an introduction to the probability of the different outcomes of rolling two dice. This game was developed by a Monmouth University student for the Probability Fair. These games help students acquire proficiency in addition and subtraction facts.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Game, Lesson Plan

Author: Terry Kawas

Ella Earns Her Own Money by Lisa Bullard

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Within this collection you will find lessons, videos, handouts, and teacher guides you can use in your classroom.  You will also find a brief summary of each resource with the source sited for further exploration, appropriate grade level, approximate lesson length, and learning standards.

Material Type: Game, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Reading

Authors: Linda Gallivan, Amy Kliewer, Washington OSPI OER Project, Financial Education Public-Private Partnership

Crocodile Counting Game

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Students will practice counting and identifying less than, greater than, and equal to. This is a supplemental practice activity to use in conjunction with a mathematics curriculum, not the total lesson itself. The game can be played with a teacher as an intervention, between partners during whole group, as a center activity, or sent home to be played with parents/family members. Game board, crocodile mouth pieces and a letter to be used if sent home are attached.

Material Type: Game

Author: TOMI SUE WILLE

Bunny Money by Rosemary Wells

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Within this collection you will find lessons, videos, handouts, and PowerPoint slides you can use in your classroom.  You will also find a brief summary of each resource with the source sited for further exploration, appropriate grade level, approximate lesson length, and learning standards.  

Material Type: Game, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Reading

Authors: Linda Gallivan, Amy Kliewer, Washington OSPI OER Project, Financial Education Public-Private Partnership

Bugs VS Insects

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Students will learn to know and list the difference between bugs and insects by playing a matching game for the first task and then watching and reading a video for the second task and listing 3-5 facts about something new they have learned. Students will also list 2 bugs and 2 insects, which will show their knowledge in the difference between the two. 

Material Type: Assessment, Game, Homework/Assignment, Interactive, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Reading, Student Guide, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Lauren Mccalister

Sight Word Spelling

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In this interactive Kindergarten through 2nd grade activity, literacy and exercise unite! Using sight word flashcards, students use their bodies to spell out simple sight words. The use of their creativity and imaginations is encouraged so students can also identify how to make their bodies long, round, wide and narrow. This lesson primarily focuses on the use of psychomotor, cognitive andaffective skills. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.

Material Type: Lecture

K-1 -“See Me” High-Frequency (Sight) Words

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 Students will use beginning sight words to confidently read and write.  This is meant as a mid to end of the year Kindergarten lesson.  It is a beginning of 1st grade lesson meant as a review and/or initial activity for students to then choose to do independently throughout the school year as they learn and add additional High-Frequency words to their base of knowledge.  

Material Type: Lesson, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Cindy Peterson