Math centers first grade

Click to find out how I run this low-prep math fact fluency center in my classroom all year long!!

I've made some big changes to how we do math centers in my first grade classroom. Read to see what I've changed and why I love it!

Take a look at number sense workstations for kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and place value workstations for third grade!

Are your guided math centers in need of a refresh? I have 4 management tips to take the stress out of math centers in your kindergarten, first grade, or second grade classroom! Learn how to plan your math rotations, teach expectations, and simplify your math tub activities. Plus grab some free math tub labels!

These tips for running 1st grade math stations will help you make your math center time more effective. Use them in your first grade classroom to create a more engaging center time!

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For K-1 students, centers are one of the most developmentally appropriate things that you can do for them. Let me give you the break down on each of my 5 centers, and how I manage them!

Need some ideas and organization for your guided math small groups? In Part 3 of my Guided Math Blog series, I'm sharing all about my small group instruction in elementary. I love using a math workshop structure to schedule my math block in my 1st grade classroom. Get ideas for scheduling math rotations, grouping your students, planning differentiated small group lessons, hands-on math activities for the teacher table, guided math assessment, small group material organization systems, and…

Need help planning math centers in your classroom? Read how I structure my math center routine and streamlined my math centers to make planning a breeze and keep students engaged all year long!

Learn how to set up your guided math at your seat rotation with these independent math activities. Find ideas for differentiating math lesson work. These troubleshooting tips for M.A.T.H workshop will help you with differentiated math instruction. Use these ideas to help with classroom management during math centers and small groups. These tips and tricks are great for kindergarten, 1st grade (first grade), 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and all elementary teachers!

It's been quite some time since I've blogged about Math Workshop. As one of my school's math coaches, I'm fully immersed in all things math while teaching full time throughout the year. I'm lucky enough to work alongside teachers, host coaching cycles, write curriculum for my school and present PD sessions, all while teaching a class of my own. It helps my mindset and perspective while in my role as a coach and I'm hoping it makes me more realistic and approachable to my colleagues. This…

Using counting cups in preschool, kindergarten or even first grade is an engaging, fun way to practice a variety of math skills. This blog post offers tips for organizing and using counting cups, suggestions for items to use as counters and a free set of printable math mats for use in your classroom or as a tool for homeschoolers. These hands-on activities are great for math centers, stations, or rotations. They are also a good resource for teaching small group guided math.

Are you struggling to help your primary students understand numbers consistently? It might be that you need to incorporate more hand-on activities with tens and ones & building math number sense. Teaching place value is important to teach so that students are able to do move to other skills such as comparing numbers, ordering numbers, 2 & 3 digit addition, and more. Read about different math activities you can use in your first grade to help build a solid understanding that leads to mastery.

Place Value Math Center games for first graders! 22 hands-on math center activities that will teach students how to write, model and draw 2-digit numbers using tens and ones.

Math centers for kindergarten, first and even second grade students that are fun and FREE!

I love the versatility of dry erase pockets! They are great for so many reasons; they are easy to prepare, easy to clean, durable, and students LOVE them! They are great to use for checking for understanding and guided practice. Students can hold them up like dry erase boards to quickly show you their work. Today I wanted to share a few of the First Grade Math Mats I created to use in dry erase pockets. They are great for whole group and small group instruction. Once the mats are introduced…

Learn to subitize numbers to 6 with our free printable game. Available over on the blog, this is perfect for kindergarten and first grade math centers and groups. Roll and cover numbers in non-standard arrangement as you roll a dice.

It was my second year of teaching 3rd grade when I decided to move towards a math workshop model. My students were struggling with many math concepts and whole group instruction was not helping. The idea of math centers sounds great, but it can quickly get overwhelming. I’ve listed some problems I faced and also […]

Ideas for math centers in the primary grades.

First grade is a very important year where students are building a strong foundation in their journey for mathematical proficiency. One of the most fundam