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In this engaging, hands-on lesson, students solidify their understanding of place value by adding and regrouping two-digit numbers using M&Ms.

This hands-on lesson will get students thinking and talking about how the numbers in fact families are related. Use alone or with the lesson plan Fact Family Trees.

Sorting takes on a new challenge for students in this activity which engages their critical thinking skills. As students determine defining attributes, they’ll figure out what makes a shape a shape!

Ready, set, fractions! In this hands-on lesson, your students will familiarize themselves with common fractions using concrete materials to practice splitting items into halves, thirds, and quarters.

Students will explore geometric shapes by creating a painting of a trapezoid.

Students will get plenty of practice composing tens with ten frames to add to 20! Use this scaffolded EL Lesson alone or for more addition practice before teaching the Scavenger Hunt Addition lesson.

Use a sweet treat to help students do hands-on math! Students will practice their addition skills in this yummy activity.

Give students plenty of practice adding to 20 with this fun game! Use this scaffolded EL Lesson alone or for more addition practice before teaching the Do Math with M&Ms lesson.

Students will use their hands to mold clay into shapes, then divide those shapes into equal and unequal quarters.

Addition and language practice go hand in hand in this lesson that uses The Very Hungry Caterpillar as an anchor text. Students practice counting on using a number line. This lesson can be used alone or alongside Math with Bears lesson.

Let’s start building numbers! Just as building skyscrapers is a visual representation of mathematics, students will use the visual representation of base-ten blocks to add—or build—onto a two-digit number.

What does it feel like to take 120 steps? In this lesson, students practice counting and completing word problems up to 120.

Math meets art in this fun lesson where students create a house for a fact family. Use the scaffolded EL lesson plan alone or with Dots & Dots of Fact Families.