Teaching doubles first grade

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Facebook Pinterest Doubles Facts in Math Increasing students’ fact fluency is an important goal in first grade! For a small group of students memorizing addition and subtraction facts comes easy. But most kids need a considerable amount of time and practice in order to become fluent with addition and subtraction facts to ten. Today, I want […]

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Howdy! I am Mr. Greg from The Kindergarten Smorgasboard. My real name is Greg Smedley-Warren. I have been teaching for 11 years. I spent a year teaching fifth grade, two years in second grade and am now in my 9th year in Kindergarten. Kindergarten is my passion and my calling but honestly, that wasn’t how it started. When I was moved to Kindergarten (not voluntarily!) I called my mommy and cried. But on the first day, I fell in love and knew that Kindergarten is where I belonged. I have…

Are you looking for a fun and engaging way to help your First Grade Math Students understand and master ADDING DOUBLES Facts? This blog post has great ideas for the classroom and some freebies too. Click to grab the free activities.

Hello friend, Do your students need practice with doubles facts? I created this game for students to practice doubles fact fluency. Students can play alone or with a partner. You can differentiate with the number of dice or with the kind of dice you use. I hope you find it useful! Doubles Game Freebie If […]

I love these strategies for learning addition facts! Plus, you get nine free NO PREP addition games!

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…

When students have a solid understanding of their doubles facts, it enables them to work on other mental math strategies. In order to do this, kids need many opportunities to practice these math facts. Here are some fun ways to practice doubles.