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Reading Calendar Days and Dates: September 2026
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Reading Calendar Days and Dates: September 2026
First Grade
Time and Money
Children will practice identifying and writing calendar days and dates in September in this engaging calendar math worksheet.
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Reading Calendar Days and Dates: September 2026
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Reading Calendar Days and Dates: September 2026
Children will practice identifying and writing calendar days and dates in September in this engaging calendar math worksheet.
First Grade
Time and Money
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Make a Friendly Ten: Add Using Compensation #1
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Make a Friendly Ten: Add Using Compensation #1
Second Grade
Addition
Don’t let two-digit addition intimidate you; instead, use compensation to make friendly tens!
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Make a Friendly Ten: Add Using Compensation #1
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Make a Friendly Ten: Add Using Compensation #1
Don’t let two-digit addition intimidate you; instead, use compensation to make friendly tens!
Second Grade
Addition
Worksheet
Winter Find, Count, and Add
Interactive Worksheet
Winter Find, Count, and Add
First Grade
Addition
The fun quickly adds up with this winter-themed addition activity page for first graders!
Interactive Worksheet
Winter Find, Count, and Add
Interactive Worksheet
Winter Find, Count, and Add
The fun quickly adds up with this winter-themed addition activity page for first graders!
First Grade
Addition
Interactive Worksheet
Winter Picture Puzzle: Addition and Subtraction Within 20
Interactive Worksheet
Winter Picture Puzzle: Addition and Subtraction Within 20
First Grade
Math Puzzles
First and second graders will have snow much fun with this winter-themed puzzle worksheet!
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Winter Picture Puzzle: Addition and Subtraction Within 20
Interactive Worksheet
Winter Picture Puzzle: Addition and Subtraction Within 20
First and second graders will have snow much fun with this winter-themed puzzle worksheet!
First Grade
Math Puzzles
Interactive Worksheet
Halloween Logic Puzzle: Costume Confusion #3
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Halloween Logic Puzzle: Costume Confusion #3
First Grade
Math Puzzles
Before you dress up and go trick-or-treating, try a problem-solving challenge full of cool Halloween costumes!
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Halloween Logic Puzzle: Costume Confusion #3
Interactive Worksheet
Halloween Logic Puzzle: Costume Confusion #3
Before you dress up and go trick-or-treating, try a problem-solving challenge full of cool Halloween costumes!
First Grade
Math Puzzles
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Dividing Clay Shapes
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Dividing Clay Shapes
First Grade
Fractions
Students will use their hands to mold clay into shapes, then divide those shapes into equal and unequal quarters.
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Dividing Clay Shapes
Lesson Plan
Dividing Clay Shapes
Students will use their hands to mold clay into shapes, then divide those shapes into equal and unequal quarters.
First Grade
Fractions
Lesson Plan
Spooky Halloween Jars
Activity
Spooky Halloween Jars
Second Grade
Measurement
Get estimating with this spooky activity that asks your young mathematician to rely on their problem-solving skills to figure out how many items they believe are in spooky Halloween jars!
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Spooky Halloween Jars
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Spooky Halloween Jars
Get estimating with this spooky activity that asks your young mathematician to rely on their problem-solving skills to figure out how many items they believe are in spooky Halloween jars!
Second Grade
Measurement
Activity
Skip Counting and Patterns
Activity
Skip Counting and Patterns
First Grade
Numbers and Counting
Challenge your 1st grader to skip count with this sequence game. Help him find missing numbers by figuring out the pattern and building on math skills!
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Skip Counting and Patterns
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Skip Counting and Patterns
Challenge your 1st grader to skip count with this sequence game. Help him find missing numbers by figuring out the pattern and building on math skills!
First Grade
Numbers and Counting
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Solving for One and Ten More
Lesson Plan
Solving for One and Ten More
First Grade
Addition
Students put their understanding of one and 10 more to work as they write word problems for classmates to solve. This lesson plan can be used alone or with
Picture Addition.
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EL
Solving for One and Ten More
Lesson Plan
Solving for One and Ten More
Students put their understanding of one and 10 more to work as they write word problems for classmates to solve. This lesson plan can be used alone or with
Picture Addition.
First Grade
Addition
Lesson Plan
They Sound Alike
Lesson Plan
They Sound Alike
Second Grade
Reading
This exciting lesson plan will introduce your second grade students to two different versions of the well-loved Cinderella story while also teaching them about making inferences and comparing and contrasting stories.
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They Sound Alike
Lesson Plan
They Sound Alike
This exciting lesson plan will introduce your second grade students to two different versions of the well-loved Cinderella story while also teaching them about making inferences and comparing and contrasting stories.
Second Grade
Reading
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EL
Circles in a Cup
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Circles in a Cup
First Grade
Addition
Help students visualize the missing addend in an addition problem with this fun game. Use this scaffolded EL lesson alone or for more practice before teaching the
Mystery Addends: Representing Word Problems
lesson.
Lesson Plan
EL
Circles in a Cup
Lesson Plan
Circles in a Cup
Help students visualize the missing addend in an addition problem with this fun game. Use this scaffolded EL lesson alone or for more practice before teaching the
Mystery Addends: Representing Word Problems
lesson.
First Grade
Addition
Lesson Plan
Play Pattern Hopscotch!
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Play Pattern Hopscotch!
Second Grade
Numbers and Counting
Creating number patterns with pencil and paper can be dull, but creating hopscotch pattern can bring exciting math learning!
Activity
Play Pattern Hopscotch!
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Play Pattern Hopscotch!
Creating number patterns with pencil and paper can be dull, but creating hopscotch pattern can bring exciting math learning!
Second Grade
Numbers and Counting
Activity
EL
Reflect on the Context First!
Lesson Plan
Reflect on the Context First!
Second Grade
Subtraction
Emphasize student understanding and reasoning! This lesson plan helps learners solve story problems using sense-making strategies. This can be used alongside the lesson Solving Word Problems or as a stand-alone lesson.
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EL
Reflect on the Context First!
Lesson Plan
Reflect on the Context First!
Emphasize student understanding and reasoning! This lesson plan helps learners solve story problems using sense-making strategies. This can be used alongside the lesson Solving Word Problems or as a stand-alone lesson.
Second Grade
Subtraction
Lesson Plan
Make a Maze with Drinking Straws!
Activity
Make a Maze with Drinking Straws!
Second Grade
Math Puzzles
Recycle old materials to create a fun, brain-teasing maze toy that also strengthens your child's math reasoning skills.
Activity
Make a Maze with Drinking Straws!
Activity
Make a Maze with Drinking Straws!
Recycle old materials to create a fun, brain-teasing maze toy that also strengthens your child's math reasoning skills.
Second Grade
Math Puzzles
Activity
Shape Models
Lesson Plan
Shape Models
Second Grade
Geometry
With this activity, students will identify shapes, build 3-D shapes, and practice describing shapes with a partner.
Lesson Plan
Shape Models
Lesson Plan
Shape Models
With this activity, students will identify shapes, build 3-D shapes, and practice describing shapes with a partner.
Second Grade
Geometry
Lesson Plan
Count by 5s Without Losing Your Marbles!
Activity
Count by 5s Without Losing Your Marbles!
First Grade
Numbers and Counting
In kindergarten, your child spent lots of time counting things one by one. But in first grade, he'll need to be able to count in groups, especially by fives.
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Count by 5s Without Losing Your Marbles!
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Count by 5s Without Losing Your Marbles!
In kindergarten, your child spent lots of time counting things one by one. But in first grade, he'll need to be able to count in groups, especially by fives.
First Grade
Numbers and Counting
Activity
Math Race
Activity
Math Race
Second Grade
Addition
Make math fun for your child by turning it into a game and challenging him to beat the calculator with this cool math race!
Activity
Math Race
Activity
Math Race
Make math fun for your child by turning it into a game and challenging him to beat the calculator with this cool math race!
Second Grade
Addition
Activity
Popping Numbers
Lesson Plan
Popping Numbers
First Grade
Place Value
Pop into place! This lessons builds your students' knowledge of numbers, their place value, and how to write them correctly.
Lesson Plan
Popping Numbers
Lesson Plan
Popping Numbers
Pop into place! This lessons builds your students' knowledge of numbers, their place value, and how to write them correctly.
First Grade
Place Value
Lesson Plan
EL
Build It on a Ten Frame
Lesson Plan
Build It on a Ten Frame
First Grade
Addition
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.
Lesson Plan
EL
Build It on a Ten Frame
Lesson Plan
Build It on a Ten Frame
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.
First Grade
Addition
Lesson Plan
Writing Christmas-Themed Word Problems
Lesson Plan
Writing Christmas-Themed Word Problems
First Grade
Addition
Your students will turn boring number sentences into fun, Christmas-themed word problems! They will get practice with math and writing as they use their creative juices to write and solve single digit addition word problems.
Lesson Plan
Writing Christmas-Themed Word Problems
Lesson Plan
Writing Christmas-Themed Word Problems
Your students will turn boring number sentences into fun, Christmas-themed word problems! They will get practice with math and writing as they use their creative juices to write and solve single digit addition word problems.
First Grade
Addition
Lesson Plan
Guess My Word: A Vocab Game
Activity
Guess My Word: A Vocab Game
Second Grade
Measurement
Here's a thought-provoking activity to make new vocabulary words "stick" in the mind of your young learner.
Activity
Guess My Word: A Vocab Game
Activity
Guess My Word: A Vocab Game
Here's a thought-provoking activity to make new vocabulary words "stick" in the mind of your young learner.
Second Grade
Measurement
Activity
EL
Hundreds Chart Hunt
Lesson Plan
Hundreds Chart Hunt
First Grade
Place Value
Expose your students to numerical sequencing and patterns with an interactive lesson that focuses on identifying, writing, and ordering numbers from 1-100. This lesson can be used alone or with the lesson plan
Popping Numbers.
Lesson Plan
EL
Hundreds Chart Hunt
Lesson Plan
Hundreds Chart Hunt
Expose your students to numerical sequencing and patterns with an interactive lesson that focuses on identifying, writing, and ordering numbers from 1-100. This lesson can be used alone or with the lesson plan
Popping Numbers.
First Grade
Place Value
Lesson Plan
EL
Which Number is the Greatest?
Lesson Plan
Which Number is the Greatest?
Second Grade
Place Value
Use this lesson to support students in understanding the symbols used to record numbers. This lesson can be used alongside Comparing Three-Digit Numbers or as a standalone, scaffolded EL support lesson.
Lesson Plan
EL
Which Number is the Greatest?
Lesson Plan
Which Number is the Greatest?
Use this lesson to support students in understanding the symbols used to record numbers. This lesson can be used alongside Comparing Three-Digit Numbers or as a standalone, scaffolded EL support lesson.
Second Grade
Place Value
Lesson Plan
Picture Addition
Lesson Plan
Picture Addition
First Grade
Addition
Students sketch base-ten blocks in this lesson that builds both number sense and fluency adding to 20!
Lesson Plan
Picture Addition
Lesson Plan
Picture Addition
Students sketch base-ten blocks in this lesson that builds both number sense and fluency adding to 20!
First Grade
Addition
Lesson Plan
EL
Identifying Coin Values
Lesson Plan
Identifying Coin Values
Second Grade
Time and Money
We know that exposure and repetition are very important when teaching students to recognize coins and identify their values. Use this hands-on lesson that can be used alongside Counting Coins or as an independent lesson!
Lesson Plan
EL
Identifying Coin Values
Lesson Plan
Identifying Coin Values
We know that exposure and repetition are very important when teaching students to recognize coins and identify their values. Use this hands-on lesson that can be used alongside Counting Coins or as an independent lesson!
Second Grade
Time and Money
Lesson Plan
EL
Comparing Strategies for Three-Digit Addition
Lesson Plan
Comparing Strategies for Three-Digit Addition
Second Grade
Addition
This lesson helps students develop an ability to compare and contrast as they explore two strategies to solve three-digit addition problems. This EL Math lesson can be used alone or alongside Three-Digit Addition Strategies Review.
Lesson Plan
EL
Comparing Strategies for Three-Digit Addition
Lesson Plan
Comparing Strategies for Three-Digit Addition
This lesson helps students develop an ability to compare and contrast as they explore two strategies to solve three-digit addition problems. This EL Math lesson can be used alone or alongside Three-Digit Addition Strategies Review.
Second Grade
Addition
Lesson Plan
How Many Squares?
Lesson Plan
How Many Squares?
Second Grade
Math
Students will learn out how to partition a rectangle using by partitioning shapes with rows and columns.
Lesson Plan
How Many Squares?
Lesson Plan
How Many Squares?
Students will learn out how to partition a rectangle using by partitioning shapes with rows and columns.
Second Grade
Math
Lesson Plan
How Big Is It?
Lesson Plan
How Big Is It?
First Grade
Measurement
Your young scientists will have tons of fun visiting measurement stations and using tools to measure various objects. They'll even be able to create posters at the end of the activity.
Lesson Plan
How Big Is It?
Lesson Plan
How Big Is It?
Your young scientists will have tons of fun visiting measurement stations and using tools to measure various objects. They'll even be able to create posters at the end of the activity.
First Grade
Measurement
Lesson Plan
EL
Equal Shares
Lesson Plan
Equal Shares
Second Grade
Fractions
Provide students with an opportunity to identify the wholes that are correctly divided into halves, thirds, and fourths (equal shares). Use this activity alone as a support lesson or alongside Cookie Fractions Fun.
Lesson Plan
EL
Equal Shares
Lesson Plan
Equal Shares
Provide students with an opportunity to identify the wholes that are correctly divided into halves, thirds, and fourths (equal shares). Use this activity alone as a support lesson or alongside Cookie Fractions Fun.
Second Grade
Fractions
Lesson Plan
Time to Roll
Lesson Plan
Time to Roll
First Grade
Time and Money
It's about time to learn about time! Your students will interact with a class made clock and roll the dice to 'make up' a time. But they better know their hour and minute hands apart to find success in this lesson!
Lesson Plan
Time to Roll
Lesson Plan
Time to Roll
It's about time to learn about time! Your students will interact with a class made clock and roll the dice to 'make up' a time. But they better know their hour and minute hands apart to find success in this lesson!
First Grade
Time and Money
Lesson Plan
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