Math (K-5)
STEPS has developed a series of elementary math curriculum units available for use in your classroom. Links to each program contains directions and downloadable documents in PDF format.
Math Presentations: These Math Events are Powerpoint presentations leading students and parents through a series of games and activities designed to develop number sense and computational strategies. Also included are blacklines for handouts, English and Spanish, gameboards, and guidelines for planning the event.
First and Second Grade Math Event (focus on addition and subtraction)
Third and Fourth Grade Math Event (focus on multiplication and division)
Number Club Program: A set of seven "clubs" that comprise about 20 worksheets each in developmental order designed to help students with number sense and computational fluency. The worksheets and answer sheets are downloadable in PDF files.
Basic Number Club (K-1st): numeral writing, number patterns, 100's charts, skip counting
Advanced Number Club (1st-2nd): number comparisons and sequences, place value
Addition-Subtraction Facts Club (1st-2nd): addition and subtraction facts along a developmental continuum of increasingly more difficult strategies, mixed strategy pages
Advanced Addition-Subtraction Computation Club (2nd–3rd): strategies for solving multi-digit addition and subtraction using understanding of place value, related facts, constant difference, swapping. Includes puzzles.
Multiplication-Division Facts Club (2nd–3rd): multiplication & division facts on a developmental continuum of strategies, fact families integrate multiplication and division strategies, mixed practice pages
Advanced Multiplication-Division Computation Club (4th–5th): strategies for solving multi-digit multiplication and division problems using properties of operations, place value, visualization. Includes alternative algorithms and puzzles.
Fraction-Decimal Concepts Club (3rd-5th): fraction and decimal concepts, variety of models, puzzles; does not include computation
Classroom lessons:
Two Ways to Eat Your Fractions: K-3 lesson presenting fractions as division of one whole into parts and as a set of objects into equal groups
Room Inventory Math: K-2 activity that uses room inventory as a vehicle for number sense concepts
Sort and Classify: K-2 Science and Math lessons using natural objects to explore attributes and classification math concepts
Story Problems for Grades K-2: A method for differentiating problem solving for a range of student ability using a single problem as a framework
Toss the Flashcards and Deal the Playing Cards for Facts Fluency: Addition, Subtraction, and Number Sense Games for Primary Students
Ten-Frames – A Games Approach to Number Sense: Games for K-2 classrooms and use at home
