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Math Problem
10 5-Minute

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for Young Learners

180 Fast & Fun Reproducible Problems & Puzzles that

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Help You Build Early Math Skills Every Day of the School Year

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By Betsy Franco
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

December . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Skills Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

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10 - Introduction 93
Problem Solving has never looked so good! 5-Minute Math Problem of the Day for
Young Learners is a perfect package for primary children. It’s funny, hands-on, fun,
seasonal, and age-appropriate.
This treasury of short daily problems is just what you need to introduce the process of
problem solving in a relaxed, enjoyable way. Everyone can collaborate as they prac-
tice early problem solving skills without pressure.

Book Organization
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Skills Index
The upper right corner of each activity has a skills box that calls out the skill being
reinforced. In the back of the book, you will find a Skills Index (page 109). If you
choose not to follow the book sequence, look up the skill you wish to teach that
day. Story problems for that skill are listed, making it easy for you to apply the
problems to the needs of your class.
The story problems in this book cover a variety of math concepts that span the
whole math curriculum and correlate with the NCTM Standards. As children enjoy
and solve the problems, they will build and sharpen such skills as:

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✳ sorting and classifying

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✳ recognizing patterns ✳ completing patterns

✳ counting and skip-counting ✳ graphing
✳ adding and subtracting ✳ identifying shapes
✳ understanding place value ✳ using a calculator
✳ time, money, measurement ✳ fractions
✳ pre-multiplication ✳ pre-division
✳ estimating and number sense ✳ logical reasoning
Language is another important element of the story problems. Most problems are
presented as little stories with fun characters that need help finding a solution.
Problems are also set up as riddles and rhymes. And most have a story context that
will inspire children’s imaginations and tickle their brain cells.

Preparation
Before passing out a story problem, read it over to determine how you would like
to present it. For example, you may wish to write rhymes on paper for the class to
read aloud together. Or, you may wish to set up bar graphs to save time during
the lesson. Also, some activities may have pat-
terns that can be reproduced and placed in a
pocket chart for easy manipulation. A few activi-
ties may require students to work with manipula-
tives you have on hand.
You might also wish to decide how children
should work through the problem. For example,
children could solve the problem individually, with
a partner, in a group setting or as a whole class.
Decide which strategy works best with your class.
Each story problem has been written to speak
directly to the student. Reproduce the appropriate
amount so each child has a copy. Cut the story
problem from the page on the dotted lines to
further focus children’s attention on each
individual problem.

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How
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2 - 7 Wha
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How to Use
Upon passing out the story problem and arranging children in desired groups, read
the story problem with them. Make sure children can read and understand the
words. Encourage them to ask any questions, then challenge them to work together
(or independently) to solve the problem, applying the appropriate math operation.
To structure the lesson, you might set a specific time limit of 5 to 10 minutes. Stress
to children that they should have fun with the problems, perhaps pretending they are
helping the characters or imagining themselves as part of the story-problem situation.
As children work on the story problems, they are encouraged to consider such
questions as:
✳ What does the problem ask?
✳ What information does the problem give?
✳ Which math operation should I use?
✳ Will it help solve the problem to draw a picture?
✳ Will it help solve the problem to make a list or table?
✳ What pattern do I see?
✳ Can I use “guess and check” to solve the problem?
✳ Should I solve the problem with manipulatives?
✳ Should I solve the problem with paper and pencil,
with a calculator, or can I solve it in my head?
After the suggested time, invite students to share their answers. Write their ideas on
the chalkboard or on chart paper, prompting students to explain how they solved
the problem. Since problems may have more than one correct answer, make sure you
credit all students with a job well done. An Answer Key is provided (see page 105)
at the end of the book to guide your solutions and explanations.

Have Fun!
In 5-Minute Math Problem of the Day for Young Learners you can guide the children as
they measure Jack’s Beanstalk, line up penguins in order of size, answer riddles about
shapes, and do “squirrel math problems” with Sally Squirrel. Watch as the children
cooperate and relax while practicing problem solving together on a daily basis. If you
forget the problem of the day, children will be sure to remind you!
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Counting, Greater Than/Less Than

Name

The Name Game

Play the Name Game with a partner. Wear your name tags.

How many letters in your first name? How many in your partner’s?

Whose name has more letters? Whose name has fewer?

That’s how you play the name game!

Extra: Compare the number of letters in your last names, too!

Name Counting

Name Sort
Place your name tag with the name tags of your classmates.
Now sort the name tags into "Girls" and "Boys."

How many are in each group? Girls Boys

Can you find other ways to sort the name tags?

Write your ideas on the back. Then try them out.

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How
man y i n
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Wha
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you see?

Name Graphing, Comparing

Off to School
Ask your classmates how they get to school. By car? By bike? By bus? Do they walk?
Color in one square for each answer.

car
bike
bus
feet

How do most of your classmates get to school?

Name Counting

One Friend a Day

Tommy Turtle goes to Reptile School every day of the week, including weekends.
He made one new friend each day. How many friends did Tommy make in one week?

He made friends. I know this because there are _ days in a week.

Extra: What if he made one new friend every day for the first two weeks?

How many friends would he have made?

Name Estimating, Counting

More Than 10, Less Than 10

Look at the books on this page.

Do you think there are more than 10?

Do you think there are fewer than 10?

Now count the books to see if you were correct.

How many books were there?

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Counting
September

Hide-and-Seek Countdown
Jack Rabbit was playing "Hide and Seek." He was "It"! He had to count
backwards from 10. Help Jack Rabbit by filling in the missing numbers.

10, 9 , 7, 6, , , 3, , 1

Extra: Help Jack Rabbit count backwards from 20 to 11.

20, , 18, 17, , 15, 14, , , 11

Name Graphing, Comparing

Apple Colors
Apples can be red, yellow, or green. Ask your classmates which color apple they
like best. Color in the boxes in the correct rows to show their answers.

Red

Yellow

Green

Which apple is the class favorite?

Name Addition

Adding in Code
The number words below are missing vowels. Fill in the vowels to solve the code.

There were T H R plus F R apples on my tree.

I picked them so they would not fall.

When I added them up, my total was S V N.

That's how many apples I had in all!
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10 2 - 7
How
man y i n
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Wha
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you see?

Name Addition, Subtraction

Pencil Puzzler
Katie Kangaroo started school with 6 new pencils. She lost 4.
Her friend Kenny gave her 2.

How many pencils does Katie have now?

Write your math equations here:

Name Patterns, Odd Numbers

One Bee in Our Classroom

Complete the poem by filling in the missing numbers.

1 bee in our classroom, and then there were 3.

Soon there were 5, straight from the hive.

Next there were . That wasn't so fine.

And when the day ended, the total was .

Hint: Look for a pattern.

Name Addition, Doubling

Apple Problems
Nick needs to buy 8 apples. He needs the same number of red apples and green apples.
How many apples should he buy of each? Color in the apples to figure it out!

He needs green apples and red apples.

Extra: What if Nick needed 10, 12, 14, 16, or 18 apples?

Write your ideas on the back.
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Shapes All Around

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Recognizing Shapes
September

Look around the classroom. What shapes do you see? Fill in each blank with an object.

The is a rectangle.

The is a square.

The is a circle.

Shapes are everywhere!

Name Recognizing Patterns

Red, Black, Snap, Clap

The beads on Beth’s bracelet look like this: red, black, black, red, black, black, red, black,
black, red.

What are the next three colors in the pattern?

Make the same pattern using the letters A and B.

Extra: Make the same pattern using snaps and claps.

Name Addition

The Last Leaves

From their home in a tree, Sid Squirrel said to his little sister Sally,
"The oak tree has 5 leaves left. The maple tree has 3 more leaves
than the oak. How many leaves does the maple have?"

Draw a picture on the back to find the answer.

Extra: Write a math equation here:

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10 2 - 7
How
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Name Subtraction

Falling Leaves
Solve this math riddle:

10 autumn leaves were hanging on a tree.

Along came the wind
and then there were 3.
How many leaves fell down on me? __________

Extra: Substitute a different number for 3.

Name Sorting, Grouping

Classroom Zoo
These animals are in
Ms. Zooey’s classroom zoo.
Cut out the animals.
Sort them into 3 groups.

Name Patterns, Skip-Counting

Who Needs Glasses?

The children below had their eyes examined. How many eyes got checked?
Count by twos.

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Name One-to-One Correspondence

Frog School
At Frog School, Croaker Frog and his friends sit on lily pads.
Are there enough lily pads for all the frogs in Croaker’s class?
Draw lines to match the frogs with the lily pads.

Extra

How many frogs need lily pads? ___________.

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 Name Estimating, Measuring Length

Big Foot
Benny Bear needed new shoes for the first day of school.
Here is his footprint.

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Estimate how many inches his foot is from top to bottom.
__________________________

Now measure his foot. You can use linking cubes or a ruler.

How many inches is his foot? ____________________________

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Name Position Words

Mary Had a Little Puppy

Read the rhyme below.
Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the box.

above followed up in under

Mary had a little puppy

that her to school.

The birds that flew the puppy

said, "That's against the rule."

The puppy ran the jungle gym.

Then he went the classroom door.

He jumped on the teacher's desk,

and barked and yipped and barked some more.

Extra
Color and cut out the figures below. Use them to act out the story.

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 Name Recognizing Patterns

Fall Leaf Patterns

Fred made a pattern using the leaves below. You can make patterns
too. First, color the leaves as shown in the small boxes. Then color
and cut out the bigger leaves. Use the leaves to make patterns.

Red Orange Yellow

maple leaf oak leaf elm leaf

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Money
Name

Coin Detective
Solve this math rhyme.
Find a penny and a dime.
Find a nickel and a quarter.
Line them up from small to large.
Line them up in money order.
You can see it with your eyes.
The is a funny size.

Explain your answer.

Name Addition

Finger-Adding Game
Play this game with a partner. Say, "Ready, set, go." Then you and your partner both hold
out some fingers on one hand. Try to get a sum of 5 when you add the fingers on both
your hands. No talking!

How many tries does it take?

As a class, record the diffferent ways to make 5.

Extra: Try it with a different number, like 7 or 8!

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10 2 - 7
How
man y i n
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Wha
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Name Graphing, Comparing

Finding Favorite Colors

What is your favorite color? What about those of your classmates’? red
Use color tiles to make a color graph like the one shown here. blue
Which color got the most votes? green
How many votes did it get? yellow

Which color got the fewest votes? purple

How many votes did it get? pink

Name Subtraction

Falling Pumpkins
Solve this math rhyme.

9 little pumpkins sitting on a wall.

They sat very still 'cause they didn't want to fall.
Along came the cat and whoops . . . kersplat!
2 pumpkins fell and the cat went scat!
How many pumpkins were left on the wall?

Extra: Use two new numbers in the rhyme.

Name Ordinals

Waiting in Line
Tina is 7th in line to shoot a basket.
How many people are in front of her? _____________________________

Jerry is 11th in line to shoot a basket.

How many people are in front of him? _____________________________

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Subtraction
October

One and Only One

A silly king liked being number 1. So he made subtraction equations where all the answers
were 1. He used the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Which equations did he make?

– =1

– =1

– =1

– =1

Name Identifying Solid Shapes

Shape Hunters
Be a shape hunter. Fill in the blanks. Use the words in the box.

1. What shape is a can? cone

2. What shape is a ball? cube

3. What shape is an ice-cream cone? cylinder

4. What shape are number cubes? rectangular

5. What shape is a box? or sphere

Name Addition

Poodles and Beagles

When Asheem went to the park, he counted 8 dogs. Some were poodles and some were
beagles. How many poodles and how many beagles could there have been? Write as
many number sentences as you can. Here is an example:

1 poodle + 7 beagles = 8 dogs in all

Use the other side or another sheet

of paper to write your number sentence.
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10 2 - 7
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man y i n
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Wha
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Name Measuring Length, Estimating

Big Bad Wolf Math

The Big Bad Wolf is visiting the three little pigs. He is measuring their houses using his hands
and feet. Circle "hand spans" or "giant steps" to show how he should measure these lengths.
1. The width of the third pig's door hand span giant steps
2. The width of the third pig's house hand span giant steps
3. The length from the first pig's house to the hand span giant steps
second pig's house
hand span giant steps
4. The width of the chimney opening

Name Grouping, Pre-Division

National Cookie Month

October is National Cookie Month. Bethany and two friends baked 9 cookies.
They divided the cookies into 3 equal piles.

How many cookies did each friend have?

Extra: How many cookies would each friend have if they baked 12 cookies?

Name Subtraction

Disappearing Counting Cubes

Play this game with a partner. Put 8 counters or cubes on a desk.

Close your eyes. Have your partner take away some of the counters.

Open your eyes. How many counters are left?

How many counters did your partner take?

Extra: Switch roles and play the game again!

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October

Addition, Subtraction

Nan’s Number Cubes

Nan threw two number cubes.
When she added the dots, she got 7.
One of the cubes looked like the one shown here.
What did the other cube look like?
Draw in the dots.

Name Recognizing Shapes

Jack-O’-Lantern Designer
Make a jack-o-lantern face using 2 triangles, 2 squares
1 rectangle, and 1 circle.
Don't forget to draw teeth!

Extra: On the back make one more face.

Name Adding Sums of 10

Three Halloween Kittens

Three black kittens weigh 10 pounds all together. One kitten weighs 4 pounds.
How much could each of the other two weigh?
4+ + = 10 4+ + = 10

4+ + = 10 4+ + = 10

4+ + = 10

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10 2 - 7
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Name Addition

Trick or Treat?
Ashley and Ben went trick-or-treating.
Mrs. Story gave Ashley 3 treats. Mr. Story gave her 2 more.
Mrs. Story gave Ben 2 treats. Mr. Story gave him 3 more.
Did Ashley and Ben get the same number of treats?

Write the equations to show how you know:

Name Subtraction

Comparing Costumes
Beth went trick-or-treating with 11 friends.
8 friends were wearing scary costumes.

How many were wearing other kinds of costumes?

Write the equation to show how you know:

Name Graphing, Comparing

What’s Your Costume?

Make a Halloween graph of the costumes in your class. Use these categories or ones you
make up: story character, funny, scary. Draw your graph on another sheet of paper.

Which category has the most costumes?

How many does it have?

Which category has the fewest costumes?

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Name Addition, Doubling

A Friendly Scarecrow
This scarecrow has 2 birds on his right arm and 2 birds on his left arm.

How many birds are there in all?

Write the equation to show how you know:

Extra

Now imagine there are 3 birds on each arm.

How many birds are there in total?

Imagine there are 4 birds on each arm.

How many birds are there in total?

What pattern do the numbers make?

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Sign Shape
Street signs come in different shapes. Use string to form the
shapes below. Work with a partner. Answer the questions
below about the shapes, too.

What shape is this sign?

How many sides does it have?

What shape is this sign?

How many sides does it have?

What shape is this sign?

How many sides does it have?

What shape is this sign?

How many sides does it have?

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Name Addition, Doubling

Ladybug Dots
Every year, ladybugs hibernate when the weather gets cool.
Count the dots on each ladybug wing. Then write an equation to
show the total number of dots each ladybug has. The first one has
been done for you.

3 + 3 = 6

+ =

+ =

+ =

+ =

+ =
Extra
Write the sums in order, from lowest to highest.

What pattern do you see?

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Name Greater Than/Less Than

Sorting Treats
Look at the Halloween treats below. Cut apart the boxes.
Then sort them into 2 piles. One pile is for numbers greater
than 10. The other pile is for numbers less than 10.

7 boxes of raisins 12 chocolate bars

11 pennies 8 lollipops

4 oranges 15 pieces of gum

1 cookie 13 candied apples

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Money, Skip Counting

Name

Piggy Bank Puzzle

Tina heard her brother Joey counting coins.

Here's what Joey was saying: " . . . 30, 40, 50, 60 . . . "

What kind of coins was Joey counting?

Joey counted other coins. Tina heard, " . . . 30, 35, 40, 45 . . . "

What kind of coins was he counting now?

Name Tallying, Counting

Favorite Pet Tally

Elections are held in November. Have an election in your class. Ask your classmates to
vote on which of the following animals they would like to have as a class mascot.
Make tally marks next to each animal to show how your classmates voted.

dog cat bird rabbit other

Which animal was voted the mascot?

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Name Doubling, Adding Number 1

Playing in the Snow

A big snow storm dropped a lot of snow! Harry and his dog played in the snow for 6 days
one week. Then they played for 7 days the next week. Use "doubles +1" to find out how
many days they played in all. Write your equations on the lines. First write the doubles.
Then the doubles plus one.

Name Sorting, Classifying

ABC Sort
Look at the letters below. How could you sort them? Come up with categories and label them.
Then list the letters for each. Show your work on the back of this paper, or on another sheet.

Name Subtraction

How Many Birthdays?

In November, Timmy was 7 years old. How many more birthdays will Timmy have
before he is 11, like his older brother? ————————————————

Write the equations here to show how you know:

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Extra: When Timmy is 11, how old will his brother be? —————————————————

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November

Addition, Subtraction

Game and Puzzle Week

The 4th week of November is "Game and Puzzle Week." To celebrate, see how many
addition and subtraction equations you can make using only the numbers 2, 7, and 9.

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Name Greater Than/Less Than, Addition

Birthday Riddle
Solve this math riddle.

On his birthday, David said:

"I am less than 10.
I am more than 4 + 4.
How old am I?"

Name Addition, Subtraction

Sledding Time
Eddie and his friends went sledding. There were 5 girls and 3 boys.
Make up an addition problem and a subtraction problem. Then solve them.

Addition: ——————————————————————

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Subtraction: —————————————————————

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Name Greater Than/Less Than

Wildlife Shelter
Josie volunteers at the wildlife shelter. In one year she helped 39 squirrels, 45 birds, and
28 gophers. Fill in the blanks with these numbers to show greater than and less than.

————————— > ————————— ————————— < —————————

————————— > ————————— ————————— < —————————

Extra: Read your results aloud to a partner.

Name Position Words, Shapes

Mystery Drawing
Follow these directions to draw a mystery animal.
1. On another sheet of paper, draw a big circle in the middle.
2. To the left of the big circle, draw a little circle that touches the big circle.
3. Inside the little circle, draw a little square.
4. At the bottom of the big circle, draw two triangles that touch the circle.
5. To the right of the big circle, draw three long, thin, rectangles that touch the circle.
6. To the left of the little circle, draw a triangle that touches the circle and looks like a beak.
What did you draw?

Name Adding Sums of 10

Gobbler Riddle
Solve this math riddle:
10 little gobblers sitting on a wall.
How many are big?
How many are small?

Write as many equations as you can

that equal 10. Use the back of this sheet.

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November

Subtraction

Thanksgiving Puzzler
Every year on Thanksgiving, someone at Teresa's house makes up a puzzle.
This year, Teresa said, "Which answer has the largest number: 11 - 3, 11 - 5, or 11 - 7?”
Try to solve Teresa’s puzzle! Write your answer on the lines below
and explain it.

Name Calendar, Counting

Mystery Holiday
Look at a calendar. Find the 11th month.

What is it?

Now find the last Thursday of that month.

What is the date?

Which holiday do we celebrate on that day?

Name Tallying, Counting

Mashed, Baked, or Fried?

What kinds of potatoes do you and your classmates like to eat on Thanksgiving? Draw a tally
mark next to each potato dish. If the dish is not listed, draw a tally mark next to "other."

mashed baked

fried other

Count up the tally marks for each potato.

Which potato dish is the class favorite?
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Scavenger Hunt
Cut out the acorn ruler on this page.
Each acorn is 1– inch long.
Use the acorn ruler for this scavenger hunt.

1. Find an object that is 2 inches long.

2. Find an object that is 4 inches long.

3. Find an object that is 6 inches long.

4. Find an object that is 8 inches long.

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Collecting Food
Lan's class collected food to give to needy families on
Thanksgiving. Cut out the cans below. Sort them into three
groups. On another sheet of paper, make a bar graph to show
how many cans are in each group. Name the groups.

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Money Matters
Alex asked his little brother Billy to trade piggy banks.

Alex’s bank has these coins: Billy’s has these coins:

Extra

Do you think this is a fair trade?

Test your answer:

Add up Alex’s coins:

Add up Billy’s coins:

Write the totals in this Greater Than/Less Than equation:

>

Who has more money?

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Penguin Family on Parade

The penguin family is part of the winter parade. They need to
line up from shortest to tallest. Give them a hand! Use a ruler to
measure each penguin. Label each penguin with its height.
Then write the name of each penguin in size order, from smallest
to tallest.

Paul Peter Patty Petunia

Height: Height: Height: Height:

inches inches inches inches

Size Order:

(smallest) (tallest)
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Thanksgiving Play
The class put on a Thanksgiving play. Two children were playing
Pilgrims. The total number of children playing Native Americans
was 2 more than the number of children playing Pilgrims. Draw
Pilgrim or Native American costumes on the correct number of
children.

Extra

How many children were in the play?

How many children were not in the play?

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Name

On and Off the Bus

Solve this rhyming math riddle:

4 kids are riding on the bus.

2 kids get off, 3 more get on.
The wheels turn, the horn goes beep,
They sing a song to the driver, Ron.

How many kids sing to the driver?

Write your equation.

Name Adding and Subtracting with 0

Magic Tricks
Jerry did magic tricks at his birthday party. Write equations
for the tricks below. Use 0 (zero) in each equation.

Trick 1: Jerry put 6 rabbits in a Trick 2: Jerry had no birds. He stuck his
hat and made them disappear. hand in his sleeve and pulled out 5 birds.

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Beehive Hexagons
A cell in a beehive has 6 sides. A shape with 6 sides is called a hexagon. Example:
Find a yellow hexagon among the Pattern Blocks in your classroom.
Then use the other Pattern Block shapes to cover the yellow hexagon
in as many ways as you can. Draw or trace the ways on another
piece of paper.

How many different ways can you cover the hexagon?

Name Time

Basketball Time
Help Jen get ready for her basketball game.
Fill in the blanks below with 1 minute, 5 minutes and 2 hours.

When Jen woke up, she brushed her teeth for —————————. She put on all her

basketball clothes in —————————. Then she headed out the door for her game.

"I'll be back in —————————," she shouted to her brother.

Name Addition

Barn Owl’s Mistake

In the cold winter barn, Barn Owl said to the horses,
"I have found a good way to add numbers in my head. Listen to this:

If 4 + 4 = 8, then 4 + 5 = 7. If 6 + 6 = 12, then 6 + 7 = 11."

Put a star by the wrong answers. Write the correct ones here: ,

What is Barn Owl doing wrong? How can doubles help you add? Write your ideas on the back.
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Skip Counting, Multiplication

Cold Fingers and Toes

Draw a picture on the back of this sheet of 4 children playing
in the snow, building snow people. When they were finished,
the fingers and toes of all the children were icy cold.

How many cold fingers and toes were there in all?

Use skip counting or multiplication to show your answer.

Name Even/Odd Numbers

Two by Two
If your class lined up in 2’s, would everyone have a partner?
Count everyone’s name tag, or line up, to find out.

Is there an even or an odd number of kids in your class?

How do you know?

Name Money, Addition

The Goldfish Gift

Greg wanted to buy a goldfish for his friend Graham. The goldfish cost 25¢.
Show all the different ways Greg could pay for the goldfish using coins.
Draw or write your answers below. Use the back if you need more room.

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Exactly in the Middle

Solve this math riddle:

A group of kids went ice skating.

There were between 60 and 70 kids.
The exact number was exactly in the middle.
How many children went ice skating?

Hint: You can use a number line to find out.

Name Fractions, Patterns

Pie Slices
Polly was cutting peach pies.

She cut one pie in 2 equal slices, or halves. How many cuts did she make?

She cut one pie into 4 equal slices, or fourths. How many cuts did she make?
Hint: draw pies on the back of this sheet to help you.

Extra: She cut one pie into 6 equal slices, or sixths. How many cuts did she make?

Name Counting by 5’s, Money

A Nickel a Month
Most people keep their money in a bank account. The money earns "interest."
This means that the bank adds money to the money in the bank account.

If the bank adds 5¢ every month for 1 year, how much extra money would there be?

Hint: You can skip count or write the multiplication equation to find the answer.

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December

Measuring Length

Thumbprints and Hand Spans

Suppose you used your thumbprint or your hand span to measure your desk.

Which measurement would be larger?

Use your thumbprint to measure your desk.

How many thumbprints long is your desk?

Now use your hand span to measure your desk.

How many hand-spans long is your desk?

Name Subtraction

A Wingful of Books
Over the long holiday vacation, Owl took out a wingful of books from the library.
She read 7 the first week. How many did she have left to read?

What information would you need to answer this question?

Make up a number of books for Owl to take out of the library.

Write and solve your equation now.

Name Addition, Patterns, Money

Holiday Piggy Bank

Franny Frog was saving pennies to buy holiday gifts.
On the 1st day she saved 1 penny. On the 2nd day, she saved 2 pennies.
On the 3rd day, she saved 3 pennies.
How many pennies did she save on the 4th day?

How many pennies did she save on the 5th day?

How many pennies did she save in all?

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Name Graphing, Comparing

Family Time at Holiday Time People in our Families

Holiday time is family time. Everyone's family is special. 2 people
How many people are in your family? On another sheet 3 people
of paper, make a bar graph, like the one shown here.
4 people
Color in the squares to show how many people are in
5 people
your classmates’ families.
6 people
Which bar on the graph is longest?
7 people
What does this tell you? Write your answer on the back. 8 people

Name Adding Sums of 10

Holiday Cookies
Jack Rabbit and his sister made holiday cookies. Some were carrot cookies. Some were sugar
cookies. There were 10 cookies in all. How many cookies could they have made of
each kind? Write your answers in equations.

carrot + sugar = 10 cookies carrot + sugar = 10 cookies

carrot + sugar = 10 cookies carrot + sugar = 10 cookies

Keep going! Write more equations on the back.

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Snowflakes on Mittens
Estimate how many snowflakes are on each mitten.

For the first mitten, skip count by 2s

to find out. (You can circle groups of 2.)

For the second mitten, skip count by 5s

to check your answer. (You can circle groups of 5.)

Extra

Would snowflakes really wait for you to count?

Explain your answer:

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Quilt Colors
Grandpa Squirrel wants to make Baby Squirrel a warm
winter quilt. Here is the quilt pattern he’s using:

He’ll be using 4 red triangles and 4 blue triangles.

Find different ways to make the quilt. Color the
triangles below.

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Cabin in the Snow

Fill in the blanks in the poem. Look at the pictures to help you.

Little Cabin in the Snow

– sided snowflakes, soft and cold.

– sided cabin, warm and bright.

– sided doorway, where Grandma stands

with steamy, round pancakes that taste just right.

Extra

Now name the shapes you see in the picture.

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December Weather
In December, Mrs. Monroe’s class drew the weather on a
calendar. Each kind of weather has a picture:

sunny cloudy rainy snowy

Look at the calendar. Answer the questions below.

December

How many sunny days did they have?

How many cloudy days did they have?

How many rainy days did they have?

How many snowy days did they have?

Which kind of weather did they have the most?

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Muffins by the Dozen

After sledding, Bo and his friends went home to eat muffins and drink cocoa.
There were a dozen muffins to start. Bo and his friends gobbled down 5.

How many were left?

Write an equation to show how you figured out the answer.

Name Identifying Solid Shapes

Rolling & Stacking

Read the sentences below. Figure out who’s talking.
Is it a sphere? A cylinder? A cube? Fill in the blanks.

"I can roll." "I can roll, too."

"I can stack." "I can stack, too.

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Penguin School
In the winter, the Penguin School is not open on weekends.
Polly Penguin learns one new thing every day of school.

How many new things does she learn in 1 week?

Explain your answer:

Extra: What if Polly learns one new thing each day of school for 2 weeks?

How many new things would she learn then?

Name Number Order

Guess My Number
Gordo Gecko said, "Guess my number. It is between 32 and 37."

Which number could it be?

His number was 33. Did Gordo give a good enough hint?

What other hints could he have given?

Name Identifying Solid Shapes

Hibernation Breaks
In winter, chipmunks hibernate. At times they might wake up. Every
time Chad Chipmunk wakes up, his mother asks him a math problem.
Help Chad answer these math questions so he can go back to sleep.

Which has more flat sides—a cylinder or a cube?

How many more?

Hint: Compare a cube and a cylinder to solve the problem.

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January

Money, Addition

Danny Duck’s Dinner

Danny Duck went to buy some food for dinner. He had 10¢.

What could he buy that would cost exactly 10¢?

Name Estimating, Comparing

Winter Boots and Socks

Johnny's class had a balance scale for weighing
things. He put his wet winter boots on one side of
the scale and his dry socks on the other. Which side
went up and which went down? Draw your answer
on the scale.

Explain your answer on the back.

Name Skip Counting, Number Sense

Riddle Time
Jan made up a riddle every month. Here is her riddle for January.
"You say me when you count by 2’s.
You say me when you count by 3’s.
I am less than the number 11.
Which number could I be?"

Write your answer to the riddle here:

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MLK Jr.'s Birthday

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s actual birthday falls in January between the
numbers 14 and 19. Figure out which day it is with these clues.

It's an odd number.

It's lower than 16.
Which day is it? ————————————————

Name Critical Thinking, Ordinals

All Lined Up
Tim, Bo, Jane, and Mindy were lined up for the
Martin Luther King, Jr. assembly. Write their names
on the blanks below to show their order.

Mindy was second. Tim was not first. Jane was after Mindy.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Name Calendar, Addition

Cathy’s Cast
On January 14, Cathy got a cast on her wrist. She has to wear it for 2 weeks.

On what day will she get the cast off?

Hint: Look at a calendar to help you.

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January

Using a Calculator, Addition

Cool Calculations
Penny Pig’s favorite numbers were 3 and 4. She tried to make different numbers appear
on her calculator by pressing the 3, the 4, the plus sign, and the equal sign in different orders.

How did she get to 16? Write the equation here.

How did she get to 11? Write the equation here.

Name Recognizing Patterns

Bear Family Quilts

Baby Bear's quilt looks like this: Mama Bear's quilt is bigger and looks like this:

Papa Bear’s quilt is the biggest. On another sheet, draw what Papa Bear's quilt would look like.
Extra: Use color tiles to make all the quilts.

Name Measuring Temperature

Temperature Matcheroo
Every morning, Jimmy looked at a thermometer outside his window. The thermometer
measured the temperature. Draw a line to match these temperatures with the seasons.
90° fall
70° summer
50° winter
30° spring
Hint: Remember which seasons are usually warmest and coolest.
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Favorite Number Graph

Favorite Numbers Ask your classmates to pick their favorite
numbers between 1 and 10. On another
sheet of paper make a bar graph, like the one
here, to record their answer. Draw one X in
the column for each choice.

What did you learn from the graph? Did more

people pick even numbers or odd numbers?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Write what you learned on the back.

Name Place Value, Addition

Squirrel Math
Sally Squirrel had 25 acorns. She made 3 piles. She made 2 piles with
10 acorns each and 1 pile with 5 acorns. Sally said, “10 + 10 + 5 = 25.”

Sidney Squirrel had 36 acorns. He brought them to Sally. Sally made 4 piles.
How many acorns were in each pile?

Pile #1 Pile #2 Pile # 3 Pile #4

What do you think Sally said?

Name Subtraction

Pie Fight
To celebrate National Pie Day, the circus clowns made 26 cream pies.
They threw 11 at each other in a pie fight. They ate the rest.

How many pies did they eat?

Write an equation to show how you got your answer.

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January

Estimating, Greater Than/Less Than

National Popcorn Day

National Popcorn Day is at the end of January. It is the same day
as Super Bowl Sunday. Bring in some wrapped popcorn kernels.
Fill a tablespoon with popcorn kernels. Estimate how many kernels
are on the spoon.

Write your estimate here:

Now count them. Write the exact number here:

Show the two numbers you wrote in a greater than/less than equation.

Name Money, Addition

Coin Puzzler
January 29 is National Puzzle Day. Solve this riddle to celebrate.

3 shiny coins inside the piggy bank

are worth 16 cents. Clank, clank, clank.

What coins are in the bank? ———————— ———————— ———————

Extra: Now substitute 4 and 26 for the numbers in the poem. Write your answer on the back.

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Scarf Patterns
Marla's grandmother is knitting three scarves. Help her finish each scarf by continuing each pattern.

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What to Wear?
Tina had 2 pairs of pants. One was black. One was white. She had 3
sweaters. They were red, yellow, and blue. Color in the clothes below.
Cut them out. Make as many different outfits as you can.

How many did you make?

Do you think Tina would be late for

school if she tried on all your outfits?

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Dalmatian Spots
Dana's Dalmatian has lots of spots.
How many do you think it has?

Check your estimate by skip counting by fives.

(Circle groups of five.)

How many spots does it have?

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Money, Addition
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Chinese New Year

For Chinese New Year, some children receive money in red envelopes.
Which would you rather have in your envelope—3 quarters or 7 dimes?

I would rather have

Explain your answer.

Name Time

Ground Hog Day

The ground hog woke up at 10:00. Two hours later,
he popped his head out of his hole to look at his shadow.

What time did the ground hog check his shadow?

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Black History Month

George has 39 stamps in his stamp collection. He bought 3 new stamps that
show "Black Heroes in History." George said, "Now I have 43 stamps in all."

Was George correct? Circle Yes or No. YES NO

Explain your answer.

Name Estimating Weight and Length

Pennies and Paper Clips

On the 100th day of school, Joan's class weighed 100 pennies and 100 paper clips.

Which do you think was heavier?

Then they put the 100 pennies in one line and the 100 paper clips in another.

Which line do you think was longer?

Hint: Get a few pennies and a few paper clips. Experiment to figure out the answers.

Name Skip Counting, Patterns

100th Day of School

Read this math riddle:

To celebrate the 100th day, count to 100 by 10s.

If you say all the numbers out loud, estimate how many will you say?

Write the numbers you used to count to 100 by 10s.

How many numbers did you write?

Talk with a classmate about the patterns you see.
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February

Thirsty, Anyone?
A cup of hot cocoa is perfect on a cold winter day. But lemonade
hits the spot in the summer, . What is your favorite drink? What
drinks do your classmates like? On another sheet of paper, make
a bar graph to record their choices.

Which drink is the most popular?

How can you tell?

Name Number Order, Ordinals

Bear Riddles
Solve these riddles about bears. Write the bear name on the lines.

My fur is white. I live in the Arctic.

The first letter of my name is the 16th letter of the alphabet.
What kind of bear am I? bear

My fur is brown. I am one of the biggest bears in the world.

The first letter of my name is the 7th letter of the alphabet.
What kind of bear am I? bear

Name Money, Addition

Pictures of Presidents
Solve this math riddle.

I have 2 bills that show President Lincoln's head.

I have 3 bills with Washington on them instead.

How much money do I have?

Write an equation to show how you know.

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Name Calendar

Who Is Older?
Josh and Ashley turned 7 years old this year. Ashley's birthday is in January on
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Josh's birthday is in February on Valentine's Day.

Who is older?

Explain your answer.

Name Grouping, Pre-Division

Sloppy Winter Boots

Solve this math riddle.

12 sloppy winter boots

are sitting by the door.
How many children are
sipping cocoa on the floor?

Hint: Use manipulatives to help solve the riddle.

Extra: Now 16 boots are by the door. How many children are there?

Name Odd/Even Numbers, Number Sense

Odd + Odd
Jerry added two odd numbers and came up with 8.

What numbers did Jerry use? Write 2 equations to show your ideas.

Jerry tried adding two odd numbers to come up with an odd number. Explain why it didn’t work.

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Multiplication

So Many Stamps!
Sandy is sending a very large Valentine’s Day
card to a friend. To mail it, she needs 12 stamps.
She is arranging the stamps in rows. Each row
has the same number of stamps. How many
different arrangements can she make? Try it!
On the back, or on another sheet of paper, draw
a picture to show the ways you could arrange
the stamps in equal rows.

Name Addition, Multiplication

Valentine Count
Mario received 6 valentines. Barb received 6 valentines. Maria received 6 valentines, too.

How many valentines did they get in all?

Explain how you figured out the answer.

Name Number Sense, Calendar

Special Birthday
Justin's brother was 20 years old on the day after February 19 in the year 2000.
Why was this birthday special? These questions will help you.

Which month is February? (1st, 2nd, 3rd, ...?) Which day is his birthday?

How old was he? In which year was he this age?

What do the numbers have in common?

Extra: What would be a special birthday in the year 1999? Write your idea on the back.
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Measuring His Shadow

When the ground hog came out to check his shadow, the
inchworm said the shadow was 10 inchworms long. The frog
said the shadow was 5 frogs long. Cut out the inchworms,
the frogs, and the shadow to find out.

How many inchworms equal the shadow?

How many frogs equal the length of the shadow?

Who was right?

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Snow-Print Detective
Sally dropped a big box in the snow. Lots of things fell out.
Look at each object. Below it, write which kind of print it would
make in the snow. Use the shape words in the box.

circle square rectangle triangle

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Valentine Symmetry
Janis folded all her valentines in half. Some were symmetrical.
That means, one half matches the other half. Some valentines
were not symmetrical.

Cut out the valentine shapes below. Fold them in half

so you make a crease that runs from top to bottom.
Which ones are symmetrical?

Fold the symmetrical shapes in half so that

you make a crease running from left to right.

Which shape is symmetrical this way?

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Valentine Stickeroo
Martha Mule made a valentine for Max Mule. She had 4 stickers
in 2 different colors. How many ways could she arrange the stickers
on the card?
Here are the stickers:

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Here are some blank cards:
Draw stickers in the squares of the cards to
show how Marla could arrange them.

Are there more ways? Draw them on the back.

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Picking Out Patterns

On the 100th day of school, everyone in Pat's class picked out
patterns on the 100 Chart. Look at the chart below.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
Find and finish the pattern starting with 2, 12, 22,...

Find and finish the pattern starting with 100, 90, 80,...

Find and finish the pattern starting with 97, 87, 77,...

Find and finish the pattern starting with 11, 22, 33,...

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Presidents’ Day Problem

The first 18 Presidents of the United States are listed below.
They are shown in order.

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1. George Washington 2. John Adams 3. Thomas Jefferson
(1789–1797) (1797–1801) (1801–1809)
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4. James Madison 5. James Monroe 6. John Quincy Adams
★ (1809–1817) (1817–1825) (1825–1829)

7. Andrew Jackson 8. Martin Van Buren 9. William Henry

(1829–1837) (1837–1841) Harrison (1841)

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10. John Tyler 11. James Knox Polk 12. Zachary Taylor
(1841–1845) (1845–1849) (1849–1850)
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13. Millard Fillmore 14. Franklin Pierce 15. James Buchanan
(1850–1853) (1853–1857) (1857–1861)
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16. Abraham Lincoln 17. Andrew Johnson 18. Ulysses S. Grant
(1861–1865) (1865–1869) (1869–1877)

1. Which President was Washington? The 1st

2. Which President was Lincoln?

3. Which President came before Lincoln?

4. Which President came after Lincoln?

5. How many Presidents were there

between Washington and Lincoln?
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Colorful Kites
It was a windy March day. Some kids in the park were flying kites.

• The yellow kite was the highest.

• The red kite was between the yellow kite and the blue kite.

• The green kite was the lowest.

On another sheet of paper, draw a picture and color it to show

the positions of the kites.

Name Graphing, Comparing

What’s for Breakfast? Cereal

The first week of March is National School Breakfast Week.
Take a survey of your class to find out each classmate’s Pancakes
favorite breakfast. Show the results on a graph. Eggs
Model your graph after the one shown here .
Oatmeal
Which breakfast was the most popular?
French Toast
How could you tell?
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The Three Bears’ Orange Juice

The three bears are coming out of hibernation. They are going for a walk.
Look at the thermoses below. Papa Bear's thermos holds 8 cups of orange juice.

Estimate how many cups Mama Bear's thermos holds.

cups

Estimate how many cups Baby Bear's thermos holds.

cups
Explain your estimates on the back.

Name Money, Addition

Money Riddle
A second-grade class is having a spring taco sale to raise money. Tim has 10¢
to spend on tacos. Jen has 5¢ more than Tim. How much money does Jen have?

Write an equation to show how you figured out the answer.

Ralph has 2¢ more than Jen. How much money does Ralph have?

Write another equation to show the answer.

Name Subtraction, Recognizing Patterns

The Shrinking Teddy Bear

Pat's teddy bear is shrinking! On Monday, the bear's waist measured 20 inches around.
On Tuesday, it measured 18 inches. On Wednesday, it measured 16 inches.

At this rate, what would it measure on Thursday?

What would it measure on Friday?

What would it measure on Saturday?

Why do you think the bear was shrinking?

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Addition, Subtraction

Finding Gold
March 17 is St. Patrick’s Day. Leprechauns are in Irish folklore. A leprechaun found 7 gold coins
under a bush. He found 8 more at the end of a rainbow. He spent 3 of the coins on a tiny hammer.

How many coins does he have left to spend?

Write 2 number sentences to show how you figured out the answer.

Name Comparing, Greater Than/Less Than

Leprechaun Gold
Larry Leprechaun put his gold coins on the right side of the balance scale. Lizzy
Leprechaun put hers on the left side. Here is how the balance scale looked.

Count Larry’s gold coins. Write the number here:

Now draw in the number of gold coins Lizzy might have had.

Write a greater than/less than equation to show your ideas: >

Name Estimating, Measuring Length

Leprechaun Steps
On another sheet of paper, draw what you imagine a leprechaun footprint might look
like. Cut it out. How many leprechaun footprints would it be from your desk to the door?

Write your estimate here:

Now use your cutout to measure the distance.

Write how many footprints it really is from your desk to the door.

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Who Won?
Jane's team played Kira's team in basketball. Jane's team had a score of 6 tens and 4 ones.

What was their score?

Kira's team had a score of 4 tens and 6 ones.

What was their score?

Write the numbers in this greater than/less than equation: >

Which team won?

Name Using a Calculator, Counting by 5’s

Dog Calculations
Sara pressed 5 + on her calculator. Her dog started thumping his paw on the + key.
He pressed it 4 more times. Fill in the blanks below to show the numbers that came up
on the calculator.

5, , , ,

You will need to use calculator. Press 5 +.

Press the + key again and again.

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Lost-and-Found Mystery
Daniel counted clothes at the school Lost and Found. In the winter,
he counted 26 items. In the spring, there were only 4 items. How many
more items were in Lost and Found in the winter than in the spring?

Write an equation to show your answer.

Extra: Why do you think there were more items in the Lost and Found in the winter?
Explain your idea on the back.
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Multiplication
March

Kite Store
Fred the Flying Squirrel had 5 boxes in his kite store. Each box had 10 kites.

How many kites did he have?

Write an equation to show your answer:

Hint: The number is more than 40 and less than 60.

Name Adding with 10

The Year of the Dragon

The year 2000 was the Year of the Dragon.
Sheila was 10 years old that year.
In 12 more years it will be the Year of the Dragon again.

How old will Sheila be then?

Write an equation to show how you figured out the answer.

Name Place Value, Addition

Johnny Appleseed Math

Johnny Appleseed was planting seeds in a field. He said,

“10 seeds here, 10 seeds there,

10 seeds in each handful, I plant them with care.”
Johnny ended up planting 8 handfuls of seeds. He also planted 6 extra seeds.

How many seeds did he plant in all?

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Paul’s Peanut Machine

Go Nuts Over Peanuts Week is the third week of March. To celebrate, Paul made a peanut machine.
When he put 2 peanuts in the machine, 12 came out.
When he put 5 peanuts in the machine, 15 came out.
When he put 6 peanuts in the machine, 16 came out.

What would happen if he puts in 7, 8, or 10 peanuts?

What is the machine doing?

Name Addition, Recognizing Patterns

Mark’s Baby Sister

Mark’s baby sister Krista is 1 year old. Mark is 8 years old. Write the answers on the lines below.

When Krista is 1, Mark is 8. When Krista is 2, Mark is .

When Krista is 3, Mark is . When Krista is 4, Mark is .

When Krista is 5, Mark is . When Krista is 6, Mark is .

When Krista is 7, Mark is . When Krista is 8, Mark is

Circle the one where Mark’s age is double his sister’s age.

Name Division

Amusement Park Math

The amusement park opened on the first day of spring. 12 people
were in line for the "Over the Falls" ride. 4 people fit in each boat.
All the people got into their boats.

How many boats were filled?

Explain how you figured out the answer.

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Subtraction
March

Peter Piper’s Pickled Peppers

In the fall, Peter Piper stored 26 jars of pickled peppers.
During the winter, he ate 7 jars of pickled peppers. Now it is spring.

How many jars does Peter have left? .

Write an equation to show your answer.

Name Money, Addition

Would You Rather Have . . . ?

When Carrie put away her winter clothes, she found 5 dimes in her coat pocket. Her
brother said he would trade her his 46 pennies for her 5 dimes. Should she trade?

Circle Yes or No YES NO

Explain your answer.

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Classroom Garage Sale

Tolu’s class did some spring cleaning. Then they had a garage sale.
They sorted the things they were selling. Sort these objects into like
groups. Draw the items of each group on one of the tables below.

Below each table, write a label for the group.

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Patterns for the Mail Carrier

Meimei the mail carrier is delivering letters. Give her some help.
Fill in the missing addresses on the houses below.

Extra

What
? pattern do you see in the house numbers?

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Bird Feeder Geometry

It’s spring! The birds are coming back. Kwaku and his mother
made two bird feeders. What shapes can you find on their
feeders? Write your ideas on the lines.

1 2

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April Fool’s?
On April Fool’s Day, Jeff said to his mom, "I'd rather have 2 dimes and 13 pennies than 3
dimes and 2 pennies." Do you think this was an April Fool’s Day joke?

Circle Yes or No. YES NO

Explain your answer:

Name Division

Party Balloons
At the end of the April Fool’s Party, Li divided the balloons. He had 15 balloons for
3 children. "The balloons don't divide evenly!" said Li. Is he right?

Circle Yes or No. YES NO

Explain your answer:

How many balloons does each child get?

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Ricky Recycles
Every Friday, Ricky takes the recycling bin to the curb.

Look at a calendar. How many times will Ricky take out the recycling bin in April?

How many times in May? How many times in June?

How many times altogether in April, May, and June?

Write an equation to show your last answer.

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Baseball Shapes
Baseball season starts in April. A baseball field is made up of many shapes.
Look at this baseball field. What shapes do you see?

Draw the baseball field on a bigger sheet of paper. Label the shapes.

Name Probability

Donuts in a Bag
Davey bought some donuts for his class. 6 donuts were in the bag.
4 were sugar donuts. 2 were glazed donuts.

If you reached in the bag without looking,

what kind of donut would you probably get?

Explain your answer.

Extra: Try this activity with colored tiles.

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Addition
April

Benny’s One-Man Band

Benny Bunny is a one-man band. He needs to take a boat to the Spring
Parade. The boat holds 27 pounds.

How much does Benny and his instruments weigh?

Can the boat hold Benny and all his instruments?

Name Time

A Tricky Way to Tell Time

Jack doesn't use numbers to tell the time. Instead, he describes
how the clock hands look. Try Jack’s method. Tell what time it is:

1. The hands are shaped like the letter L.

2. The hands are shaped like a backwards L.

3. The hands are straight up and down. They are on top of each other.

4. The hands are straight up and down. They are not on top of each other.

Name Multiplication

Barnyard Patterns
At the farm, it was time to shoe the horses. Jayson was counting the horses’
hooves. Give him a hand.

How many total hooves for 2 horses? How many total hooves for 3 horses?

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Animal Garden Addition

Solve this math problem.

Bunny planted 24 carrot seeds.

Raccoon planted 13 bean seeds.
When all the seedlings start to grow,
how many new plants will there be?

Write an equation to show your answer.

Name Measuring Length, Geometry

The Ants Get Their Exercise

Anna Ant lived in a garden. For exercise, she jogged around blocks of wood. Measure all
the sides of each block to the nearest inch. Write your measurement on each line.

Which block takes Anna Ant the most time to jog around? Color it in.

Name Addition, Place Value

Blackbirds
Read this rhyme.
"Sing a song of six pence, a pocket full of rye.
4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie."
How many blackbirds were in the pie?

Change the number of blackbirds. Write the new number in numerals.

Equation: Numeral:
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Sorting Shapes
April

A Prickly Problem
Mrs. Porcupine was sorting shapes. Where do these shapes go?
This is what she did:

Draw the shapes in the correct place.

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The Biggest Number

It was time for the Math Olympics. The Ladybug Team
had the numbers 2, 3, 4, and 5 on their backs. Their
challenge was to make the largest sum they could using
the numbers on their backs. Write the numbers in the
boxes to make the largest sum. +

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Planting Beans
Tom planted 23 jellybeans and 16 string beans.
How many "beans" did he plant in all?
Place the numbers in these boxes to add and find out.

Extra: Which “beans” do you think really grew?

+
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Mr. McGregor’s Garden

Peter Rabbit went into Mr. McGregor's garden to eat the carrots. He counted
30 carrots. He nibbled on 10 before he heard Mr. McGregor's footsteps.

How many carrots did he leave alone?

Explain how you figured out the answer.

Name Addition

Farm Animals Weigh In

Jody helped her mom weigh the baby animals on the farm.

The baby goat weighed 12 pounds.

The chick weighed 2 pounds.
The lamb weighed 7 pounds.
The piglet weighed 19 pounds.

Then she put 2 animals on one side of a large balance scale and 1 animal on the other side.
The scale balanced! Which animals did she put on each side? Write their names on the line.

Name Place Value

Groups of Geese
In April, when the weather is warm, geese fly north. They fly in the shape
of an upside down V. 37 geese are flying north. Each V has 10 geese.

How many groups of 10 are there?

How many geese are left over?

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Money, Addition
April

National Coin Week

The fourth week of April is National Coin Week. Joan and John found 3 dimes and 4 nickels.
How can they divide the money so each gets the same amount?

Joan could get dime(s) and nickel(s).

John could get dime(s) and nickel(s).

Name Fractions, Division

Billy Goat’s Raisins

The billy goat needed to cross the bridge. A troll stopped him.
"Give me your raisins," said the troll.
"I’ll share them with you,” said the billy goat. “I have 24 raisins.
You can have half. Tell me how many you should get.”
While the troll was figuring out the problem, the billy goat
went right on by, keeping all his raisins.

What answer should the troll have come up with?

Hint: Use manipulatives to figure out the answer.

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Creature Categories
Nick's class took a field trip to the beach. When they looked in
the tide pools, they saw a lot of animals. Group the animals
they saw. Color the animals in each group the same color.

Write a word or phrase that explains how you grouped them.

Group #1

Group #2

Group #3
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Time to Get Up!

Twenty animals were hibernating near Sleepy Pond.
5 of them woke up. Color 5 animals below.

How many are still sleeping?

A week later, 7 more woke up. Color 7 other animals.

How many are still sleeping?

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Jack’s Beanstalk
Jack’s class was growing bean plants. After 1 week,
Jack's was the tallest.

Measure Jack’s plant below. Record its height:

After 2 weeks, Jack’s plant had doubled in height.

How tall was it now?

Draw a picture to show how tall the plant grew.
Measure your drawing to make sure it is the correct height.

2 weeks.

After 3 weeks, Jack’s plant was still growing!

How tall would it be now?

Explain your answer.

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Ice-Cream Favorites
Take a class survey. First, copy the Venn diagram below on a sheet of paper. Make it as big as
possible. Then ask your classmates which they like more—chocolate ice cream or strawberry
ice cream. Write their names in the correct circle. If they like both flavors equally, write their
names in the center circle. If they don’t like either one, write their names outside the circle.

How many like chocolate?

How many like strawberry?

How many like both?

Name Identifying Solid Shapes

Shape Riddles
Solve these shape riddles. Try to picture the shapes in your mind.
I have 6 sides, and all of them are square.
I'm number cubes, I'm blocks. I'm everywhere.
What solid shape am I?

I'm orange at a construction site, and ice cream sits on top of me.
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Getting Ready
It took Dina’s grandmother 1 1/2 hours to braid Dina's hair. She started at 11:00 in the morning.

At what time did she finish?

The party was at 1:00.

Did Dina’s grandmother finish braiding Dina’s hair in time for her to go to the party?

Circle Yes or No. YES NO

Extra: How much extra time did they have?

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Snoozing in May
May is "Better Sleep Month." Using a calculator, Kezia taught Jamal how to figure out how many
hours a week he sleeps. This is what she did. She pushed 8+ on the calculator. Then she pushed
the + key 6 more times. Try it! Write the number on the calculator each time you push the keys.

Day 1: + Day 2: +

Day 3: + Day 4: +

Day 5: + Day 6: +

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Cluck, Neigh, Moo

Figure out the pattern of the barnyard symphony below. Fill in the missing sounds.

Cluck, neigh, meow, Oink, , ,

Cluck, neigh, moo. Oink, , ,

Woof, neigh, meow, Cock-a-doodle, doodle, doo.

Woof, , .
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May

Calendar, Multiplication

Birthdays in May
Sam and Danielle both have birthdays in May. Sam's birthday is 3 weeks away.
Danielle's birthday is 18 days away.

Whose birthday comes first?

Explain your answer.

Name Tallying, Greater Than/Less Than

Spider Survey
In May many spiders make their webs. Do you like spiders? Do your classmates?
Take a class survey. Draw a tally mark next to each.

Do Like Spiders Do Not Like Spiders

How many of your classmates like spiders?

How many classmates do not like them?

Write the numbers in a greater than/less than equation: >

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Mother’s Day Decisions

Sera went to the store with 30¢ to buy a gift for Mother's Day.
She bought 2 things. Circle 2 gifts she could buy with 30¢.

How much money did Sera spend?

How much did she have left?

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Spring Shelter
The wildlife shelter received two new animals. The new raccoon has 5 toes on each foot.
The new parrot has 4 toes on each foot.

Total number of raccoon toes:

Total number of parrot toes:

The raccoon has more toes than the parrot.

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Heads and Feet

Solve this math riddle.

Chickens are clucking in the hen house. Horses are neighing in the barn.
There are 12 legs and 4 heads altogether, making a racket on Grandma's farm.

How many horses are on the farm?

How many chickens are on the farm?

Hint: Draw a picture on the back to find the answer.

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International Pickle Week

The third week of May is International Pickle Week.
Jeffrey's class had a pickle picnic. They had 35 dill pickles and 32 sweet pickles.

How many pickles in total were at the pickle picnic?

On the back, show how you figured out the answer.

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May

“Bee” a Mathematician
Kathy watches a beehive from her window.
She notices that no bee works in a cell that touches
another cell. Draw bees in the cells to show
what Kathy sees. One bee is drawn in for you.

How many bees are working in this beehive?

Name Adding with Regrouping

Parade Hats
For the May Day parade, 27 children and 7 adults were playing in the marching band.
The band ordered 35 fancy hats with feathers.

Did everyone get a hat?

Circle Yes or No. YES NO

Write an equation to explain your answer

Name Skip Counting, Multiplication

Cricket Jumps
A cricket jumped along a number line. He took equal jumps to the number 12.
He could do this in 4 ways.
Circle the numbers he jumped on. (Hint: He didn't start on 1.)

Jump #1: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Jump #3: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Jump #2: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Jump #4: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

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Zoo Weigh-In
Zoey’s class went to the zoo. They wrote down how much
the animals weighed. Cut out the animals below. Arrange
them in weight order—from lightest to heaviest.

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Chester’s Cakes and Pies

Fill in the blanks. Chester Chipmunk was cutting cakes and pies.
Bobby Bear said, "Some aren't cut in half.

When you cut something in half, there are

pieces and both of the pieces are the same ."

Here is how Chester cut the cakes and pies.

Circle the desserts that are cut in half correctly.

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

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Shape Tricks
Danny's class was learning about shapes. He noticed that you
could draw a line across one shape to make two shapes.
Draw a line through each shape below to make two new shapes.
(Hint: Pattern blocks may help you.)

Make a square Make two

and a triangle. triangles.

Make two
rectangles.

Make a triangle Cut this twice to

and a diamond. make 3 triangles.
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Candy Boxes
Steve works in a candy store. He puts candy into boxes. Each box
has 10 spaces. Steve has 32 candies. Try to draw 32 candies in the
boxes below. Write the number of candies in each box on the line.
Write the number of any leftover candy at the bottom of the page.

Extra

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Pizza Party
Garth's class is having a pizza party. They made a diagram to
show which pizzas they would like. Draw an X in each circle to
show how many classmates wanted each kind of pizza.
• 5 wanted cheese pizza.
• 10 wanted pepperoni pizza.
• 3 wanted sausage pizza.
• 2 wanted both cheese and pepperoni pizza.
cheese pepperoni

Extra
sausage

What can you learn by looking at this diagram?

Write your ideas:

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Picnic Patterns
Figure out the pattern below by filling in the correct numbers.

5 flies, 8 chickadees

11 gnats, fleas

ants, and bees

Are all at the picnic with you and me.

What pattern do the numbers have?

Name Graphing, Comparing

Favorite Ball Games

Which ball games do your classmates like to play?
Record their answers on a bar graph, like the one below

Soccer

Baseball

Look at your graph. Complete this sentence with information you learn from the graph.

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Father’s Day
Father's Day is in June. Look at the letters of the word FATHER. Figure out which letters
have symmetry. (You should be able to fold them in half and get two matching parts.)
Remember, you can fold them in half in different directions. For example:

FAT H E R
Write the letters that are symmetrical here:
Draw a line through each letter to show the symmetry.

Name Money, Multiplication

She Sells Seashells

Solve this math tongue-twister riddle.

She sells seashells by the seashore.

If each seashell sells for 3¢,

how much do 6 seashells cost?

Name Addition, Greater Than/Less Than

Baseball Scores
Jesse’s team was playing baseball with Harry’s team. Look at the scoreboard below. Add the numbers.

Jesse 1 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 Total
Harry 2 2 0 3 1 2 0 0 1 Total

Who won? Show the winner in a greater than/less than equation >

Winner
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Patterns
June

Flag Day Patterns

Look at the flag of the United States.
Color in the flag here so it looks like the
flag in your classroom.

What patterns do you see on the flag? On the

back of this paper, or on another sheet, list all
the patterns. Then describe the patterns, or
draw them. Hint: How many stars in each row?

Name Probability, Fractions

Spinners for the School Fair

Joey was making spinners for a game booth at
the school fair. Each spinner had a red section
and a white section. Look at the spinners below.
Which spinners are fair?
(Hint: A fair spinner has the same chance of landing on
a red section as a white section.) Circle the fair spinners.

Extra: On the back, explain why one spinner is not fair.

Name Fractions

Quilt Squares
Lenny's class is making a class quilt for the
end of the year. Each child can use two colors.
On the back, or on another sheet of paper,
draw quilt squares with two colors. Each color
must cover 1/2 of the square.

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365 Days to Go
Shauna’s birthday was today. Her next birthday will be in 365 days. That’s one whole year.

How many hundreds is that?

How many tens is that?

How many ones is that?

Extra: A leap year has 366 days. How many hundreds, tens, and ones are in a leap year?

Name Fractions, Comparing

Pizza Party Puzzler

The porcupines had a pizza party on the last
day of school. Peter Porcupine was very hungry.
Should he have 1/4 of a pizza or 1/3 of a pizza?

Look at these pizzas. Circle the correct one to

show which fraction is more.

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All Sorts of Animals

Milo’s class learned about all sorts of animals. Look at the
animals below. Cut them out. Sort them into groups that
show how some animals are alike. Then share your
groups with a friend. Did you sort them in the same way?

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Favorite Class Subject
Which subjects do you and your classmates like the most?
Ask them to find out. Read each subject in the bar graph on
this page. Color in the square’s to show each vote.
Math
Science
Reading
Geography
Social Studies
Art
P. E.
Music

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Answer Key
Poodles and Beagles, p. 19
2 poodles + 6 beagles = 8 dogs in all
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3 poodles + 5 beagles = 8 dogs in all
The Name Game, p. 7 4 poodles + 4 beagles = 8 dogs in all 5 poodles + 3 beagles = 8 dogs in all
Answers will vary but should reflect 6 poodles + 2 beagles = 8 dogs in all 7 poodles + 1 beagles = 8 dogs in all
the correct number of letters in each name.
Big Bad Wolf Math, p. 20
Name Sort, p. 7 1. handspan 2. giant step 3. giant step 4. handspan
Answers will vary, but should accurately reflect the number of students in class. Other sorting ideas
include: names that start with vowels, names that start with consonants; names with 1 syllable, 2 National Cookie Month, p. 20
syllables, and so on; names with same beginning letters, names with same ending letters. 3 Extra: 4

Off to School, p. 8 Disappearing Counting Cubes, p. 20

Answers will vary. Answers will vary.
One Friend a day, p. 8 Nan’s Number Cubes, p. 21
7, 7 Extra: 14
More Than 10, Less Than 10, p. 8
Answers will vary, depending on the group you set up.
Hide-and-Seek Countdown, p. 9 Jack-o’-Lantern Designer, p. 21
8 . . .5, 4 . . . 2 Extra: 19 . . . 16 . . . 13, 12 Answers will vary.
Apple Colors, p. 9 Three Halloween Kittens, p. 21
Answers will vary. 4 + 1 + 5 = 10 4 + 2 + 4 = 10 4 + 5 + 1 = 10 4 + 4 + 2 = 10 4 + 3 + 3 = 10
Adding in Code, p. 9 Trick or Treat?, p. 22
EE, OU, E . . . E (THREE, FOUR, SEVEN) yes; 3 + 2 = 5; 2 + 3 = 5
Pencil Puzzler, p. 10 Comparing Costumes, p. 22
6 - 4 = 2, 2 + 2 = 4 3; 11 - 8 = 3
Katie now has 4 pencils. What’s Your Costume?, p. 22
One Bee in Our Classroom, p. 10 Answers will vary. Graph should be set up as a bar graph.
7, 9 Answers should reflect information from the graph.
Apple Problems, p. 10 A Friendly Scarecrow, p. 23
4, 4, Extra: 5, 5; 6, 6; 7, 7; 8, 8; 9, 9 4, 2 + 2 = 4
Extra: 6, 8, The numbers are double.
Shapes All Around, p. 11
Answers will vary, but should reflect actual Sign Shape, p. 24
classroom objects and correct shape names. Yield sign: triangle, 3 Caution sign: diamond, 4
Speed-limit sign: rectangle, 4 Stop sign: octagon, 8
Red, Black, Snap, Clap, p. 11
Black, black, red; ABBABBABBA Ladybug Dots, p. 25
Extra: snap, clap, clap, snap, clap, clap snap 4+4=8 5 + 5 = 10 6 + 6 = 12 7 + 7 = 14 8 + 8 = 16
Extra: 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 Pattern: Count by 2s, even numbers, doubling
The Last Leaves, p. 11
The maple tree has 8 leaves. 5 + 3 = 8 Sorting Treats, p. 26
Great than: 10: 12 chocolate bars, 11 pennies, 15 pieces of gum, 13 candied apples.
Falling Leaves, p. 12
Less than: 10: 7 boxes of raisins, 8 lollipops,4 oranges, 1 cookie
7 Extra: Answers will vary.
Classroom Zoo, p. 12
Groups: mice (3), turtles (3), fish (3) November
Who Needs Glasses?, p. 12 Piggy Bank Puzzle, p. 27
14; 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 dimes; nickels
Frog School, p. 13 Favorite Pet Tally, p. 27
Extra: 2 Answers will vary. The favorite pet is the animal with the most tallies.
Big Foot, p. 14 Playing in the Snow, p. 28
Estimates will vary. Actual length is 5”. 6 + 6 + 12, 6 + 7 = 13
Mary Had a Little Puppy, p. 15 ABC Sort, p. 28
followed, above, under, in, up Possible categories: vowels and consonants; letter will all curved lines, all straight lines,
Fall Leaf Patterns, p. 16 and both curved and straight lines; letters with and without symmetry; the number of
Leaf patterns will vary. strokes it takes to make each letter.
How Many Birthdays?, p. 28
4, 11 - 7 = 4 Extra: 15
October
Game and Puzzle Week, p. 29
Coin Detective, p. 17 2+7=9 9-2=7 7+2=9 9-7=2
The dime is smaller than the nickel, but it’s worth more.
Birthday Riddle, p. 29
Finger-Adding Game, p. 17 9
Answers will vary.
Sledding Time, p. 29
Finding Favorite Colors, p. 18 Example: How many children in all? 5+3=8
Answers will vary, but should reflect the rows of color tiles students set up. How many more girls than boys? 5-3=2
Falling Pumpkins, p. 18 Wildlife Shelter, p. 30
7 45 > 39, 45 > 28 28 < 39, 28 < 45 39 > 28, 39 < 45
Waiting in Line, p. 18 Mystery Drawing, p. 30
6, 10 Students should draw a turkey.
One and Only One, p. 19 Gobbler Riddle, p. 30
5-4=1 3-2=1 4-3=1 2-1=1 1 + 9 = 10 2 + 8 = 10 3 + 7 = 10 4 + 6 = 10
Shape Hunters, p. 19 5 + 5 = 10 6 + 4 + 10 7 + 3 = 10
1. cylinder 2. sphere 3. cone 4. cube 5. rectangular or cube 8 + 2 = 10 9+1=10 105
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11-3=8 Estimates will vary. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 5, 10, 15, 20
Possible answer: The more you take away from 11, the smaller the answer is. Extra: no; Snowflakes would melt before you could count them.
Mystery Holiday, p. 31 Quilt Colors, p. 44
11th month: November Date: Answers will vary. Holiday: Thanksgiving
Mashed, Baked, or Fried?, p. 31
Answers will vary.
Scavenger Hunt, p. 32
Answers will vary.
Cabin in the Snow, p. 45
Collecting Food, p. 33 6, 5, 4 Extra: hexagon—snowflake, pentagon—cabin, rectangle—doorway, circle–pancake
The answer could be a graph with 3 cans of chili, 3 cans of veggies, and 4 cans of soup.
December Weather, p. 46
Money Matters, p. 34 Sunny days: 12 Cloudy days: 8 Rainy days: 5 Snowy days: 6
Alex’s coins: 5¢ + 25¢ + 10¢ = 60 ¢
Billy’s coins: 10¢ + 10¢ + 10¢ + 10¢ + 10¢ + 5¢ + 5¢ + 1¢ + 1¢ + 1¢ = 63¢
63¢ > 60¢ Billy has more money. January
Penguin Family on Parade, p. 35 Muffins by the Dozen, p. 47
3 1/2 inches, 2 inches, 1 1/2 inches, 3 inches. Patty, Peter, Petunia, Paul. 7; 12 - 5 = 7
Thanksgiving Play, p. 36 Rolling and Stacking, p. 47
2; Pilgrims, 4; Native Americans, Extra: 6,2 sphere, cylinder, cube, cylinder
Penguin School, p. 48
December 5; Without weekends, a week has only 5 days.
Extra: 10
One and Off the Bus, p. 37
Guess My Number, p. 48
5; 4 - 2 = 2; 2 + 3 = 5
33, 34, 35, 36; no
Magic Tricks, p. 37 Possible hints: It is an odd number. Both numerals are the same. You can get there if you
Trick 1: 6 - 6 = 0 Trick 2: 0 + 5 = 5 skip count by 3’s. It’s less than 34.
Beehive Hexagons, p. 38 Hibernation Breaks, p. 48
a cube; 4 (A cylinder has 2 flat sides. A cube has 6.)
Danny Duck’s Dinner, p. 49
Basketball Time, p. 38 snail, ant.
1 minute, 5 minutes, 2 hours Winter Boots and Socks, p. 49
Barn Owl’s Mistake, p. 38 Students might say that the boots weigh more because they are bigger and because they are wet.
Wrong answers: 4 + 5 = 7, 6 + 7 = 11 Correct answers: 4 + 5 = 9, 6 + 7 = 13 Riddle Time, p. 49
Barn owl is doubling and subtracting 1, instead of doubling and adding 1. 6 (2, 4, 6, 8, 10; 3, 6, 9)
Cold Fingers and Toes, p. 39 MLK, Jr.’s Birthday, p. 50
Children could skip count by fives or tens. January 15
Multiplication: 4 x 20 = 80; or 5 x 16 = 80; or 4 x 10 (fingers) = 40 fingers;
4 x 10 toes = 40 toes; 40 + 40 = 80 All Lined Up, p. 50
Bo, Mindy, Jane, Tim
Two by Two, p. 39
Cathy’s Cast, p. 50
Answers will vary. If the class has an even number of students, each student will have a
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partner. If the class has an odd number of students, one student will not have a partner.
Cool Calculations, p. 51
The Goldfish Gift, p. 39 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 = 16; 4 + 4 + 3 = 11
Possible answers: 1 quarter; 25 pennies; 2 dimes + 1 nickel; 2 dimes + 5 pennies;
1 dime + 3 nickels; 1 dime + 2 nickels + 5 pennies; 1 dime + 1 nickel + 10 pennies; Bear Family Quilts, p. 51
5 nickels, 15 pennies + 1 dime; 15 pennies + 2 nickels; 20 pennies + 1 nickel
Exactly in the Middle, p. 40
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Temperature Matcheroo, p. 51
Pie Slices, p. 40 90°—summer 70°—spring 50°—fall 30°—winter
1; 2 Extra: 3
Favorite Number Graph, p. 52
A Nickel a Month, p. 40 Answers will vary.
60¢; 5 x 12 = 60 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60
Squirrel Math, p. 52
Thumb Prints and Hand Spans, p. 41 Pile #1: 10 Pile #2: 10 Pile #3: 10 Pile #4: 6
hand span; answers will vary; answers will vary (Note: The total number of hand spans 10 + 10 + 10 + 6 = 36
should be less than the total number of thumb prints.)
Pie Fight, p. 52
A Wingful of Books, p. 41 15; 26–11 = 15
You need to know the total number of books Owl took out.
Answers will vary, but should include the number 7: [student’s number] - 7 = ____ National Popcorn Day, p. 53
Estimates will vary. Answers will vary. Greater than/less than equations will vary.
Holiday Piggy Bank, p. 41
4 pennies; 5 pennies; 15 Coin Puzzler, p. 53
1 dime, 1 nickel, 1 penny
Family Time at Holiday Time, p. 42 Extra: 2 dimes, 1 nickel, 1 penny
Answers will vary.
Scarf Patterns, p. 54
Holiday Cookies, p. 42 Pattern #1: triangle, heart, triangle, heart, triangle, heart
1 carrot + 9 sugar = 10 cookies 2 carrot + 8 sugar = 10 cookies Pattern #2: little star, big star, little star, big star, little star, big star
3 carrot + 7 sugar = 10 cookies 4 carrot + 6 sugar = 10 cookies Pattern #3: sun, sun, cloud, cloud, sun, sun, cloud
5 carrot + 5 sugar = 10 cookies 6 carrot + 4 sugar = 10 cookies
7 carrot + 3 sugar = 10 cookies 8 carrot + 2 sugar = 10 cookies What to Wear?, p. 55
9 carrot + 1 sugar = 10 cookies Total amount of outfits = 6
Answers to second question will vary.
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February Money Riddle, p. 70
Chinese New York, p. 57 15¢; 10 + 5 = 15
3 quarters; 3 quarters is 75¢, which is more than 7 dimes, which is only 70¢. 17¢; 15 + 2 = 17

Ground Hog Day, p. 57 The Shrinking Teddy Bear, p. 70

12:00 Thursday: 14 inches Friday: 12 inches Saturday: 10 inches
The bear could be shrinking because it has a hole and is losing stuffing.
Black History Month, p. 58
Finding Gold, p. 71
no; 39 + 3 = 42, not 43
12; 7 + 8 = 15; 15 - 3 = 12
Pennies and Paper Clips, p. 58
Leprechaun Gold, p. 71
Answers will vary. When experimenting, students should discover that the pennies
5; 6 or more; [student’s answer] > 5
will be heavier, but the paper clips will be longer.
Leprechaun Steps, p. 71
100th Day of School, p. 58
Estimates will vary. Number of steps will vary.
Estimates will vary. 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100; 10
Who Won?, p. 72
Thirsty, Anyone?, p. 59
64; 46; 64 > 46; Jane’s team won.
Answers will vary.
Dog Calculations, p. 72
Bear Riddles, p. 59
10, 15, 20, 25
polar bear; grizzly bear
Lost-and-Found Mystery, p. 72
President Pictures, p. 59
22; 26 - 4 = 22
13 dollars; 5 dollars + 5 dollars = 10 dollars
Extra: Possible answer: Children wear jackets and sweatshirts in the wnter.
1 dollar + 1 dollar + 1 dollar = 3 dollars
10 dollars + 3 dollars = 13 dollars Kite Store, p. 73
50; 10 x 5 = 50 or 10+10+10+10+10=50
Who Is Older?, p. 60
Ashley; January comes before February, so Ashley is about one month older than Josh. The Year of the Dragon, p. 73
22; 10 + 12 = 22
Slopping Winter Boots, p. 60
6 Extra: 8 Johnny Appleseed Math, p. 73
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Odd + Odd, p. 60
1 + 7 = 8; 3 + 5 = 8 Paul’s Peanut Machine, p. 74
Two odd numbers always add up to an even number. One even number and one 17, 18, 20; The machine is adding 10 more peanuts to the original amount put
odd number always add up to an odd number. in the machine.
So Many Stamps!, p. 61 Mark’s Baby Sister, p. 74
2 rows of 6 stamps When Krista is 1, Mark is 8. When Krista is 2, Mark is 9.
3 rows of 4 stamps When Krista is 3, Mark is 10. When Krista is 4, Mark is 11.
4 rows of 3 stamps When Krista is 5, Mark is 12. When Krista is 6, Mark is 13.
6 rows of 2 stamps When Krista is 7, Mark is 14. When Krista is 8, Mark is 15.
Double: When Krista is 7, Mark is 14.
Valentine Count, p. 61
18; 6 + 6 + 6 = 18, or 6 x 3 = 18 Amusement Park Math, p. 74
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3; 12 ---. 4 = 3
Special Birthday, p. 61
2; 20; 20; 2000; They all have 2s, or 2s and 0s. Peter Piper’s Pickled Peppers, p. 75
Extra: Turning 9 on September 9, 1999 (9/9/99) 19; 26 - 7 = 19
Measuring His Shadow, pp. 62–63 Would You Rather Have . . .?, p. 75
10; 5; They were both right. no; 5 dimes = 50¢, which is more money than 46¢
Snow-Print Detective, p. 64 Classroom Garage Sale, p. 76
stringed box = square Possible groups: Balls: soccer ball, basketball, rubber ball
plant pot = triangle Winter clothes: scarf, hat, boots Art supplies: paint, paint brush, crayon
drum = circle Patterns for the Mail Carrier, p. 77
book = rectangle Top side of the street: 50, 52, 54, 56 Bottom side of the street: 51, 53, 55
Valentine Symmetry, p. 65 Extra: The even numbers are on one side of the street. The odd numbers are on
symmetrical: heart, triangle, even V, hexagon the other side of the street.
symmetrical twice: hexagon Bird Feeder Geometry, p. 78
Valentine Stickeroo, p. 66 1. cube, octagon, hexagon, rectangle, square, rectangle solid
2. cyclinder, triangle, circle, rectangle
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Picking Out Patterns, p. 67 April Fools?, p. 79
1. 32, 42, 52, 62, 72, 82, 92 2. 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10 no; 2 dimes + 13 pennies = 33¢;
3. 67, 57, 47, 37, 27, 17, 7 4. 44, 55, 66, 77, 88, 99 This is more money than 3 dimes + 2 pennies, which is 32¢.
Party Balloons,
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Presidents’ Day Problem, p. 68
no; 15 ---. 3 = 5 or three divides evenly into 15
1. the 1st 2. the 16th 3. James Buchanan 4. Andrew Johnson 5. 14
Ricky Recycles, p. 80ˆ
Answers will vary, depending on current year’s calendar. There will be 4–5
March Fridays for each month. Number sentences will vary, but show all 3 numbers
Colorful Kites, p. 69 being added, for example, 4 + 5 + 4 = 13
Students’ pictures should look like this:
Baseball Shapes, p. 80
What’s for Breakfast?, p. 69 bases = squares home plate = pentagon
Answers will vary. infield = diamond pitcher’s mound = circle and square
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sugar donut; There are more sugar donuts than glazed donuts. 67
Benny’s One-Man Band, p. 81 “Bee” a Mathematician, p. 93
25 pounds; yes
x x
A Tricky Way to Tell Time, p. 81 5,
1. 3:00, or 12:15 2. 9:00, or 11:45 3. 12:00 4. 6:00
x x
Barnyard Patterns, p. 81
8 (2 x 4) 12 (3 x 4) 16 (4 x 4) 20 (5 x 4) 24 (6 x 4)
Animal Garden Addition, p. 82 Parade Hats, p. 93
37; 24 + 13 = 37 yes; 27 + 7 = 34
The Ants Get Their Exercise, p. 82 Cricket Jumps, p. 93
triangle: 7 inches Jump # 1: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 Jump #2: 3, 6, 9, 12 Jump #3: 4, 8, 12 Jump #4: 6, 12
rectangle: 7 inches Zoo Weigh-In, p. 94
Blackbirds, p. 82 deer (224 pounds), seal (329 pounds), lion (358 pounds), bear (532 pounds)
24; students’ new number sentences and numerals will vary. Make sure they Chester’s Cakes and Pies, p. 95
follow the same pattern as the rhyme, with the ones coming before the tens.
2, size; Correct pies: 1, 3, 5
A Prickly Problem, p. 83
The rectangle and the parallelogram go inside the circle because all shapes here have Shape Tricks, p. 96
four sides. The triangle goes outside the circle because it does not have four sides. 1 2 3 or 4 5
The Biggest Number, p. 83
53 + 42 = 95 This line This line
could move could move
Planting Beans, p. 83 up or down. left or right.
23 + 16 = 39
Extra: The string beans grew. Jelly beans are not real beans, but candy. Candy Boxes, p. 97
Mr. McGregor’s Garden, p. 84 10, 10, 10 Extra: 2
20; 30 - 10 = 20 Pizza Party, p. 98
Farm Animals Weigh In, p. 84 Extra: Answers will vary. Possible: Pepperoni is the most popular topping.
lamb and baby goat on one side; piglet on the other side Cheese is the next favorite topping. Sausage is the least favorite topping.
Groups of Geese, p. 84
3 groups of 10; 7 geese are left over
June
National Coin Week, p. 85
One child gets: 2 dimes + 1 nickel (25¢) One child gets: 1 dime + 3 nickels (25¢) Picnic Patterns, p. 99
14 fleas; 17 ants 20 bees
Billy Goat’s Raisins, p. 85 Pattern: Each number is the previous number plus 3.
12
Favorite Ball Games, p. 99
Creature Categories, p. 86 Answers will vary.
3 groups: fish, shells, animals with multiple legs/arms
Father’s Day, p. 100
Time to Get Up!, p. 87 A, T, H, E
15; 8
She Sells Seashells, p. 100
Jack’s Beanstalk, p. 88
18¢
2 inches; 4 inches
Two possible answers: Baseball Scores, p. 100
6 inches, because it grew 2 inches each week; or Jesse’s total: 10 Harry’s total: 11 11 > 10 winner: Harry
8 inches, because it doubled in height each week
Flag Day Patterns, p. 101
red strip, white stripe, red stripe, white stripe;
May horizontally, stars are in rows of 6, 5, 6, 5;
vertically, stars are in columns of 5, 4, 5, 4;
Ice-Cream Favorites, p. 89
Answers will vary. every other row of stars is indented

Shape Riddles, p. 89 Spinners for the School Fair, p. 101

cube; cone 1. fair; the red and white sides are the same size.
2. not fair; the spinner would probably land on white because the white section
Getting Ready, p. 90 is larger than the red section.
12:30; yes; Extra: 1/2 hour or 30 minutes 3. fair; both colors have two sections that are the same size.
Snoozing in May, p. 90 Quilt Squares, p. 101
Day 1: 8 Day 2: 16 Day 3: 24 Day 4: 32 Day 5: 40 Day 6: 48 Day 7: 56 Possible answers:
Cluck, Neigh, Moo, p. 90 365 Days to Go, p. 102
Woof, neigh, moo; Oink, neigh, meow, neigh, moo 3 hundreds, 6 tens, 5 ones
Birthdays in May, p. 91 Extra: 3 hundreds, 6 tens, 6 ones
Danielle; 3 weeks is 21 days, which is longer than 18 days. Pizza Party Puzzler, p. 102
Spider Survey, p. 91 1/3, the pie with 3 pieces should be circled.
Answers will vary. All Sorts of Animals, p. 103
Mother’s Day Decisions, p. 91 Answers will vary. Possible ways to sort:
Answers will vary. insects/fish/mammals; number of legs; live in air vs. water
Spring Shelter, p. 92 Favorite Class Subject, p. 104
raccoon toes: 20 parrot toes: 8 Answers will vary.
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Thanksgiving Play, 36
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November May
Playing in the Snow, 28 October Zoo Weigh-In, 94
Finger-Adding Game, 17
ADDING SUMS OF 10 A Friendly Scarecrow, 23 COUNTING
December Ladybug Dots, 25 April
Holiday Cookies, 42 Nan’s Number Cubes, 21 Ricky Recycles, 80
Poodles and Beagles, 19
November Trick or Treat?, 22 December
Gobbler Riddle, 30 December Weather, 46
September
October Adding in Code, 9 January
Three Halloween Kittens, 21 Apple Problems, 10 Penguin School, 48
The Last Leaves, 11 November
ADDING TWO-DIGIT NUMBERS Pencil Puzzler, 10 Favorite Pet Tally, 27
April Mashed, Baked, or Fried?, 31
Animal Garden Addition, 82 CALCULATOR, USING A Mystery Holiday, 31
The Biggest Number, 83 January October
Planting Beans, 83 Cool Calcuations, 51 Sign Shape, 24
May March September
International Pickle Week, 92 Dog Calculations, 72 Hide-and-Seek Countdown, 9
May One Friend a Day, 8
ADDING WITH 0 More Than 10, Less Than 10, 8
Snoozing in May, 90
December The Name Game, 7
Magic Tricks, 37 CALENDAR Name Sort, 7

ADDING WITH 10 April COUNTING BY 5’S

Ricky Recycles, 80
March December
Paul’s Peanut Machine, 74 February A Nickel a Month, 40
The Year of the Dragon, 73 Special Birthday, 61
Who Is Older?, 60 March
Dog Calculations, 72
ADDING WITH REGROUPING January
Cathy’s Cast, 50 CREATIVE THINKING
May
MLK, Jr.’s Birthday, 50
Parade Hats, 93 February
Penguin School, 48
Valentine Stickeroo, 66
ADDITION May
Birthdays in May, 91 CRITICAL THINKING
April
April Fools?, 79 November December
Benny’s One-Man Band, 81 Mystery Holiday, 31 Quilt Colors, 44
Blackbirds, 82
Farm Animals Weigh In, 84 CLASSIFYING January
National Coin Week, 85 All Lined Up, 50
April What to Wear?, 55
December Creative Categories, 86
Barn Owl’s Mistake, 38 May
November Heads and Feet, 92
The Goldfish Gift, 39 ABC Sort, 28
Holiday Piggy Bank, 41 November
On and Off the Bus, 37 COMPARING Thanksgiving Play, 36
February December
Black History Month, 58 DIAGRAMMING
Family Time at Holiday Time, 42
Chinese New Year, 57 May
Pictures of Presidents, 59 February Ice-Cream Favorites, 89
Valentine Count, 61 Measuring His Shadow, 62–63 Pizza Party, 98
Thirsty, Anyone?, 59
January
Cathy’s Cast, 50 January DIVISION (PRE)
Coin Puzzler, 53 Favorite Number Graph, 52 February
Cool Calculations, 51 Winter Boots and Socks, 49 Slopping Winter Boots, 60
Danny Duck’s Dinner, 49 June
Squirrel Math, 52 October
All Sorts of Animals, 103 National Cookie Month, 20
June Favorite Ball Games, 99
Baseball Scores, 100 Favorite Class Subject, 104 DIVISION
Picnic Patterns, 99 Pizza Party Puzzler, 102
April
March March Billy Goat’s Raisins, 85
Finding Gold, 71 Leprechaun Gold, 71 Party Balloons, 79
Johnny Appleseed Math, 73 The Three Bears’ Orange Juice, 70
Mark’s Baby Sister, 74 What’s for Breakfast?, 69 March
Money Riddle, 70 Amusement Park Math, 74
November
Would You Rather Have a . . .?, 75 Penguin Family on Parade, 35 DOUBLING
May October
Mother’s Day Decisions, 91 November
Finding Favorite Colors, 18 Playing in the Snow, 28
November What’s Your Costume?, 22
Birthday Riddle, 29 October
September A Friendly Scarecrow, 23
Game and Puzzle Week, 29 Apple Colors, 9
Money Matters, 34 Ladybug Dots, 25
Off to School, 8
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Apple Problems, 10 She Sells Seashells, 100
January
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Baseball Scores, 100
Snowflakes on Mittens, 43 May
March
January Mother’s Day Decisions, 91
Leprechaun Gold, 71
Dalmatian Spots, 56 Who Won?, 72 November
National Popcorn Day, 53 Money Matters, 34
Winter Boots and Socks, 49 May
Piggy Bank Puzzle, 27
Spider Survey, 91
March October
Leprechaun Steps, 71 November
Coin Detective, 17
The Three Bears’ Orange Juice, 70 Birthday Riddle, 29
Wildlife Shelter, 30
October MULTIPLICATION
Big Bad Wolf Math, 20 October
April
Sorting Treats, 26
September Barnyard Patterns, 81
Big Foot, 14 September
December
More Than 10, Less Than 10, 8 The Name Game, 7
Cold Fingers and Toes, 39
ESTIMATING WEIGHT AND LENGTH GROUPING February
So Many Stamps!, 61
February April
Valentine Count, 61
Pennies and Paper Clips, 58 Creative Categories, 86
June
February
Even Numbers She Sells Seashells, 100
Sloppy Winter Boots, 60
December March
March
Two by Two, 39 Kite Store, 73
Classroom Garage Sale, 76
February May
October
Odd + Odd, 60 Birthdays in May, 91
National Cookie Month, 20
Cricket Jumps, 93
March September Snoozing in May, 90
Patterns for the Mail Carrier, 77 Classroom Zoo, 12 Spring Shelter, 92
FRACTIONS MEASURING LENGTH NUMBER ORDER
April April February
Billy Goat’s Raisins, 85 The Ants Get Their Exercise, 82 Bear Riddles, 59
December Jack’s Beanstalk, 88
January
Pie Slices, 40 December Guess My Number, 48
June Thumb Prints and Hand Spans, 41
Pizza Party Puzzler, 102 February NUMBER SENSE
Quilt Squares, 101 Measuring His Shadow, 62–63 December
Spinners for the School Fair, 101 December Weather, 46
March
May Leprechaun Steps, 71 February
Chester’s Cakes and Pies, 95 Odd + Odd, 60
November
Penguin Family Parade, 35 Picking Out Patterns, 67
GEOMETRY Presidents’ Day Problem, 68
Scavenger Hunt, 32
April Special Birthday, 61
The Ants Get Their Exercise, 82 October
Big Bad Wolf math, 20 January
MLK, Jr.’s Birthday, 50
GRAPHING September Riddle Time, 49
December Big Foot, 14
Family Time and Holiday Time, 42 ODD NUMBERS
MEASURING TEMPERATURE
February December
Thirsty, Anyone?, 59 January Two by Two, 39
Temperature Matcheroo, 51
January February
Favorite Number Graph, 52 MONEY Odd + Odd, 60
June April March
Favorite Ball Games, 99 April Fools?, 79 Patterns for the Mail Carrier, 77
Favorite Class Subject, 104 National Coin Week, 85 September
March December One Bee in Our Classroom, 10
What’s for Breakfast?, 69 The Goldfish Gift, 39
Holiday Piggy Bank, 41 ONE-TO-ONE CORRESPONDENCE
November
Collecting Food, 33 A Nickel a Month, 40 September
February Frog School, 13
October
Finding Favorite Colors, 18 Chinese New Year, 57
Pictures of Presidents, 59 ORDINALS
What’s Your Costume?, 22
January February
September
Coin Puzzler, 53 Bear Riddles, 59
Apple Colors, 9
Danny Duck’s Dinner, 49 Presidents’ Day Problem, 68
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SORTING, SHAPES
April
A Prickly Problem, 83
Skills Index

November
SPATIAL VISUALIZATION
Mystery Drawing, 30
PATTERNS May
April SHAPES, IDENTIFYING SOLIDS “Bee” a Mathematician, 93
Jack’s Beanstalk, 88 January SUBTRACTING TWO-DIGIT NUMBERS
December Hibernation Breaks, 48
Holiday Piggy Bank, 41 Rolling and Stacking, 47 April
Pie Slices, 40 Mr. McGregor’s Garden, 84
May
Quilt Colors, 44 Shape Riddles, 89 SUBTRACTING WITH 0
February October
100th Day of School, 58 December
Shape Hunters, 19 Magic Tricks, 37
Picking Out Patterns, 67
June SHAPES, RECOGNIZING SUBTRACTION
Flag Day Patterns, 101 April April
March Baseball Shapes, 80 Time to Get Up!, 87
Patterns for the Mail Carrier, 77 December December
May Beehive Hexagons, 38 On and Off the Bus, 37
Cluck, Neigh, Moo, 90 Cabin in the Snow, 45 A Wingful of Books, 41
September February January
One Bee in Our Classroom, 10 Snow-Print Detective, 64 Muffins by the Dozen ,47
Who Needs Glasses?, 12 March Pie Fight, 52
Bird Feeder Geometry, 78 March
PATTERNS, RECOGNIZING
May Finding Gold, 71
January Shape Tricks, 96 Lost-and-Found Mystery, 72
Bear Family Quilts, 51 Peter Piper’s Pickled Peppers, 75
Scarf Patterns, 54 October The Shrinking Teddy Bear, 70
Jack-o’-Lantern Designer, 21
June Sign Shape, 24 May
Picnic Patterns, 99 Mother’s Day Decisions, 91
September
March Shapes All Around, 11 November
Mark’s Baby Sister, 74 Game and Puzzle Week, 29
The Shrinking Teddy Bear, 70 SHAPES, SORTING How Many Birthdays?, 28
September Sledding Time, 29
April Thanksgiving Puzzler, 31
Fall Leaf Patterns, 16 A Prickly Problem, 83
Red, Black, Snap, Clap, 11 October
SKIP COUNTING Comparing Costumes, 22
PLACE VALUE Disappearing Counting Cubes, 20
December Falling Pumpkins, 18
April Cold Fingers and Toes, 39
Blackbirds, 82 Nan’s Number Cubes, 21
Snowflakes on Mittens, 43 One and Only One, 19
Groups of Geese, 84
February September
December 100th Day of School, 58
Exactly in the Middle, 40 Falling Leaves, 12
January Pencil Puzzler, 10
January Dalmation Spots, 56
Squirrel Math, 52 Riddle Time, 49 SYMMETRY
June May February
365 Days to Go, 102 Cricket Jumps, 93 Valentine Symmetry, 65
March November June
Johnny Appleseed Math, 73 Piggy Bank Puzzle, 27 Father’s Day, 100
Who Won?, 72
September TALLYING
May Who Needs Glasses?, 12
Candy Boxes, 97 May
SORTING Spider Survey, 91
POSITION WORDS
June November
March All Sorts of Animals, 103 Favorite Pet Tally, 27
Colorful Kites, 69 Mashed, Baked, or Fried?, 31
March
November Classroom Garage Sale, 76
Mystery Drawing, 30 TIME
May April
September Pizzy Party, 98
Mary Had a Little Puppy, 15 A Tricky Way to Tell Time, 81
November December
PROBABILITY ABC Sort, 28 Basketball Time, 38
Collecting Food, 33
April February
Donuts in a Bag, 80 September Ground Hog Day, 57
Classroom Zoo, 12
June May
Spinners for the School Fair, 101 Getting Ready, 90

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