The videos on this site feature students' ways of reasoning, explanations of what these might mean for students' conceptual development, and guidance on how teachers can support that reasoning. Templates and other print materials needed to implement each sequence are provided alongside the videos, along with detailed notes that can be read independently.

Introductory Video

How to use these materials

These videos are dense and require time and thought to understand and implement — they are not short clips that introduce a single activity. We recommend watching each video in its entirety before using it in the classroom, and working through the materials with a team or a teaching partner when possible.

The instructional materials described in these videos and the accompanying print materials form sequences, and as such should generally be used in the order listed.

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Patterning and Partitioning

Grade 1 (with K–2 applications) · finger patterns, dot patterns, ten-frames, partitioning

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Structuring Numbers

Becoming efficient with the rack, and with grouping strategies for addition and subtraction

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Teachers’ Role

Instructional planning and facilitating productive class discussions

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Coordinating Units

Base-ten place value reasoning through the candy shop activities

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Measurement

In development

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More Resources

Additional stand-alone activities, including the Double Ten-Frame

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