Math Excursions 1: Project-Based Mathematics for First Graders

First graders create their own hats, explore counting patterns through a series of traditional folk tales and nursery rhymes, figure out how to collect and share a large amount of candy, write their own story problems, and create story maps.

ALLYN SNIDER is a primary teacher with a masters degree in curriculum and instruction from Portland State University. She is currently teaching second grade at Catlin Gabel School in Portland, Oregon.DONNA BURK is a first grade teacher in San Jose, California. She also travels extensively throughout the country conducting math workshops for teachers of K-2 children.PAULA SYMONDS is a K-8 math teacher in San Francisco, California. She conducts math workshops for teachers throughout California and Nevada.