Calling All Monster Trucks!

Let's get the kiddos excited about rounding! Pull out your kids' toy monster trucks and toy cars and you have a center! This is most likely my last lesson created for 2012! Enjoy!

Calling All Doctors...Help with Balancing Equations

Okay, I'm on a roll with freebies this week!  Today the 2nd grade math para and I were trying to think of a good way for students to balance equations when there were missing addends.  Students were not grasping that they would have to balance the equation by reading from left to right.  You may be able to run to the printer faster than I can.  What tricks do you have for students balancing equations?  Please share!