Overhead Teaching Kit

This classroom resource gives early-grade teachers a set of hands-on overhead transparencies and cut-out number pieces, along with manipulatives for math instruction. Lessons cover counting, addition, subtraction, estimating, simple fractions, coins, and graphing, among other topics.

Teachers place the transparencies on an overhead projector and follow short step-by-step instructions for dozens of activities meant to keep students interested in math time. The author is a mentor teacher, and the lessons follow the NCTM Standards. The kit is designed for use with students in grades K through 2.