Applying Mathematical Reasoning Teacher Resources

Make sense of the world around you by using mathematical reasoning to analyze situations, understand relationships, and draw conclusions. These are fundamental skills that should be in every student mathematician's toolkit.
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Curated OER

Real World Math Book

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create their own story problem from an idea list and solve it. They draw a picture to help in solving their problem. Students build a diorama to illustrate their story problem. They work in class to solve story problems...
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PPT
Curated OER

Cafe Money Problems

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
You can use this resource to concoct any number of real world math problems. Three of the slides contain cafe menus with item prices. Mix and match any of the items to create your own math problems, where learners can add, subtract, or...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

An Application of Linear Equations

For Teachers 8th Standards
Just how far will the Facebook post go? Lead a discussion on how to manipulate the sum of a geometric series to figure out a formula to find the sum at any step. The plan contains an alternative to the discussion with more...
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

The Economics of National Craft Month

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Combine National Craft Month and economic math while producing some imaginative, innovative crafts.
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PPT
Curated OER

Money Problems: Pounds and Pence

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Teaching youngsters how to handle money is a great way to bring math to life. This series of problems encourage learners to use problem solving strategies such as, underlining, and circling information to solve. Note: This resource was...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Eratosthenes and the Circumference of the Earth

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The class gets to practice being a mathematician in ancient Greece, performing geometric application problems in the way of Eratosthenes. After following the steps of the great mathematicians, they then compare the (surprisingly...
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Curated OER

Half Math Quilt

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
Help your third graders become familiar with equivalent fractions for one-half by having them create a quilt. They will use triangles to create a quilt of equivalent fractions over a period of 6 days. As they create the quilt pieces they...
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Activity
PBS

What We Do Adds Up

For Teachers 4th - 7th
With so many tons of trash going into landfills each year, your environmentalists can calculate how much the average person is tossing away. This activity has a series of questions not only requiring math, but a conscious thought of how...
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TED-Ed

Pixar: The Math Behind the Movies

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
When will we ever use this? A Pixar movie maker explains to students how math is used in the creation of animated films. The movie maker discusses the importance of coordinate planes, transformations and translations, and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Real World Math: Unexpected Events

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Ready to delve into personal finance? Learners discover how to organize a check book register. They practice debits and credits in a math game involving the register they set up. While they gain valuable practical knowledge, they also...
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Instructional Video4:49
TED-Ed

The Mathematical Secrets of Pascal’s Triangle

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
This modern animation and discussion of the ancient secrets of Pascal's triangle manages to be topical, engaging, and mathematically deep all at the same time. A great introduction to the power of number theory across multiple math...
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Curated OER

Real Life Math

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students have the opportunity to represent real-life situations mathematically in order to become familiar with part-to-whole relationships. In this real life math lesson, students study windowpanes and describe their shape and total...
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EduGAINs

Making Savvy Consumer Choices

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
It's never too early to learn about grocery budgeting. Middle schoolers delve into the world of consumer math with a lesson that focuses on both healthy choices and real-world math applications. Groups work together to form a grocery...
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Unit Plan
University of Missouri

Money Math

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Young mathematicians put their skills to the test in the real world during this four-lesson consumer math unit. Whether they are learning how compound interest can make them millionaires, calculating the cost of remodeling...
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Instructional Video13:04
Khan Academy

Singapore Math: Grade 3a, Unit 2 (Part 4)

For Students 3rd
Use the Singapore math methods to work through simple problems. Visual representations of word problems allow viewers to start making predictions and estimating the answers. This is a good way for class members to use various methods to...
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Instructional Video7:41
Khan Academy

MTEL Math Practice Test: 1-4

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Are you worried about the MTEL? Never fear—Sal is here! Designed for adults seeking their teaching credentials in Massachusetts, this series of videos guides future teachers through a practice test for the Math MTEL. The valuable...
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Everyday Math Experiences

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students can put away the workbooks and experience a real world math day.
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Curriculum Corner

Menu Math

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Getting a meal, side dish, drink, and dessert can be delicious—but it can be expensive too! Practice addition and subtraction with money in a lesson that focuses on a sample menu, complete with task cards and word problems.
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Flipped Math

Calculus AB/BC Unit 4 Review: Analytical Applications of Differentiation

For Students 10th - 12th
It's nice to know that there are actual real-world uses of derivatives. Scholars review their knowledge of the applications of derivatives from the unit. They work on a set of practice problems to test their understanding.
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Unit Plan
Benjamin Franklin High School

Saxon Math: Algebra 2 (Section 9)

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Section 9 of the 12 linked Saxon Math sections introduces the young algebrist to graphing periodic functions, creating graphs from quadratic roots, working with inequalities, and rational equations. Common among all the lessons is the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Sunshine Math- 2 Earth, IV

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this math problem solving worksheet, students complete 6 problems that include: pictographs, reasoning, basic operations, and money.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Sunshine Math- 1 Venus, III

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this problem solving worksheet, students complete 7 problems that include: reasoning, basic operations, graphs, tables, geometry and math puzzles.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Sunshine Math- 2 Earth, VII

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this math worksheet, students solve 8 varied problems that include: making tables, circle graphs, choosing the sign, finding angles in pictures, and estimation.
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Instructional Video5:17
Khan Academy

Converting Gallons to Quarts, Pints, and Cups

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
Provide your students with the context and information they'll need to convert gallons to quarts, pint, and cups. In this video, Sal defines gallons, quarts, pints, and cups. Then he uses this information to solve a problem where he must...

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