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It's a 3-D World Out There!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students construct polygons. They identify attributes of three-dimensional shapes. Students name common three-dimensional shapes. They draw three-dimensional shapes, and sort three-dimensional shapes. Students use K'NEX materials sets to...
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Exploring Teen Numbers

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore place value.  In this numeration lesson, students use ten frames to represent numbers greater than ten.  Students read two digit numerals and build the corresponding number using counters and ten frames. ...
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Ship Shape

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore shapes. After reading books about shapes, 2nd graders describe the properties of various shapes. They identify shapes if they have been rotated, flipped, or slid. Students create shapes using drawings and geoboards.
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Sorting and Graphing Animals

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students inquire about animals using SIRS Discoverer or eLibrary Elementary.  In this organizing data lesson, students sort pictures of animals in various ways and develop graphs. Students locate a mammal, reptile, fish, insect or...
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The Berenstain Bears' Mad, Mad, Mad Toy Craze

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Pupils explore personal finances. In this money management lesson, students read The Berenstain Bears' Mad, Mad, Mad Toy Craze. Pupils examine the spending habits of Brother Bear and Sister Bear. Students analyze opportunity costs as well.
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Using Jellybeans

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students extend patterns that are created by their teacher by using jellybeans. For this patterns lesson plan, students use 3 different colored jellybeans.
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Number Books

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Learners construct a book to illustrate number concepts. They write their numbers on a sheet of paper. Students in grade 1 discuss counting to 100 by different numbers. Pupils in grades (2-4) write basic addition or subtraction story...
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Rocks

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students use their five senses to experience different types of rocks. In groups, they compare and contrast the information they collected. They observe rocks in their local community and describe their uses to the class.
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Digit Place Game

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners identify digits and two digit numbers. They play the Digit Place game to guess the two digit number the teacher has and the place value of both digits. After practicing several examples and playing the game as a group, they...
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M & M Madness

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders graph M & M's by color. In this graphing lesson plan, 2nd graders first predict how many of each color they think are in a handful of M & M's. Then they graph the amounts of each color on a computer program....
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Multiplication: Counting Equal Groups

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this beginning multiplication worksheet, students draw rings around equal groups of airplanes and write the multiplication fact that goes with the pictures.
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Multiplication is a real handful (multiplying by 5's) (Elementary, Mathematics)

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students paint their hands and use digits to study the factors of 5.
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Why We Trade: Exchanging Goods and Services

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students conduct simple bartering and trading activities and consider how product value can be altered by the market.
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It's Great to Be More

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students compare whole and fractional numbers using <, >, or =, with manipulatives and drawings.
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Jefferson on a Nickel

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners study our third president, Thomas Jefferson through stories and poems. They investigate the attributes of a nickel.
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Measurement Mania

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders get many opportunities to practice their measurement skills.
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Celsius Tells Temperature, Too

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders become aware that thermometer liquids expand or contract as temperature affects them.
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Bears Odd Bears Even

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to a read aloud of Harriet Ziefert's Bears Odd Bears Even. They count cubes and counters to classify and show numbers as odd or even.
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Adding and Subtracting Fractions

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use blocks to show the addition and subtraction of fractions with common denominators. They identify the steps in these functions and complete a worksheet.
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Are We the Same?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners define and discuss symmetry, line of symmetry, and congruency. They cut shapes out of construction paper, identify the line of symmetry, and if they are symmetrical and/or congruent.
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Perfect Places!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study the decimal point and study tenths, hundredths, and thousandths. They explain ways to read and write decimals.
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Place Value Popsicles

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students play a place value game using popsicle sticks and dice. They investigate units and tens.
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Symme"tree"

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students practice drawing lines of symmetry after the teacher draws shapes on the board. They create a class symme"tree" using only symmetrical shapes to decorate it.
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Home Measurement

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars explore the differences between the heights of their family members as they measure, record, and compare the data gathered. Comparisons are made to discover who was the tallest and the shortest member.

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