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Geo Jammin' - Day 4, Lesson 12: Geo Gee-Hawin'

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students review geometry unit content through a vocabulary/word game. They demonstrate understanding using geoboards to answer questions. They work in groups and it's a race to the correct answer.
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Geo Jammin' - Day 3, Lesson 11: Poly Doodles All Day

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore geometric vocabulary through creation of shapes on a geoboard. They present design attributes, transfer of design, and color-coding components mix to create a fun and exciting lesson plan that stretches student thinking.
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Geo Jammin' - Day 2, Lesson 4: Sing a Song of Shapes

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars learn five songs to define and develop understanding of the attributes of two- and three-dimensional figures and the meaning of mathematical terms. They classify objects as either two- or three-dimensional, through the use...
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Rodeo Time

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students use literature (the story Rodeo Time) and appropriate manipulatives to learn and understand mathematics. In these creative thinking measurement lessons, students have a focal point on problem solving strategies while using...
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Introduction to Fractions

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students investigate fractions using online sources.
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Lyrics Statistics

For Teachers 4th
Students describe, analyze and generalize relationships, patterns, functions using words. symbols, variables, tables and graphs.
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Polygon Perimeters

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students define the terms polygon and perimeter to begin the lesson. Using a calculator, they practice determining the perimeter of various symbols in a painting. They discuss how geometry and art are related to one another.
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Mass and Weight in the Metric System

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students weigh and record the mass of various objects, and then compare the weights of objects by holding gram weights in one hand and the object in the other hand.
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50:50 Chances

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders reinforce the probability of gender by uising a coin toss, as they continue to search for the answers to genetics questions by using mathematical expectations of probability.
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When One Beat Is Better Than Two

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create an individualized wellness plan that addresses these controllable health risk factors:obesity, high cholesterol level, high blood pressure and inactivity.
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Plotting the Ocean Floor

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders plot points on a graph, connect the dots to make the ocean floor profile and label the topographical features. They utilize a worksheet and a website imbedded in this plan to plot the ocean floor.
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Are We the Same?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students 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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Shopping for Skills

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders spend varying amounts of money and shop without over spending. They complete a worksheet based on grocery store flyer ads and the amount of money they are budgeted. They create their own questions about the grocery flyer...
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Make a Design by Plotting Points

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students plot points on graph paper to make designs. They color their designs.
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Favorite Foods at Thanksgiving

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study different types of graphs as a means of displaying information. They survey others to find their favorite Thanksgiving food and then graph the results using different types of graphs.
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Using Geometric Shapes in Architecture

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify two and three dimensional shapes used in architectural designs by viewing images on the Internet.  In this geometry lesson, 3rd graders create their own building designs and identify the geometric shapes that...
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Finding Patterns with the Hundreds Chart

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students review their numbers up to one hundred. Using a chart, they compare and predict patterns that might be in the numbers. They practice skip counting and grouping numbers. Using a spreadsheet, they graph different sets of numbers...
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The Greedy Triangle

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students discuss figures with various numbers of sides.  For this geometry lesson, students are read The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns, they participate in a class discussion of many sided figures and are introduced to the term...
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Grandfather Tang's Story

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students construct tangram patters. In this geometry lesson, students read the book Grandfather Tang's Story and visit various websites to practice covering figures with tangrams. Students attempt to construct animal shapes using puzzles.
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Number Lines

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create a human number line. In this number lines lesson, 3rd graders review how to create a number line and its purpose. Students form a human number line by drawing a number from a bag and positioning themselves on a line.
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Investigation-Mathematical Reasoning: Tables and Chairs

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders design a table and chair arrangement. In this mathematical reasoning lesson, 4th graders place tables shaped like equilateral triangles so that they seat the appropriate number of guests. 
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Investigation: Area of Geometric Shapes

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore geometry by utilizing pattern blocks. In this pattern lesson, 4th graders analyze two separate pattern block shapes and discuss which one is bigger and smaller. Students collaborate in small groups to create...
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Too Many Tens

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Pupils practice grouping in different ways by putting numbers up to 1,000 in the correct place value. In this place value lesson plan, students estimate items in a jar and then count them out by grouping them by 10s.
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Inchworm

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discover the basic concept of measuring.  In this mathematics relationship instructional activity, students identify length, volume, weight, time and area in order to measure different units.  Students measure items...

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