Students count collections of coins and one-dollar bills. They solve problems and learn to use the dollar sign ($) with the decimal point to represent money amounts. This lesson is important as a foundation for future math concepts in...

Number patterns help your kids learn divisibility and estimation rules. This activity aims to strengthen their math fact memorization skills by presenting several rules they are expected to memorize through practice.

Math wizards learn the five-step plan to solve math word problems. They investigate the five-step process for solving word problems, and examine the use of code words for each of the operations and solve a problem using the strategies.

Explore the concept of number bonds with your young elementary students. They will become familiar with the number bonds to 10, 20, and 100, and then play games to practice these skills. This is a differentiated lesson which includes an...

After reading a picture book about planting and harvesting cucumbers, learners get a chance to examine some cucumbers of their own. First, they see photographs of a cucumber on a vine, and learn that it is part of the gourd family....

Students review math facts while interchanging dominant and non-dominant dribbling.

Third graders identify appropriate symbols to complete number sentences. In this number sense lesson plan, 3rd graders are given a number sentence with a blank operation slot. Students fill in the correct operation to make the number...

Learners solve division problems. In this multiplication and division activity, pupils practice using a multiplication table to find a missing factor in a multiplication sentence. They use the same strategy to find a missing quotient in...

It's the Bears vs. the Seals! Who is the season winner? Read this data and have your math class answer the six questions that follow. Consider graphing the chart as a class, or encouraging individuals to graph it before answering the...

In this math graphs worksheet, students write line plot, tally chart, pictograph, or bar graph to tell the best kind of graph to use to answer the six questions.

For this division practice worksheet, students use their math skills to solve 9 problems that require them to divide 3 and 4 digit numbers by 1 and 2 digit numbers.

Students create an abstract, non-objective paintings. Students use the various lesson plans to create abstract paintings that include an art with text lesson, a sand textured paint lesson, and a radiating design lesson.

Students use fraction circles to observe fractions in smaller parts and to complete charting and word problem activities. In this fraction lesson plan, students complete chart problems, word problems, and fraction comparing problems...

Young scholars complete a series of lesson plans dealing with numbers, counting, and ordering. In this numbers lesson plan, students identify numbers, identify number patterns, count forwards and backwards, and more.

A fun (and delicious!) lesson plan teaches measurement to your third graders. They work in small groups to first predict, then to measure the weight, circumference, and number of seeds found in a watermelon. Everyone gets to eat...

Using food as a manipulative is one of the best ways to incorporate hands-on learning in the classroom. This hands-on approach allows young mathematicians to compare, order, and identify fractions with the use of Twizzlers® and...

Students explore the concept of rounding.  In this rounding activity, students use their calculator to round three digit numbers to the nearest 10 or nearest 100.  Students round fractional numbers to the nearest tenth,...

Students explore Earth science by conducting an energy experiment in class. In this windmill lesson, students identify how wind has been used to pump water throughout history and the latest developments wind energy has produced. Students...

Students discover the significance of positive and negative numbers when working with money. In this addition and money activity, students connect positive and negative numbers to money, solve practical examples together, and practice...

Learners investigate the results of different propulsion methods. In this propulsion lesson, students measure the distance a test toy car goes using different types of propulsion. They record the distances in data tables before...

Students name and draw fractions by using their fractions circles. In this rational numbers and fraction lesson plan, students name mixed numbers and improper fractions using their fraction circles.

Add and subtract fractions with common denominators! For this fractions lesson, upper graders review what they already know about fractions, use manipulatives to compare fractions, and add and subtract fractions.

Learners use data to make a tally chart and a line plot. They find the maximum, minimum, range, median, and mode of the data. Following the video portion of the lesson, students will visit a Web site to test their data collection skills...

Students use computer applets to demonstrate three dimensional coordinate planes. In this coordinate planes lesson plan, students play a coordinate game and a maze game.