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Addition Facts With Sums to 18
Students explore addition facts with sums to 18. Using Unifix cubes, students demonstrate addition sentences. They use a variety of manipulatives to illustrate addition facts for different sums. Students participate in a flash card game...
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Problem Solving Using Power Polygons
Students investigate geometric shapes by creating figures on a plane. In this polygon lesson, students complete a worksheet based on the angles in a power polygon. Students identify the different types of polygons and define their...
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Using a Metric Ruler
Students explore measuring with metric rulers. In this math lesson, students measure two-dimensional objects using metric units.
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Marshmallow Geometry
Third graders create 2D and 3D shapes using marshmallows and toothpicks. In this geometry instructional activity, 3rd graders create their shapes and document the number of faces, edges, corners, angles, and sides. They share one shape...
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Measuring Marvels
Students discover how units of measurement help people to categorize objects. In this measurement instructional activity, students discuss various units of measurement, use creativity to invent new possible units of measure, and learn...
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What's My Area?
Learners use tiles to find area. For this finding area lesson, students explore how to use square tiles to make shapes, then look at how they can be used to measure area. Learners then explore how an area can be covered with different...
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A Holocaust Monument
Young scholars create a Holocaust memorial. In this interdisciplinary lesson, students use geometric shapes or forms to create a Holocaust monument.
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Estimating and Counting Money
Students explore the concepts of estimating and rounding. In this estimating and rounding lesson, students play a game of tic-tac-toe. Students pick items and must estimate their cost by rounding. Students estimate the costs of pretend...
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Spatial Connections
Students use maps, scales, and describe locations in order to learn about spatial sense. In this spatial sense lesson plan, students participate in many activities for this spatial sense unit that should last throughout the year.
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Polyhedra: Faces, Edges, and Vertices (3-D Marshmallow Models)
Third graders explore the attributes of 3-dimensional shapes. In this shapes lesson, 3rd graders examine faces, edges, and vertices of 3-dimensional shapes as they construct shapes using marshmallows and toothpicks.
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Telling Time: Elapsed Time
Students review time telling skills and are introduced how to determine the time before or after an interval of hours. They then determine the time at the end of an interval of hours and minutes and solve problems about elapsed time.
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Draw It!
Students follow directions to make two- and three-dimensional shapes. Focusing on polygons, they use the shapes to solve real-world problems and review with the class. They read two of Shel Silverstein's poems and discuss the...
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Perimeter Practice
In this perimeter practice worksheet, students review the steps to finding the perimeter of a shape using the information at the top of the page. They find the perimeter of 3 shapes at the bottom of the page.
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Scale Models to Planet Size
Young scholars consider the comparative sizes of the planets in the solar system. In this scale lesson, students select balls of different sizes to represent the planets in the solar system.
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Spud Stuff
Student culminate a unit on potatoes. In this potato instructional activity, students make a booklet using the information acquired throughout a unit. They draw a picture of their potato, name it, measure it in inches, count its eyes,...
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Design Patterns in Everyday Life
Learners find symbols and patterns in everyday life. In this patterns lesson plan, students break into groups and look for specific patterns and symbols. Learners record their findings. Students create a graphic organizer with the...
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3-2-1 Blast Off!
Students explore physics by participating in a flight experiment. In this rocket design instructional activity, students discuss the scientific process and how chemical reaction can create the energy needed to boost a rocket. Students...
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Revolutionary War, Timeline and Causes
Third graders explore important events leading up to the Revolutionary War. In this Revolutionary War lesson, 3rd graders work in pairs to research dates and important events prior to the Revolutionary War. Class discussion is followed...
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Pacing a Gunther Chain
Students pace a Gunther Chain, a measurement used by foresters to determine distance and area. They discuss that pacing is individualized depending on age, gender, etc. They practice to find an average pace. Teams estimate, pace and...
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Finding Perimeter and Area
Geometers find the perimeter and area of rectangles. They discuss the definitions and characteristics of rectangles and squares. In groups, they use yarn to discover the perimeter of squares and rectangles. They count cubes to explore...
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Survey Says...
Young learners create and implement a school-wide survey about student body favorites! Learners record and analyze the data on a bar graph, picture graph, and line graph, and then display the data. Then, wrap it all up with a celebration...
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Origami Ducks: Geometry, Listening, and Following Directions
Make origami ducks with your class to reinforce geometry concepts and vocabulary; develop fine motor and visual translation skills; and enrich study of Japanese culture, the pond habitat, or migration. Create a whole group "worksheet"...
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Telling Time as an Everyday Use of Numbers
How can we estimate time? Have your young mathematicians make a clock. Then they compare and contrast types of clocks. They practice writing times in two different ways and make a book about telling time.