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Probability or Ability?
Students toss candy and coins using their non-dominant hand while their partners records the results on a probability charts.
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A Penny for Your Thoughts
Students collect pennies to donate to Kiwanis International for their international effort to buy salt for children's bone development. They calculate the amount of money donated, calculate how many children will receive salt, and write...
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Singing for the Animals
Students examine the correct attitudes and poster for a concert. In this "Singing for Animals" instructional activity, students created charts to diagram information about the homeless animals they were singing for. Students used correct...
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Smart Shopping
In this exact change worksheet, 3rd graders look over a price list and circle each item that Danielle can buy with 3 quarters, 2 dimes, a nickel and a penny. Students find five groups of items that Danielle can buy together with the...
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Half of a Half
After your math classes have been introduced to fractions (especially those with denominators of two, four, and eight), introduce them to fractions on a number line with this lesson. Using a meter length of tape, show your class where...
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Marble Mania
Students explore the concept of probability. In this probability lesson, students develop an understanding of probability by pulling marbles out of a bag and recording the data. Students use the recording sheet to discuss the results of...
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Buying in Bulk
Learners investigate buying purchases in bulk. In this buying in bulk lesson, students consider ways to cut costs and reduce waste in landfills by making bulk purchases.
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The Leaves in October
Students determine whether or not to save or spend and defend a decision. In this personal finance lesson, students identify opportunity cost of various spending and saving decisions. Students read a story where two girls share...
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Coin Poems
Students recite a poem that aids in coin recognition. They memorize a poem that helps them identify the shape and worth of a penny, nickel, dime and quarter.
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"Four Dollars and Fifty Cents," by Eric Kimmel
Pupils use the book, "Four Dollars and Fifty Cents" to discover ways that creditors can obtain payment from reluctant debtors
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Three Coins on a Table
Students discuss the subject of coins and heads and tails. They work in groups to solve Fran's problem concentrating on the fact that the coins are in a row. Any group that finishes early can try the Extension problem.
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Fraction Lessons That Motivate
Fraction lessons can provide both concrete and abstract ways to teach students about the concept of equal parts.
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Hands On Math Lessons with Technology
Learners explore a variety of math concepts. In this integrating technology lesson plan, students visit online webtools such as Max's Math Adventure, I Know That Math, Hands on Banking, and more. A description of each website is...
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Study Jams! Fractions
What can quesadillas teach your class about fractions? More than you might think. AJ and Zoe from the StudyJams! crew use this Mexican cuisine to explain how fractions are just equal parts of a whole, defining the key terms numerator and...
Perkins School for the Blind
Coin Identification
You got some money, and you're not afraid to use it. Before you can use that money, you need to know what it's worth. Included is a set of activity instructions that will help your visually impaired learners indentify coins. Pupils...
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Econ in a Bag
Here is a nice idea, have your young entrepeneurs form their own companies. Each company is given a paper bad to locate and place resources in that they can use to create products their businesses sell on Sale Day. They identify and...
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2002 State Flower Show
Here is another State Quarter lesson. This one uses the Mississippi State Quarter. Pupils utilize beautifully-designed worksheets embedded in the plan, to practice calculating which combinations of flowers they can afford to buy. They...
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What is a Computer Crime?
An important lesson plan on cybercrimes is here for you. In it, young computer users learn about how people commit crimes on computers by hacking into accounts, and stealing personal information from people. Some excellent discussion...
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A Home Energy Audit
Learners investigate ways to save energy. In this environmental lesson, students play the role of a building inspector and identify "culprits" that waste energy. Learners use a checklist to identify specific practices that waste energy.
Perkins School for the Blind
Counting Cups
Teach one-to-one correspondence, fine motor, and counting skills to your learners with visual disabilities. Included are a set of activity suggestions, which are useful when teaching a variety of different early math skills. Braille,...
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Locating Information Quickly in a Variety of Resources
Here is a lesson which may be best suited for a library science teacher, or one that can be done by a regular teacher when in the library. In it, learners explore the best ways to use print and electronic resources to find information...
PBS
Cardboard History
A PBS clip focused on collecting sports memorabilia launches this research project lesson. Class members then read Dan Gutman’s Honus and Me in which Wagner’s baseball card is used to time travel. The lesson ends with researchers...
New York Public Library
What's for Lunch?: New York City Restaurant Menus
Do you remember the days when a cup of coffee cost five cents? At A.W. Dennett restaurant in 1894, you could buy a five-cent cup of coffee and as well as a five-cent slice of pie to accompany it. The menu from that year is a primary...
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Almost Famous: Three People Who Aren't in the History Books
Enrich your history lessons with books about three little known figures: Thomas Banning, Annie Taylor, and Tony Sarg.
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