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Fractions

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this fraction worksheet, students write correct expressions for a set of 12 fractions; fractions are in the left column of an organizer, space for answers is on the right.
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Walk a Mile in Albatross Shoes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students recognize the correlation between the trash they dispose of around their school and the environmental hazards that face wildlife, specifically the Laysan albatross. They determine three ways that they can help the albatross chicks.
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Place Value Made Simple

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Elementary schoolers explore place value to the millions place. They construct and evaluate the value of numbers. Working in small groups, pupils problem solve with pocket place value charts, and examine standard and expanded forms. This...
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Place Value

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Prompt class members to find the value of various digits, and to write numbers in standard form and written form. Pupils also round multi-digit numbers to the nearest hundred and thousand.
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Congruent Shapes

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Are congruent shapes compatible? Congruent shapes are identical to one another, and throughout the assessment, young mathematicians identify given shapes as congruent.
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Area, Perimeter and Rations Using Pentominoes

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Learners of all ages investigate area and perimeter through pentominoes. For this geometry lesson, young scholars calculate the are and perimeter of different geometric shapes and describe the properties of similar and congruent shapes....
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Defining Success

For Teachers 4th - 6th
The class defines what it means to be successful by examining the achievements of Rich Wilson. They create headlines for a mock paper, discuss achieving personal goals, and create a scrapbook of his journey. Tip: Use this resource when...
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Agriculture Counts

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students discuss ways in which agriculture impacts their lives on a daily basis. In groups, they brainstorm ideas that they could possibly write about. They write a rough draft, participate in peer editing and write a final draft of a...
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Probability Plus

For Teachers K - 4th
Students participate in a variety of activities to understand statistics. They collect and interpret data. Also students distinguish the difference between a population and a sample. They make inferences and create arguments using data.
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You do! We do! We all Scream for Haiku!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Haikus offer a way to explore new ideas for teaching poetry, science, and math.
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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas-Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding events of the story. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing, social studies, and library connections.
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Rainforest

For Teachers K - 6th
Students create a rainforest poster and move to music learning about the rainforest. In this rainforest lesson plan, students express themselves in a variety of ways using their knowledge of the rainforest. Activities include creating a...
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Tall Tales Folded Envelope Book

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners create a book using art, problem solving and language skills. They illustrate and write a tall tale. They sculpt a character from their tall tale.
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Folktales around the World (Middle, Reading/Writing)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students analyze, synthesize, and use the elements of various US cultural folk tales to describe the elements of fiction in general and in folk tales specifically.
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Problem Solving by Using Multiplication to Solve Division Problems

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners use index cards, counting cubes, and their own understanding to identify how division problems can be solved by using multiplication. In this division lesson plan, students use their multiplication skills to solve division...
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Where Should You Turn?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders complete activities to study decimal numbers. In this decimal numbers lesson plan, 4th graders study decimal numbers to express numbers less than one and intervals. Students complete map and location activities to study...
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Geo Jammin' - Day 4, Lesson 13: Where, Oh Where, Can the Geo Be?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students listen to a story "My Crazy Dream" with an intent to identify shapes in ordinary objects. They raise their hands when they've heard an object whose shape they can identify. They discuss their findings.
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Match the Clocks to the Correct Time

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this telling time worksheet, students analyze the time on 7 clocks and match them with the correct time which is expressed in words. Times are to the nearest five minutes.
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Investigation 7 - Interpreting Weather Data

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders interpret the weather data they gathered in Investigation 6. They take an average of each component in each season. They compare the same components of each season and write the differences they see between the seasons.
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Magazine Sales Talks

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars role-play to determine the best types of magazines that should be purchased for their media center. They create a sales presentation for a particular magazine in small groups. As they listen to each presentation they...
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How Many Cards Do We Need to Display the Dates of the Month?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students complete activities to study the concept of place value notation. In this place value lesson, students use cards for the days of the month that only number from 1 to 9. Students find a subtraction pattern to determine the amount...
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Polygons

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify and describe lines, shapes, and solids using formal geometric language. They use Inspiration to create a graphic organizer and outline of polygons.
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This is to That

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students look at ratio, what it means for numbers or objects to be in a given ratio, and how ratios and fractions are related. They write and solve story problems which involve whole numbers, using addition, subtraction, multiplication,...
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Working Together to Improve Our Community

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students from the fourth grade research a solution to a community problem and converse with eighth graders via email. Eighth graders study the political process and work with the fourth graders to present information to the public to...