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"Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt" by Deborah Hopkinson
Middle schoolers create paper quilts of their own using the isometric grid that tessellates the plane or the fraction quilt square.
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"The Greedy Triangle" by Marilyn Burns
Students discover which regular polygons can be used to tile a plane.
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"Measuring Penny" by Loren Leedy
Students increase awareness of the variety of ways available to measure.
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"My Little Sister Ate One Hare" by Bill Grossman
Students understand, use, and compute basic probability.
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"Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
Students use estimation skills to calculate distance traveled and then calculate walking rate traveled in MPH.
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poem "One Inch Tall" from the book "Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein
Middle schoolers use the terms: ratio, proportion, and measurement in their description of the life of a person one inch tall.
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"The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton
Students estimate the distance in miles between Tulsa, Oklahoma and Manhattan, Kansas. They gather and graph data on gangs in both areas.
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poem "Smart" by Shel Silverstein from "Where the Sidewalk Ends"
Young scholars explore unit rate and ratio and discuss the relationship.
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poem "Smart" by Shel Silverstein from "Where the Sidewalk Ends"
Students incorporate their conceptual understanding of proportions to write a creative piece similar to the example poem.
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How Many Trees Can You Grow?
Students solve a story problem about how many trees can be planted in a given area. Using a map, they gather information about the size of the area and the dimensions of an acre. They use a specific equation to determine the area of...
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"Colors" a poem by Shel Silverstein
Students collect data, graph it, and use the data to find measures of central tendencies, and find probabilities.
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"Bats on Parade" by Kathy Appelt
Middle schoolers examine numbers and try to find a pattern in their relationship. They write an algebraic expression for the nth term.
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"Probably Pistachio" by Stuart J. Murphy
Students use manipulatives and examine situations where probability can be used.
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"Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
Students estimate the costs related to the character's expenses in the novel, Homecoming. They draw conclusions based on the estimations.
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Teaching Economics Using LUNCH MONEY
Students, after reading the book "Lunch Money" by Andrew Clements, explore money and different saving places. They research different ways in which productivity has increased over the years, they examine products to determine if the...
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Exploring Equations and Y-Intercept
Students graph linear equations using intercepts, find y-intercept, find x-intercepts and graph linear equations that use horizontal and vertical lines.
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Ge-Oh Boy, Oh Boy
Young scholars listen to the book, Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt and discuss the art of quilting. They examine various symmetrical sewing designs, and identify reflection pieces, slides, and flips.
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Manipulative Mania
Students explore tangram vocabulary and tangram designs, creating an art design that contains various geometric parts. They complete a checklist titled, Important Thing About a Quilt Design.
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Flying Geese
Students examine the Flying Geese quilt pattern, and discuss and identify the pattern. They write a paragraph titled, My Quilt Report, summarizing the information discussed about the quilt patterns.
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Jobs on a Ship
Students facilitate each student's comprehension of the different jobs on a ship and the job's evolutions over time. They compare/contrast certain jobs on a ship from history to today. Students work together in cooperative groups to...
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Baga Drum
Students examine a Baga Drum in order to explore the history of the Baga people of West Africa. In this art history lesson plan, students recognize figures used in Baga Drum design that represent aspects of Baga culture. They also design...
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"How Tall, How Short, How Faraway" by David A. Adler
Students list in a journal what "measurement" is. They measure with standard and non-standard units and record data on a class chart. They also construct a meter tape.
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"The King's Chessboard" by David Birch
Students determine how a counting pattern is created is the story. They estimate how much rice is given to the wise man.
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"Is There Room on the Bus?" by Helen Piers
Middle schoolers express answers as fractions, decimals, and percents.