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Better Lesson: Counting Up the Cost!
Fourth graders love to shop! In this exciting instructional activity, 4th graders will discover how to count money using some real world activities. This instructional activity includes a detailed lesson plan, printable worksheets, and a...
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Better Lesson: Centimeters and Inches
How do we understand the difference between inches and centimeters? Why does measuring a given object in centimeters always give a bigger number than measuring the same object in inches? This lesson plan includes detailed plans,...
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Better Lesson: Assessment Follow Up
After an assessment, it is important to correct any misunderstandings that may have become evident. This lesson focuses on skills from previous lessons that need to be reinforced such as telling time, shape attributes, and adding...
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Better Lesson: Building and Reading Tables With Three Digit Numbers
Second graders gain fluency in reading and building tables using three-digit numbers. This lesson includes a detailed plan, printable worksheets, a video showing students engaged in the lesson, and an exit ticket to assess understanding.
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Better Lesson: Building Our Own Bar Graphs (Part I)
Second graders use data to create a tally chart and make a bar graph. This lesson includes a detailed plan, videos of students engaged in the lesson, and printable worksheets.
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Better Lesson: Combinations Using Multiplication Trees
This lesson plan has students creating a model to find the total number of combinations that can be made from groups of objects. Using a model helps students develop a conceptual understanding of multiplication.
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Better Lesson: Deal Me a Number
The student will strengthen their 1-9 counting skills by choosing a card, recognizing the number, counting out that number of objects and recording their actions on a white board.
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Better Lesson: Our Garden Problem
Using a debate format this instructional activity provides students the opportunity to solve a complex problem.
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Better Lesson: Comparing Lengths
At the completion of this lesson plan, 3rd graders will understand how to compare the lengths of various objects. This lesson plan has detailed instructions that include pictures and videos.
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Better Lesson: Clock Facts
Students calculate elapsed time using analog clocks. Included in this instructional activity are a detailed plan, clock template, and video of students making their clocks.
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Better Lesson: Class Surveys and Graphs
Learners love graphing data that they "own". In this plan, the class will select a type of graph and create it using a class survey frequency table. Included in this activity are videos of the class engaged in the activity and samples of...
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Better Lesson: Math With Maples
Patterns in division and multiplication can be found in nature, and an understanding of these patterns enables scientists to conduct systematic research.
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Better Lesson: Quotients Just the Basics
Just like multiplication, addition, and subtraction, division problems involve patterns and there are methodical ways in which manipulatives can be used to solve division problems with small dividends and divisors of 1 through 10.
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Better Lesson: Divisibility Rules for 2 and 3
Sixth graders will work with calculators to discover the divisibility rules.
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Better Lesson: Review of Properties of Math
Sixth graders will create a properties foldable as a study tool.
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Better Lesson: Polygons in the Grid
Connecting the dots between Geometry and the Coordinate Grid.
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Better Lesson: Identity and Inverse Properties
Dig into identity and inverse properties.
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Better Lesson: Distributive Property
Sixth graders compare the distributive property to sending invitations at a birthday party.
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Better Lesson: Review of Ccss 6.g.1,2,3,4 Volume and Surface Area
Practicing math problems to prepare for a geometry assessment involving volume and surface area.
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Better Lesson: Multiplying Decimal Quantities: Real World Application
Students calculate decimal quantities while making sense of real world situations.
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Better Lesson: Multiplying With Decimal Quantities
Learners fluently multiply multi-digit decimal quantities.
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Better Lesson: Nets and Surface Area
A conceptual understanding of finding surface area using nets instead of a formula.
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Better Lesson: Prism or Pyramid?
Sixth graders explore the faces, bases, edges, and vertices of prisms and pyramids to help develop the concepts of volume and surface area.
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Better Lesson: Quiz: Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, & Dividing Decimals
Assess progress in calculating with decimals.