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Time Management
Students record their daily activities and graph the results using the educational software program called Inspiration. This lesson is intended for the upper-elementary classroom and includes resource links and activity extensions.
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How Much Do I Watch TV?
For this television watching worksheet, students determine the amount of television they watch in a week by recording the names and times of the shows. They total the number of hours of watching time. You can use this with upper...
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Probability - Explore and Tabulate
Upper elementary and middle schoolers explore the concept of probability. In this probability lesson, pupils flip coins and draw chips out of a bag to determine the likelihood of a particular outcome. They perform the experiments with...
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Writing Numbers - Different Forms
Elementary schoolers write numbers in different forms. In this mathematics lesson, learners complete a worksheet where they will practice writing numbers in standard, word, and expanded form.
Illustrative Mathematics
Overlapping Rectangle
Challenge young mathematicians' ability to compose and decompose shapes with this fun geometry puzzle. The goal is simple, locate all of the rectangles shown in a picture of three overlapping rectangles. Perform this activity as a whole...
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Money Responsibility
Introduce young learners to the important life skill of responsibly managing money and recording how much they spend and save.
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Bone Structure: Hollow vs. Solid
What is meant by the phrase "form follows function?" Allow your budding biologists to discover first-hand through two activities. In the first, groups work together to discover whether a solid cylinder or an empty cylinder can support...
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Hands On Math Lessons with Technology
Students explore a variety of math concepts. In this integrating technology lesson, 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 provided.
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Cool Cookie Math
Second graders identify the value of coins and make change from a dollar using different amounts. They are given story problems and use a fake shop in which they can buy things in which they have to determine how much change they would...
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Music Activity at Family Math Night
Students work with a family member in placing all of the music notes on a staff board. They try to match the rhythm on the rhythm board and show their completed song to the teacher.
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Muppet Math Patterning
Students participate in determining the completion of patterns and discovering which part of the pattern doesn?????™t belong.
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Musical Math
Students play a game of mathematical musical chairs, moving from desk to desk solving addition and subtraction problems.
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Multiplication is a real handful (multiplying by 5's) (Elementary, Mathematics)
Students paint their hands and use digits to study the factors of 5.
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Candy Math
Second graders utilize candy to complete various basic math problems. Individuals sort candies, solve addition problems, and create graphs using the candy. Each student completes the assignment by comparing and contrasting selected...
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Introducing money (Elementary, Mathematics)
Students study the penny, nickel, dime and quarter, one each day for four days, using a magnifying glass to identify the similarities. Then students discuss differences and value and learn a 'rap' to memorize values.
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Basic Math Review Test
Young scholars and the teacher go over a few examples of math problems to be sure they know what is expected of them. They then review their basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division skills by completing the problems...
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Plastic Pollution
Learners determine with math concepts how much plastic pollution is affecting marine life. In this plastic pollution lesson plan, students collect scientific data from a field trip to a water treatment plant.
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Money Division With Whole Numbers Lesson Plan
Students define quotient, divisor and dividend. They divide single digit numbers, with or without remainders, and demonstrate their knowledge with both a group activity and a practice worksheet.
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Comprehension of Word Problems
Third graders explore math functions by completing a worksheet in class. In this word problem solving instructional activity, 3rd graders read a book titled Counting on Frank by Rod Clement and utilize the information in the story to...
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Patterns
Students extend, generalize, recognize, and write a variety of patterns using an AppleWorks template and the Inspiration or Kidspiration educational software. This technology-based math lesson is intended for the early elementary classroom.
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Comprehension of Word Problems
Students demonstrate how to solve multiplication word problems. In this problem solving lesson, students read examples of multiplication word problems and are taught how to use repeated addition to solve the problems. This strategy is...
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Using R&R to Teach Mathematics
Second graders create a shape garden. In this polygons lesson plan, 2nd graders practice making shapes using a geoboard and read the book The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns. Students also design a shape garden using...
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Dream Room Design
Using the Twist™ application, elementary schoolers design their dream room. They follow the prescribed steps to calculate width, length, perimeter, and surface area in order to create a 2-dimensional representation of their dream room...
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Comparing Two Digit Numbers Using Symbols
Second graders compare two digit numbers. In this comparing numbers lesson, 2nd graders discover greater than and less than symbols. Students read Five Little Monkeys Sitting In A Tree and use the story as a model for comparing numbers....