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Math Averages

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students perform different activities to better explain that the word "Average" has 5 different meanings.
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A is for Area, B is for Billion

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students use important math vocabulary by creating an illustrated storybook. They become familiar with the mathematics terms they encounter on a standardized test and connect these words to the world around them.
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Making Choices

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore financial decision making. In this introductory economics lesson plan, 2nd graders listen to the book Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst, and discuss making financial choices based on...
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Money Versus Trade

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners discover the importance of exchanging money in a market. For this economics lesson, students discover natural resources and how one can barter with those resources. In addition, learners complete worksheets and discover the...
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Mr. Popper's Penguin's

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders locate Antarctica and recognize it as the setting of Mr. Popper's Penguins. For this Mr. Popper's Penguins lesson, 4th graders understand the financial decisions made by Mr. Popper. Students discuss wise spending. Students...
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Apples and Apple Activities

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate apples. In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students read a book about apples then compare and contrast, make graphs, distinguish between fact and fiction and work in groups. Students work in groups...
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What is It? Susie Sees!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the five senses.  In this cross curriculum five senses lesson plan, students view an "I Can See Colors" PowerPoint presentation and sort items by color and shape. Students mix primary color paints to create secondary...
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Comparing/Ordering Numbers

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders compare numbers. In this math instructional activity students compare ones, tens, and hundreds. They also order numbers from least to greatest and from greatest to least.
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Involving Community Members, Parents, and Community Agencies in Student Learning

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students predict and estimate the number of moose shot by people between the years of 1986-1990. They analyze data and statistics, construct bar graphs, and conduct research on the Alaskan moose.
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Patterns to the Rescue

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students watch "Cyberchase: The Poddleville Case" and analyze patterns. They complete a patterns assignment worksheet and then they make up patterns using numbers, shapes or colors, for their classmates to solve. They use patterns to...
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The Grouchy Ladybug

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Pupils complete a Cirlce Map about time. They recall times during the grouchy ladybugs travels, and add dots on ladybugs using turn-around facts. Pupils correctly sequence the events of The Grouchy Ladybug. Students compose new...
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The Shape of Things

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students create shape booklets. In this interdisciplinary lesson, students practice shape recognition as they participate in a scavenger hunt and create a shape booklet.
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Popcorn

For Teachers K - 1st
Students discuss the properties of popcorn. They explore the connection between corn, popcorn and Thanksgiving. As a class, students sing a popcorn song and create a popcorn craft. They practice writing the word popcorn. As a...
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Solving Word Problems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the different techniques for solving Word Problems.
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Problem Solving and the Sports Page

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create and solve word problems using the boxscores from the sports section of the newspaper. The role play the sport, define abbreviations used and examine the fundamentals of scoring the sport.
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How Safe Is Your Backyard?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate the safety of soil and water locally and communicate via the Internet with students in different locales sharing information. They research the Internet using its multimedia capabilities and collate the data...
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Coupon Clippers: Understanding Comparative Shopping

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders participate in a shopping spree after listening to Pigs Go to Market: Fun with Math and Shopping. After the story is read aloud, 3rd graders answer discussion questions and review key vocabulary. Students complete provided...
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Using Credit and Spending Money Wisely

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Young scholars discuss how to spend money wisely. In this consumer math lesson, students read the book, Mr. Popper's Penguins and discuss how much it costs to take care of a pet. Young scholars complete a worksheet to calculate the total...
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Com-Post With Us? Learn About Recycling While Having Fun

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students examine the importance of recycling to help the environment. In groups, they make a compost bin on the school grounds recording how the material changes from week to week. They collect other materials for recycling like cell...
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Yard Sale

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete activities to discover spending, goods, services, price, advertising, choice, alternatives, criteria and opportunity cost.
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Hide and Seek Rocket

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students cut out and color their own rocket. They use clues in relation to numbers and words to find hidden rockets. They ask each other questions to determine the exact location.
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Fraction Strips on Excel

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create three different sets of fraction strips using Excel by following a packet of instructions that taper off as the students gain confidence in their knowledge of Excel. They copy and paste the strips into Word so that...
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Nebraska State Quarter

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this state quarter instructional activity, students study the Nebraska state quarter and find specific state facts printed on the quarter.

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