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Toss by Color

For Teachers K
Students explore color recognition and demonstrate underhand toss skills. They participate in a game by lining up, and running to and recognizing the color of beanbag the teacher calls out, and toss that color beanbag through a hula-hoop.
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Color Code Writing

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students form letters and numbers using a technique called color code writing.
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Secret Code Spotlight

For Students 4th - 5th
In this secret math code learning exercise, students solve 14 equations and apply the color value for each line according to the key. Students write the final total and the secret coded letter from another key. Students read the message.
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Location on a Grid

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Make coordinate pairs more engaging by having beginners color-code a grid based on given locations. The grid has numbers along the y-axis and letters along the x-axis, introducing them to the ordering of coordinate pairs with the x-axis...
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Jack-O-Lantern

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this Jack-O-Lantern coordinate grid worksheet, students read coordinate letters and numbers, locate the squares, follow the color code chart, and color the Jack-O-Lantern. Students solve thirty-five coordinates.
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Formulae

For Students 9th - 12th
In this secondary mathematics worksheet, high schoolers participate in five activities such as code breaking, color coding, and one and even games.  The nine page worksheet contains eight activities.  Solutions are included. 
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Fifty Dollar Word$ From Ms. Smiley's Class

For Students 5th
In this math code instructional activity, 5th graders analyze 6 words that have an exact value of $50 according to the code. Students encode each word using the values in the key and use any of the four basic math operations to show a...
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Fraction Message

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students practice identifying fractional parts represented in pictures and phrases. In this fraction lesson, students determine the proportion represented by common time and money phrases such as "3 hours in a day". Students match their...
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Working with Cuisenaire Rods In Mathematics

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders learn the numerical value of each underlined letter of the standard Rod Code and develop systematic usage for building new units.
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Coal Production in the USA

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students arrange the states by alphabetical order, find the five top coal producing states and discover their total production levels. They then find all the states which begin with the letter "A" and whose coal production is less than...
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Purplemath: Number Bases: Introduction & Binary Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th
The process of converting between different number bases is actually fairly simple, but the thinking behind it can seem a bit confusing at first. And while the topic of different bases may seem somewhat pointless to you, the rise of...