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Ten Sly Piranhas: A Counting Story in Reverse
Students solve related addition and subtraction problems. In this addition and subtraction lesson, students use the book Ten Sly Piranhas by William Wise as the source of word problems for students to solve.
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Models with monomials and polynomials
Students participate in a lesson that focuses on the concepts of combining monomials to make polynomial expressions. They use algebra tiles to complete the exercises in the lesson. This is hands-on learning with successive problem...
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Who Wants Pizza?
Learners practice fraction skills online at the "Want Some Pizza" website. They complete activities via the internet and on square grid paper. They pull down tabs to check their answers.
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Equivalent Fraction Munch with Pizza Pie
Young scholars demonstrate fractions and mixed numbers using concrete pictorial models of pizza. They relate symbols to the models.
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Algebra/Geometry Institute: Area, Circumference, Perimeter
Students solve area problems. In this area, circumference, and perimeter instructional activity, students solve area and perimeter problems using standard and metric units of measure. They identify the best customary unit of...
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Polynomials
Eighth graders investigate the concepts and combining them into polynomials. The teacher uses direct instruction for delivery. They can use Algebra to make this lesson hands-on for the benefit of kinesthetic learners.
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Lines of Symmetry
Fifth graders explore the concept of symmetry using lines drawn through different shapes. The worksheet that is included in the lesson should be used to chart the lines of symmetry for the different shapes drawn.
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Two-Digit Addition With Regrouping
Second graders practice two-digit addition with regrouping. In this addition lesson, 2nd graders use craft sticks to solve two-digit regrouping problems. Students solve problems on the chalkboard.
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What Happened to the Mean and Median
Young scholars find the mean, median and mode. In hs statistics lesson, students collect, plot and analyze data. The identify the effect the central tendency have on the data and line.
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Exploring Tessellations
Fifth graders examine how to make tessellations. In this tessellation lesson, 5th graders review the meaning of the word "polygon" while the teacher shows them various examples. They practice making tiling patterns or tessellation's with...
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Flips, Sides and Turns: Exploring Transformations
Students use an online dictionaries to define key geometric terms. They explore several websites to help them differentiate the terms reflections, translations and rotations as they apply to geometry and then complete an assessment...
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The Bouncing Ball
Students use the scientific method to conduct an experiment to test how a ball bounces. In this inquiry-based physical science and scientific method lesson, students drop a ball from specified heights and record the rebound, then record...
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Which Triangles are Right
Students apply properties of right triangles to solve problems. In this geometry activity, students identify axioms and theorems using examples.
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I'll Halve S'More, Please!
Students describe a fraction in terms of sharing parts of a whole. They understand the meaning of the parts of a fraction and add and subtract like fractions. They apply fractions to problem situations and recognize and use equivalent...
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"Zero-ing" In On Integers
Learners add and subtract integers. In this integer lesson, students use models to demonstrte the addition and subtraction of integers. They describe zero pairs and write steps to add and subtract integers.
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Ranging the Triple M's
Fifth graders explore collecting and analyzing data. In this mean, median and mode lesson, 5th graders use real word data to determine the mean, median and mode. Students are given sets of numbers on index cards as asked to find the...
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Fractions
Students observe and demonstrate a variety of activities to identify the fraction parts and the symbols they represent. As a class they explore different fractions using unifix cubes, then use the cubes to build and discuss the...
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Tangram Geometry
Students listen to a story involving Tangram pieces. Students use Tangram pieces to complete shapes using an outline of a design.
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Motion Geometry
Second graders experiment with slides, flips and turns to understand motion geometry. In this motion geometry lesson plan, 2nd graders navigate interactive motion geometry sites. Students illustrate the results of motion...
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Ordering Fractions
Second graders use shapes to create various fractions. In this fractions lesson plan, 2nd graders define a fraction, visit a website where they make fractions using various shapes, and use a fraction square set to create and name...
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Fractions of a Band
Third graders investigate fractions. In this time instructional activity, 3rd graders determine the amount of time it takes to perform certain tasks.
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Coin Motion
Students recognize coins and their values and count coin groups. They play a game where when music is turned on they skip, hop, jog and when it is turned off, they go to a spot in the room marked with the same coin or value as is in...
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Raising the Bar While Hogging the Ham (Radio, That Is)
Young scholars watch a Cyberchase video to determine the importance of using the correct scale when making bar graphs. They examine how to use bar graphs to gain information easily. They determine how to use bar graphs persuasively.
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Tessellating Ceiling Tiles
Students transform polygons. For this tessellating lesson, students design a picture containing a translation and a rotation. They create a template of a translation or a rotation. Students tessellate and decorate a...