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Students complete a number and letter recognition activity by creating phone numbers for businesses. In this telephone number lesson, students brainstorm telephone numbers that include words. Students translate numbers to their numeric...
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Addition
In this addition facts instructional activity, students use the number line to help them write the sums and find the additions facts within the word search format. Students solve 13 addition problems.
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Subtraction
In this subtraction worksheet, students use the number line and number search puzzle to find the differences for the single and double digit problems. Students find the subtraction facts within the number search and solve 13 problems.
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The Search for Pythagoras' Treasure
Students identify and define properties of triangles. For this geometry lesson, students identify the missing sides and angles of right triangles. They use the rules of the Pythagorean Theorem to solve their problems.
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Honey Bee Facts And Figures: Math Skills
Students practice their mathematics and mapping skills using examples from honey bee biology. Discuss why the colonies were found in this pattern. They examine food and water in the area, and how many humans live in the area where...
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Shape Search
Second graders draw a model using correctly formed geometric shapes. In this geometric shapes lesson, 2nd graders notice geometric shapes in the world around them and accurately draw these shapes.
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Medal Math
In this problem solving learning exercise, learners solve three story problems. Students are given three story problems with multiple questions within each problem. This learning exercise has an Olympic theme.
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Native Americans - Searching for Knowledge and Understanding
What do you know about American Indians? Upper graders compose an informational essay based on the research they conduct. They choose a Native American group to study and, using the provided list of web links, gather information and...
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Nowak Conversions
In this math worksheet, students look for the words that are part of the word search puzzle that is focused around the theme of math conversions.
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Wemberly Worried
Students read the book Wemberly Worried and complete language arts and math activities that go along with the book. In this language arts and math lesson plan, students read the book given and do activities that include connect the dots,...
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Metrics Vocab
In this puzzle instructional activity, students locate 13 words in a word search titled "Metrics." Words include metric system, mass, between, and scale.
University of Kansas
Newspaper in the Classroom
Newspapers aren't only for reading—they're for learning skills, too! A journalism unit provides three lessons each for primary, intermediate, and secondary grades. Lessons include objectives, materials, vocabulary, and procedure, and...
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Plants and Animals: Alike and Not Alike
After reading an informative paragraph that outlines some of the differences between plants and animals, fifth graders attempt to correctly categorize 12 words in a word bank. They must put them in the plant, or animal category. This...
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The Mitten
Explore the Ukraine through a reading of The Mitten. Readers will determine the sequence of events, cause and effect, make predictions, and find the main idea of the story. They also use math skills to make charts and graphs. Finally,...
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Basic Geometry ... A Pathway to Angles
Help 9th graders identify lines, points, rays, and planes in geometry. They practice identifying, measuring, and drawing angles of different degrees. This is a fundamental lesson to help students learn the building blocks of geometry.
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Geometry Review
In this geometry math review activity, middle schoolers respond to 37 questions that serve as a review of geometry skills.
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Translating Verbal Phrases into Algebraic Expressions
Students rewrite word problems using algebraic symbols. In this algebra lesson, students graph linear equations after they rewrite the equation using algebra. They relate math to the real world.
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Exponents
Sixth graders explore mathematics by participating in a SMART Board activity. In this exponents lesson, 6th graders identify the different exponential powers of a number and discuss how the power of the number accumulates. Students...
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Learning To Use Matlab Interactively
In this math worksheet, students explore the uses for the computer program of Matlab. They use the basic functions of the program to execute algorithms.
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Counting From One
Students continue to practice counting by ones. Individually, they are given a story problem from their teacher and count numbers in their head only saying the final answer. To end the lesson, they count the objects in their classroom.
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Population
Population density, it is not all that it is plotted to be. Pupils analyze a scatter plot of population versus area for some of the states in the US. The class members respond to eight questions about the graph, specific points and...
Montana Office of Public Instruction
Native American Culture: Counting, 1:1 Correspondence
Kindergarteners practice showing 1:1 correspondence while incorporating information they learned about a local Native American culture. The objects used for counting are taken from the previous day's Native American lesson. The intention...
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Function Graphing--ID: 8252
Those graphing calculators can be tricky; good thing Texas Instruments has devised a lesson on how to use their TI-Nspire calculator to graph functions. Kids investigate functional notation as they graph ordered pairs in the form (a,...
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Angles, Lines, and Transversals
Geometers identify and determine angle pair relationships when two parallel lines are intersected by a transversal. They review the concepts of angles by watching streaming video clips online, read definitions of lines and angles from...