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Pizza! Pizza! Pizza!
Fifth graders practice using money in everyday situations. They use their addition and subtraction skills as they work in cooperative groups to solve problems involving decimals.
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Adjusting the Quotient
Students solve division problems. In this division lesson, students review estimating and how to figure out if their estimate is too large or too small. Students solve division problems and use their estimating skills to adjust the...
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Using Inverse Operations to Solve Equations
Fifth graders discover how to use inverse operations to solve equations. In this inverse operations lesson, 5th graders explore visual examples. Students also practice solving problems that their instructors model.
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The Million $ Mission
Students study exponential growth. The activity is designed for students to work independently, or in groups with guidance from the teacher.
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Positive and Negative Dominoes
Pupils play dominoes with regular dominoes rules with some modification. Every student keep score. Every count be used--not just the 5's as in dominoes. They count outside points using white dots as positive and red dots as negatives.
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Construction Square Fun
Students identify numbers as prime or composite and complete prime factorization of composite numbers.
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Estimation Investigation
Students view an interactive video to explore the concepts of estimation. They work cooperatively to measure, make comparisons, make predictions, and verify results.
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Let's Take a Trip!
Sixth graders plan trip for family of four, and choose best travel plan by studying maps, considering different routes, and visiting Web sites to get airline and travel schedules.
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FOILing
Young scholars practice using the FOIL acronym as a procedure for multiplying two binomial expressions. FOIL occurs by multiplying the First terms, Outside terms, Inside terms and Last terms.
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Where Do I Live?
Students study the characteristics of communities. Students identify similarities and differences in communities. Students identify that all people have basic needs, understanding that these needs are met through the community. Students...
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Two-Step Equations
Sixth graders work through a two-step equation with their teacher. After reviewing one-step equations, they complete a worksheet using tiles and colored pencils to complete two-step equations. To end the lesson, they write out the step...
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Area Explorations
Students explore the concept of area. In this area activity, students find the area of irregular shapes with right angles. Students break down each irregular shape into multiple regular shapes in order to find the area. Students...
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Understanding Fractions
Fourth graders compare fractions by using skittles and m&ms. In this math lesson plan, 4th graders explore the size of different fractions by cutting pieces of their pie for visual representation. Additionally, students discuss ways...
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Match to Multiply
Third graders explore multiplying whole numbers by one- and two-digit numbers using a fun game. When the bell rings student takes first card and writes it on the board. When teacher rings the bell students match numbers with someone from...
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Students play a math game which assesses their mastery of selecting the appropriate operation to solve specific problems.
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Math Jeopardy
Students play a game to practice concepts and principles that can be adapted to any subject.
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Factoring Polynomials having common factors
Ninth graders demonstrate that factoring polynomials having common factors is the inverse process of multiplying a polynomial by a monomial. students find the greatest common factor.
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Combining and Breaking Apart Numbers
First graders read Imogene's Antlers by David Small the create pipe cleaner antlers. Using these as a tool students combine and create number sentences. They continue to work through the framework of a software program.
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Scientific Notation II: The Mantissa
Students after completing the Part II (of 2) scientific notation online lab exercises, manipulate and interpret large numbers expressed in the "mantissa and exponent" format of scientific notation.
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Scientific Notation I: The Exponent
Students manipulate and interpret large numbers expressed in the "exponent" format of scientific notation.
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Comparing Fractions
Students discuss the nature of fractions and compare fractions based on a similar whole to determine relative size.
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Basketball Calculating Percentage
Seventh graders calculate percentages, convert fractions to decimals, and decimals to fractions using information from a basketball game.