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Fraction King Lesson Plan
Pupils combine imagination, block manipulation, and computer applets to investigate fractions.
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Math Mania
Fifth graders review adding, subtracting, multiplication and division of fractions and decimals through a variety of activities and exercises.
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Calculate the Answer
Learners solve basic multiplication or addition facts using a calculator and product cards. They draw a card, read the sum or product, and press single digits on the calculator to display the number on the card.
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Mammoth Sunflower Problem
Students discuss the directions on a package of seeds. They open the package, count the seeds, and determine the planting requirements for the seeds.
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students rotate through four workstations that reinforce the concept of symmetry
Second graders, in pairs, use arrays to explore the relationship between multiplication and division.
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Cherries Are Positive, Lemons Are Negative- Part 2
Third graders, in groups, subtract integers by following Cherries are Positive, Lemons are Negative. They discover the rules for subtracting integers by using cherry heads and lemon heads.
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Fraction Pictures
Young scholars solve problems as they create fractions from pictures, then write them into sentences.
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Piece of the Sky: Introduction for Making S'COOL Observations
Learners observe and discuss cloud cover. They identify percent of cloud cover, calculate cloud cover by fraction and convert to a percent, and compare their models with the current real sky cloud cover.
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Revamped Recipe
Fifth graders engage in a tasty lesson which assist them with proportional measurements. They use a given recipe written for 12 servings, and use a chart to determine the ingredient amounts for 30 servings (or number of students in class).
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Basic Sense
Fifth graders add fractions. After a class discussion on real life application of fractions, the teacher uses fractions strips to model adding fractions. In pairs, 5th graders model adding fractions by drawing diagrams. They justify...
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Double or More
Students practice cooking by following recipe instructions. In this measuring lesson plan, students read food recipes and collect the materials needed to make one batch, then double the recipe to create twice as much food....
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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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Let's Go Consumer Shopping
Second graders rotate through various centers designed to practice consumer math skills. They complete a task card at stations simulating consumer transactions that would take place at toy store, grocery store, restaurant or school store.
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Multiplying by 3
Second graders practice the multiples of three as an introduction to multiplying by three.
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Change Decimals to Words
In this change decimals to words instructional activity, 4th graders interactively enter the number word for 10 decimal expressions with immediate online feedback.
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Equivalency-Saying the Same Thing
Fifth graders use a scientific calculator to practice finding equivalencies They discuss the possible uses for the scientific calculator. They experiment with other basic functions using the calculator.
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Buying My First Car
Students pretend they are about to buy their first new car. They must do all the calculations necessary to estimate the cost of purchasing the car. They see that the math they learn in school really does have real-life applications.
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Million Dollar Gift
Third graders create a box big enough to hold a million dollars. This is a project fun to do near the winter holidays with inexpensive gifts included in the boxes. This hands-on lesson very effectively demonstrates the concept of volume.
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Two-Step Equations
Students explore the concept of solving two-step equations. In this solving two-step equations lesson, students watch a short video about solving equations. Students view a PowerPoint presentation about solving two-step equations....
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 1 Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions
Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of mixed numbers and improper fractions. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the...
PBS
Pbs: Kid Vid: Dividing Mixed Numbers and Fractions
Critique a peer's thinking about two division word problems, one with whole and mixed numbers and one with two fractions, in this interactive from KET. Students watch a video of a student thinking through two word problems that involve...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Estimation of Sums of Mixed Numbers and Fractions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Estimate sums of fractions and mixed numbers
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Sophia: Adding Mixed Numbers and Fractions
Mixed number addition and fraction addition is examined in this tutorial. Explanations and examples are included in the video lesson.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Subtracting Mixed Numbers With Different Denominators
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students subtract mixed numbers that have different denominators. Includes video demonstrating a sample problem [2:49] and a set of practice...