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Check Mate

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students share opinions about the goals and strategies of the games they play. They investigate the World Chess Championship by reading and discussion the article "In Major League of Chess, Next Year Comes So Soon." Students study the...
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Tiger Math Graphing

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Learners practice various skills using the book Tiger Math: Learning to Graph from a Baby Tiger. After listening to the story, they create a pictograph using data collected from the text. They also color a picture of a tiger,...
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Mental Money

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students access prior knowledge to round numbers and add decimals. For this mental math lesson, students share the book Betcha and calculate estimates for three jars based on the book. Students calculate money answers based on coins...
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Characteristics and Functions of Money

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss the function and characteristics of money. In this financial education lesson plan, 4th graders read the book The Go-Around Dollar by Johnston Adams. This book sparks a conversation on how money is used and the...
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Hop To It!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore grasshoppers. In this grasshoppers lesson, students measure the jumping distance of live grasshoppers. Students then record the jumping distance of people in their group. Students record the distances and...
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Mayor Puts City on Diet to Lose a Million Pounds

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students read a story called Mayor Puts City on Diet to Lose a Million Pounds and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this current event Lose a Million Pounds lesson plan, students respond to literature by...
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The Magic Pot

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete activities with the book The Magic Pot. In this comprehension instructional activity, 2nd graders read the story, answer comprehension questions, and create a storyboard. They also complete Magic Pot math by...
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Write Me Two Ways

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write numbers in standard and expanded form.  In this writing numbers in standard and expanded form lesson, 5th graders write integers up to billions in word form and standard form.  Students use number cards to...
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Size Riddles

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students investigate shapes and sizes by creating a riddle.  In this geometry lesson, students read one of two books and investigate facts about an object's size.  Students write a riddle using the facts they have read and cut...
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Comprehension of Word Problems

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore math functions by completing a worksheet in class. In this word problem solving instructional activity, 3rd graders read a book titled Counting on Frank by Rod Clement and utilize the information in the story to...
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Another Backpack Idea- The Button Bag

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students receive activity bags to bring home and share with their families. They are excited to have "homework" and they accomplish several skills by completing the activities within the bags. This is great for special needs students.
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Play the Market

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students participate in a hypothetical experiment. For four weeks, they track 10 stocks they have selected. They discuss their imaginary gains and losses and share their observations about the stock market, and their reactions to this...
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Would You Believe Your Eyes?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students study the parts and functions of the human eye. They create dodecagons which are twelve-sided figures with twelve equal angles and share these with the class so that each student can begin to see how many different illusions can...
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Spending Plans

For Teachers K
Students explore the concept of dividing their money into categories, namely "save," "spend," and "share." They engage in activities that help them explain that money is limited in quantity and must be divided for different purposes.
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Picnic Field Day

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Using laminated paper cookies, get your class exploring the concept of division.  Read them One Hundred Hungry Ants, by Elino R.J. Princzes, and have learners model what is happening with toy plastic ants. There are many more fun...
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Problems to Solve

For Students 4th - 6th
In this solving word problems instructional activity, students read a word problem with an example of drawing a bar model to solve and use them to solve word problems. Students solve three multi-step problems.
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Shopping

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students demonstrate how to count money through a simulated shopping experience. In this consumer math lesson, students read the book Just Shopping With Mom and count play money to illustrate how much the items in the book cost.
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The Role of Money

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the role of money. In this money lesson plan, 4th graders read a chapter from Judy Blume's, Double Fudge, to see how money is made and how people make money. They finish a worksheet, and play a game about money.
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The Magic Pot

For Teachers Pre-K
In this reading comprehension lesson, students use the book "The Magic Pot," to explore many concepts including; story elements, sequencing, and phonics. Students also practice making doubles using coins and "magic pots." This very...
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Proving the Pythagorean Theorem

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students solve problems using the pythagorean Theorem. In this geometry lesson plan, students complete proofs using the Pythagorean Theorem. They share their proofs and solutions with their classmates and family members.
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Model and Solve Algebraic Equations

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Examine multiple ways to solve algebraic equations. Pupils will generate a problem solving strategy that addresses the prompt given by the teacher. They will then share their problem solving strategy with the class. Graphic organizers,...
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The Enormous "Kinder" Garden

For Teachers K
Students discover books about planting enormous things. In this reading lesson plan, students experience several books centered around growing enormous plants. Cross curricular activities are included
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Mathematical Metaphors in Art

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the role of mathematics in their everyday lives. They discover, through reading a Times article and through analyzing a specific example of art, that mathematics exists on a deeper 'metaphoric' level in art.
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1930 Census and the Consitution

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students read the Constitution and discuss the importance of enumeration. In this Census lesson plan, students complete a Census schedule and discuss the job skills of applicants. Students research Census data to compare and contrast the...

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