Alabama Learning Exchange
Money Management
Students discuss the differences between needs and wants, practice budgeting resources and investigate the workings of a capitalist society, by creating a mock store.
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ABC...1, 2, 3...Green, Red, Blue...Do You Have a Clue?... IT'S PATTERNS
Second graders view clips from the animated series Math Monsters, and discuss the many ways patterns can be found in the world around us. Following the video portion of the instructional activity, 2nd graders visit a variety of Web sites...
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Shirts Full of Buttons
Students match sets of buttons to complete subtraction problems. In this subtraction lesson plan, students answer the questions "how many more/less" and make bar graphs by counting up the buttons they are wearing.
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Function Tables
Students practice representing problems found in the real world in terms that can be translated into mathematical expressions. The situations are represented in tables and graphs by students.
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The Squares of Numbers in Multiplication
Students make multiplication squares. In this math lesson, students review their multiplication facts and multiplication strategies. Students are introduced to multiplication squares when multiplying a number by itself.
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Geometric Solids
First graders identify various shapes in everyday objects. in pairs, 1st graders go on a shape field trip to locate various objects of different shapes. They photograph the objects and later use the prints to write sentences describing...
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Dispose of Waste Properly
Students explore biology by participating in an environmental role-play activity. In this animal waste lesson, students identify the appropriate way to dispose of human and animal waste when staying outdoors. Students conduct an outdoor...
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Buttons and Bears
Students read the problem and then identify the important information in the problem and highlight. They then brainstorm for ways to solve the problem by drawing a picture and working in pairs.
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Dragon Math
Third graders, in groups, practice multiplication by putting five multiplication problems on white scales, then the answers on florescent colored scales.
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Saving Money
After listening to the wonderful book, A Chair for my Mother, young mathematicians engage in an awesome lesson about coins and the value of saving money. The lesson is done in a classic style - everything is beautifully organized, and...
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Soar to Salt Lake City
Students improve their cardio-respiratory fitness and to learn about our country. They move (skip, jog, walk, slide, gallop, etc.) for 2 minutes (approximately .2 mile). Fourth graders calculate our weekly mileage and are responsible...
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My Feet
Students examine the various parts of the feet. They listen to the book, My Feet, by Aliki, discuss the different parts and purposes of the foot, trace one of their feet on paper, and compare the foot tracing to another tracing several...
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Starting a Restaurant
Through an engaging unit, chefs-in-training will sort and classify data using tally charts. Learners will also create bar graphs to display restaurant data and interpret data from bar graphs using a variety of categories....
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What's Missing?
In this patterns worksheet, 2nd graders look for the patterns in a given chart, write in the missing numbers and complete eight sentences involving answers from the chart.
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Using a Multiplication Table
Students complete patterns on a multiplication table. In this multiplication table lesson plan, students use partially completed multiplication tables to find the missing patterns to solve the table.
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Relating Multiplication and Division
Students use counters to review arrays and multiplication and learn arrays and division. In this multiplication and division lesson, students use counters to arrange multiplication equations and division equations.
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Using Arrays to Show Multiplication Concepts
Students draw arrays. In this multiplication lesson, students draw arrays, write multiplication sentences for arrays and discuss how changing the order of the factors affects the product.
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Using a Pictograph
In this problem solving learning exercise, 5th graders answer four questions using the pictograph provided. The learning exercise pertains to sports.
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Further Investigating Greater Than, Less Than, and Equal to
Young scholars investigate number relationships such as greater than, less than, and equal to. In this number relationship lesson, students use number mats and a fish with a large, open mouth to practice showing number relationships.
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Patterns Patterns Everywhere
Upper graders work with number patterns. In this pattern instructional activity, learners recognize and continue number patterns and find the rules. They do some as a class and complete an assessment.
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Products, Multiples, Factors
In this products, multiples, and factors worksheet, students complete various activities where they solve problems for products, multiples, and factors of numbers. Students complete 14 problems.
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Exploring Multiplication Functions
Fourth graders investigate the terms "factor" and "product." In this mathematics lesson, 4th graders practice solving problems to find the products and factors present in different algebraic expressions.
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In and Out Function
Third graders examine how to solve in and out function problems, or mystery numbers. They analyze a variety of mystery number problems together and extend the patterns. Students then independently complete a Mystery Number activity...
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Money
Students study the value of the penny, nickel, dime, quarter and dollar. They demonstrate how different coin combinations equal the same amounts of money and write money amounts using the decimal point and dollar sign. They try to...