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Better Lesson: Comparing and Ordering Integers
Students will compare and order integers on the number line. This lesson includes a detailed plan with lots of examples, a screencast of the lesson, and slides containing notes and problems.
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Better Lesson: Coordinate Grid (Day 3)
The students will be learning about the coordinate grid through the use of multiple learning styles and real-life examples. This lesson includes a detailed plan, slides containing notes and problems, and a video explanation.
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Better Lesson: Coordinate Grid (Day 2)
The students will be learning about the coordinate grid through the use of multiple learning styles and real-life examples. Space is needed since students will be actively moving! This lesson includes slides containing notes and...
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Better Lesson: Covering and Filling: Surface Area & Volume of Rectangular Prisms
Students apply their knowledge of surface area and volume to solve some problems for a box company. This lesson contains a detailed lesson plan, video explanations, rubrics, group work guidelines, slides containing problems, and...
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Better Lesson: Nana's Chocolate Milk
How can you fix Nana's chocolate milk? Students work on this problem over time to develop a final product that demonstrates their mathematical thinking and solution.
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Better Lesson: Many Names for Fractions
What does it mean for two fractions to be called equivalent? Students develop strategies for generating equivalent fractions and simplifying fractions.
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Better Lesson: Fractions Pretest
Students take the fractions pretest in order to inform instruction.
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Better Lesson: Inequalities
If a < b, what do we know about a and b? If b < c < d, how could we show that on a number line? Students continue creating inequalities and graphs to represent situations.
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Better Lesson: Deciphering Word Problems to Write Equations
Knowing the language of word problems helps students write equations which is a skill used in Algebra.
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Better Lesson: Dealing With Decimal Models
Sixth graders model decimals using decimal grids, base 10 blocks, and number lines.
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Better Lesson: Babies & Big Boy Feet
Kindergarteners need a basic understanding of measurement that leads them to know that the smaller the unit the more it takes to measure the same object using less larger units.
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Better Lesson: Introduction to Non Standard Measurement
It's getting buggy! Students use unifix cubes as their non-standard measurement tool.
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Better Lesson: How Does It All Compare?
Kindergarteners are introduced to comparing objects by their attributes. In this lesson, the kids compare objects by using the three attributes they have learned about.
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Better Lesson: Wow! That's Heavy!
Kindergarteners grasp the basic concepts of measurement quickly and this lesson provides a fun experience learning about weight.
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Better Lesson: It's That Tall?
Before entering first grade, young children need to have a basic understanding of measurement. They do not need to be able to use standard units of measurement, but they must be able to use the basic attributes to make comparisons in...
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Better Lesson: How Long? A Fishy "Tail"
Before entering first grade, young children need to have a basic understanding of measurement. They do not need to be able to use standard units of measurement, but they must be able to use the basic attributes of length.
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Better Lesson: Math Centers Measurement and Review
In order to pull small groups during math instruction, the rest of the students need engaging activities that they can complete independently. These centers allow students to practice a variety of math skills including measurement.
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Better Lesson: Super Shape Ornament Review
In December, it's fun to decorate for the holidays. This lesson plan includes 2D shape and counting practice!
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Better Lesson: Chicka Chicka Shape Glyph
This is one of my favorite Open House activities. We use our shapes to create "mystery" glyphs that are hung in the hallway. Families use the legend to guess their child's glyph!
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Better Lesson: Comparing Numbers Assessment
Students will compare numbers within 15, using symbols for "greater than", "less than", and "equal to". This lesson contains a printable assessment for this topic.
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Better Lesson: Compare With Care
Young scholars will compare numbers using the symbols for "greater than", "less than", and "equal to".....with love. This lesson contains a detailed plan, printable worksheets, and videos of students engaged in the lesson.
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Better Lesson: Count With Me! 1 2 3 Exploring the Number Three
Many kindergarteners come to school with rote counting skills, but they often do not understand that the numbers they can recite actually represent quantities. This lesson helps to make that connection. This lesson contains detailed...
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Better Lesson: Classroom Math Tools
Students should develop an awareness of and correctly use the classroom tools that are available to assist them with their mathematical learning. This lesson introduces them to math manipulatives and a math journal. Videos of students...
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Better Lesson: Counting Beyond Our Fingers and Toes
Young scholars will practice counting from 1-30 and having one-to-one correspondence with objects for these numbers. Also, they will practice finding patterns on a hundreds chart. This instructional activity includes a detailed plan,...