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Better Lesson: Going on a Math Hunt
Second graders ask questions of adults they know about how they use math, then students will design a method to share what they have found.
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Better Lesson: Graphing Our Snack Mix: Review of Graphing
Second graders review how to make bar graphs, line plots, and pictographs by tallying the contents of snack mix and building graphs to show their data.
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Better Lesson: Graphing Data on a Graph
Second graders will be able to read and write data on a graph.
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Better Lesson: Math Hunt Part 2
SWBAT take the data from class and home and create comparisons of the different ways math is used by adults.
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Better Lesson: Making a Tally Chart
Second graders build towards making their own bar graph by using data to make a tally chart.
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Better Lesson: Kindness Day Math
Second graders can use graphs to carry the theme of kindness into their worlds.
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Better Lesson: Pets, Pets and More Pets
Second graders love to talk about pets and in this lesson they can share how many pets they have.
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Better Lesson: Writing and Solving Number Stories
We can apply math to almost every part of the day and make math have a purpose for students.
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Better Lesson: Patterns in Nature
Are there patterns in nature that can be described by numbers? That is what we will find out here.
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Better Lesson: Using a Pattern to Solve a Problem
Patterns are prevalent in all levels of math. Common Core Standards expect students to be able to use structure - like that found in repeating the patterns of odd and even numbers or counting by 5s or 10s - to solve problems (MP7).
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Better Lesson: Terry's Taco Shack: What Does "How Many More" Mean?
Second graders oftentimes struggle with comparison problems since there is no "action" in the problem (i.e.: nothing is getting taken away or added). For this lesson, 2nd graders practice strategies for solving comparison problems.
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Better Lesson: Dr. Suess Graphs and Mountains
Climbing a mountain, you reach the greatest height at the top. What about a math mountain? The graphic can help students solve for a missing number.
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Better Lesson: Dr. Seuss Graphs Part 1
Favorite Dr. Seuss characters are something that students can collect data on, graph and interpret.