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Better Lesson: Finding What's Missing
Third graders can solve real world problems using their understanding of multiplication and division and the relationship they share.
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Better Lesson: Fun With Four: Decomposing to Known Factors of 1, 2, and 5
Third graders act as problem solvers to take an unknown fact and solve it by breaking it down into pieces that are known.
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Better Lesson: Decomposing Given Large Areas, Day 3
Third graders work with decomposing arrays in order to practice finding small areas and putting the totals together. In this third lesson plan, they will work on finding smaller areas that make mental math more feasible.
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Better Lesson: Powerful Protein
The ability to making informed decisions about nutrition is built on using multiplication, division, and an understanding of grams and portion size.
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Better Lesson: Testing Trail Mix
Create a snack for testing week while practicing division and multiplication.
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Better Lesson: Associative Property With Manipulatives
Children need to understand why the mathematical properties work and how they are applied. In this lesson, we explore modeling and "proving" the associative property. In this lesson, we explore modeling and "proving" the associative...
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Better Lesson: Understanding Multiplication With Equal Groups
Third graders develop their understanding of multiplication by grouping objects into equal groups to model the factors and products.
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Better Lesson: Using the Multiplication and Division Relationship to Solve
Third graders can solve multiplication and division problems quickly by recognizing the relationship between the two operations.
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Better Lesson: The Multiplication and Division Connection
Third graders can solve multiplication and division problems quickly by recognizing the relationship between the two operations.
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Better Lesson: Associative Property
Children need to understand why the mathematical properties work and how they are applied. In this lesson, we explore modeling and "proving" the associative property.
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Better Lesson: Distributive Property, Day 2
The children have been practicing decomposing areas and now digits in order to understand and use the distributive property.
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Better Lesson: Distributive Property, Day 1
Children need to move from the manipulative expressions of the distributive property into the mathematical equations eventually. This lesson is the first step in leading them to that goal.