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Whistle Mixer
Learners engage in an easy way to practice addition and subtraction skills while moving in different ways.
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Number in Geometry
Students use a number line to assist with their additions. They use a calculator to check for factors. Students are taught factors and multiples. They use array model of multiplication to define meaning. Students develop a wide range of...
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Defining Culture
Second graders define the term culture and are exposed to a variety of cultures from around the world. They read books, play Native American games, develop a class book that examines their own culture and, after examining currencies from...
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1 VS the Mob
Students prepare to become the first to cover four adjacent products, horizontally, vertically or diagonally by selecting factors that make the needed products. They play this game to acquire a healthy appetite for competition between...
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Grade 3: Make a Hundred
Third graders roll a die seven times, each time determining whether to add that number of tens or that number of ones to try to make a sum as close to 100 as possible without going over.
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Triangle Sums
Fourth graders determine a way to place numbers in the nine circles that are arranged in a triangular pattern so that each side has an equal sum. They use each number once and practice adding single digit numbers.
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Scoot for Money
Students rotate through a group of centers counting the coins that are in a cup placed at each spot. After completing the entire circuit, papers are graded as a whole class and each student gets to spend the money in their cup at a class...
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Let's Play Scrabble!
What do Alfred Mosher Butts, James Brunot, and Jack Straus have in common? They were all instrumental in the development of Scrabble. Class members will discover these facts and many more as they conduct a WebQuest to gather, organize,...
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Basketball Notes
Students add the value of various musical notes to win a chance to shoot a basketball. They compete in teams and consider the values of quarter, half and whole notes to complete related math problems.
Can Teach
Can Teach: Grab and Add
Students will practice their addition skills through this game. Lesson plan indicated for 1st-3rd grades.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Max's Math Adventures: Max's Super Stars
Use this poem, teacher's guide, and various small manipulatives to make a great lesson on counting. There is a section for students to give their responses on the website.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Go Fishing for a Ten
Second graders use a familiar card game to help them build their math fact fluency for facts where the sum is 10.
PBS
Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Adding Up, Taking Away Activity Plan
In this week's Afterschool Adventure, children will practice and explore strategies for solving addition and subtraction problems, such as using counters and rulers, performing mental math, and drawing pictures. As children encounter...