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Gingerbread Genius
Students sort gingerbread men, then identify the sorting rule that they used.
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Creature Design
Fifth graders create mathematical creatures. For this geometry lesson, 5th graders create a creature from regular and irregular geometric shapes. Students review vocabulary and construct an original creature based on a rubric.
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Fractions: Parts of a Set
Students identify, model, and label simple fractions. They describe and define them as equal parts of a whole, a region and a set. Students use words to describe fractions. They use manipulatives to explore the many different fractions.
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Easy Division Without Remainders: 2-Digit Quotient
In this division worksheet, students complete a total of 9 problems; problems have no remainders and 2-digit quotients. Worksheet contains a link to additional activities.
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Numerator and Denominator
Students identify the numerator and denominator of a fraction.
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Get the Picture with Graphs
Fifth graders examine line, bar and circle graphs in the newspaper and on the Internet. They complete sketches of graphs with an emphasis on selecting the best model to depict the data collected.
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Even and Odd Numbers
First graders use patterns in order to identify and recognize even and odd numbers.
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Internet Field Trip on Fractions and Geometry
Students take an Internet field trip to research fractions. ESOL strategies include using pattern block manipulatives and pairing ESOL and non-ESOL students on computers.
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Mitten Magic
First graders sort, classify and write about how they sorted their mittens.
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Cubes, Sums and a Little Fun
First graders, with partners, create and solve math problems using number and unifix cubes.
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Gee's Bend Quilts Two
Third graders identify the different types of lines. They name five new facts about the quilts studied, the women, and community of Gee's Bend and begin to stitch the pieces of the Quilt top together. When finished student put all their...
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Geo Jammin' - Day 4, Lesson 12: Geo Gee-Hawin'
Students review geometry unit content through a vocabulary/word game. They demonstrate understanding using geoboards to answer questions. They work in groups and it's a race to the correct answer.
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Say It With Shapes
Students create patterns with shapes and words. In this patterns and shapes lesson, students recieve an envelope with shapes with words on them. Students make patterns with the shapes that also create a poem. Students can add to the poem...
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It's a Ball, It's a Sphere ... No, It's a Dodecahedron
Third graders construct a dodecahedron that displays facts about two and three-dimensional figures. They use a pattern to construct a dodecahedron after writing facts about geometry onto each of the figure's twelve faces.
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A Cylinder Workshop
Young scholars work with given formulas to solve for specific variables. The calculation of the volume of a cylinder and the change in volume when there is a constant surface area is analyzed in this lesson.
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Number and Number Relations: Lesson 2
Fourth graders participate in using the terminology of more, less, between, compare, and order. They compare whole numbers and use the symbols for <, >, =. They order whole numbers and practice with problems where they use this...
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Butterflies and Flowers
Students observe and demonstrate the concepts of over, under, and on. Using a cutout of a flower and a butterfly, they identify if the butterfly is over, under, or on the flower. Students complete a worksheet along with the teacher, and...
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Solving System of Linear Equations
Students solve systems of equations. In this algebra lesson, students identify the number of solutions to a system of equation. They solve using linear combination and graphing.
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Congruent Triangles Postulates
Students discover three lettered postulates that prove triangles congruent.
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Number and Number Relations: Lesson 3
Eighth graders compare whole numbers and decimals. They use symbols for <, >, =, and order whole numbers and decimals. They practice the meaning of positive and nugative integers by using them to describe real-world situations.
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Sonar Mapping
Students use a shoe box to create a seafloor model and use cardboard for layering inside of the shoe box to simulate the ocean floor. They probe the ocean floor to simulate sonar echoes. Finally, students graph their data to get a...
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Liquid Level
Students observe liquids in different containers and then explore the concept that liquids have level surfaces. They identify those who are not at the center to reinforce the concept of liquid levels with a representational puzzle and...
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Counting Books
Students create counting books. In this counting book lesson, students make their own book which counts on each page and has a corresponding picture. These books can count by 1's, 2's, 5's, or even fractions.
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Quick Questions
Students ask their classmates survey questions. In this survey lesson plan, students come up with a question and possible answers. Their classmates mark their answers and the class discusses what they notice.