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Buzzing for Products
Students practice multiplication playing a game. In this multiplication lesson plan, students pick numbers and multiply them together. Students are awarded points based on which "hive" their answer falls in. The student with the...
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How Many Thousandths Are in Your Box?
Young scholars identify the different place values. In this algebra lesson, students represent decimal place values with manipulatives. They identify the correct place value using commas and mathematical reasoning.
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Fraction Clue Box
Students distinguish between proper and improper fractions. They create a "Character Clue Box" that represents a fraction. Fractions are picked from a hat and then groups go outside and search for items that represent their fraction....
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Identifying Place Value
Third graders complete math problems. In this place value lesson, 3rd graders solve problems that require them to write the place value of a number in expanded form and identify the place value and expanded form of three digit numbers.
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Money Circulation: A Story of Trade and Commerce
Students are introduced to the meaning, symbolism, and value of the quarter. They determine the percentage of total monetary value held in quarters and graph the results. Students infer about the U.S. Mint's distrubution of coins. They...
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Tangram Fractions
Students explore tangram puzzles. In this tangram fraction lesson plan, students read Grandfather Tang and then practice solving tangram puzzles. Students identify fractions of the pieces of the tangram puzzles and then create a design...
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Lesson 56
Sixth graders practice Least Common Multiple in fractions. In this fraction lesson, 6th graders look at two different fractions and find a common denominator. They sing a song to memorize mean, median, and mode.
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"Using Manipulatives and/or Technology to Solve Math Problems" by Cooking Dinner
Young scholars explore math functions by preparing a meal. In this food measurement lesson, students examine a recipe for a meal and alter the size of the recipe based upon the amount of servings needed. Young scholars utilize...
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Conversions: Metrics Made Easy
Learners convert standard units of measurement to metric units using tape measures, meter sticks, rulers, and online conversion calculators.
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Divisibility Checks: Paired Activity
For this division game worksheet, students will work in small groups to play a game about dividing numbers. A teacher's guide with game instructions is included.
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Adding and Subtracting Fractions
Third graders practice adding and subtracting fractions. In this addition lesson, 3rd graders use paper fraction kits made from colored construction paper and complete several fraction problems on the chalkboard.
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Sorting Nets
Students explore sorting networks. In this computer science lesson, students problem solve as they investigate a parallel processing sorting network.
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Fractions
Students practice measurement. In this fractions lesson, 6th graders measure volume of a liquid, e.g. 1/5 liter, and learn the vocabulary of fractions (numerator, denominator). Students solve sample problems in small groups.
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Finding Addition Patterns
Pupils practice finding the sums of two-one digit numbers. In this addition lesson plan, students also record facts onto an addition chart.
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Who's In The Fact Family?
Learners study related addition and subtraction facts. In this math lesson, students use related addition and subtraction to solve problems. Learners use manipulatives to explore fact families.
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Finding Sums to 6
Students explore the additive identity property where they add multiple numbers to get to the number 6. In this number 6 lesson plan, students also work on their addition charts.
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Where Should You Turn?
Fourth graders complete activities to study decimal numbers. In this decimal numbers lesson, 4th graders study decimal numbers to express numbers less than one and intervals. Students complete map and location activities to study the...
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Cannot Buy Me Love
Students investigate the concepts that are related to finance and how it is used in the world. They take part in activities that are focused around the use of a spreadsheet while using a T-chart to simulate a ledger of credits and debits.
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Seeing Doubles
Students work with dominoes to recognize the number of spots on each side as they relate to addition facts. In this seeing doubles lesson, students make triangle shaped flash cards for the double facts. Students represent the correct...
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Buying My First Car
Learners pretend they are about to buy their first new car. They must do all the calculations necessary to estimate the cost of purchasing the car. They see that the math they learn in school really does have real-life applications.
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Million Dollar Gift
Third graders create a box big enough to hold a million dollars. This is a project fun to do near the winter holidays with inexpensive gifts included in the boxes. This hands-on lesson very effectively demonstrates the concept of volume.
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Making Rectangles
Pupils study rectangles. For this math lesson, students use numbers, measurements and geometry to draw rectangles of varying sizes.
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Capacity Lotto
In this mathematical worksheet, students convert fifteen metric units of capacity and multiply and divide whole numbers by 10, 100 and 1000.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Arranging a Set of Decimals in Order of Decreasing Value
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A learning module where students must compare decimal numbers and put them in order from greatest to least. A video shows how to solve a sample problem. [2:05] A set...