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Light and Shadows
Young scholars explore shadows. In this shadow and light instructional activity, students predict what will happen to a shadow when the light source is dimmed. Young scholars participate in a whiteboard interactive instructional activity.
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Fraction Lessons That Motivate
Fraction lessons can provide both concrete and abstract ways to teach students about the concept of equal parts.
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Square Numbers Closure Activity
Students discuss square numbers. For this math lesson, students find square numbers and support their answers. Students find sums and products that are square numbers.
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Percentages: Decimals To Percent
In this percentages learning exercise, students write twelve decimals as percentages and twelve percentages as decimals. Students check their answers with the key when they are finished.
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Percentages: Fractions To Percent
In this percentages worksheet, students write eighteen fractions as percentages. Students problem solve each fraction as a percentage.
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String of Fish
Fourth graders research a Florida fish to determine its length. They display this information on two index cards, which are cut to the shape of the head and the tail and attached to a string that they measure and cut to the correct...
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Design an Apartment
Students are given the task of designing an apartment. In groups, they practice estimating the area and perimeter of different shapes. After designing their space, they apply the same formulas to solving real-world story problems.
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Doubles with Money
Austin's mom has agreed to double the amount of money that he puts in his piggy bank and does not spend. Have your class figure out how much money Austin will have!
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Snowshoe Tag Games
Students play a new version of tag on snowshoes. Students are able to discover advantages and disadvantages of wearing snowshoes based on their performance in the game of tag.
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Carnival Stations
Students practice tossing, catching, and balancing in a fun, theme-based setting.
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Estimating Large Numbers
Students experience large numbers by estimating the number of grass blades in a field. They work in small groups to determine numbers of blades of grass in a small area of a field and apply that to determining the total number of blades...
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Identifying Syllables Within Spoken Words
First graders participate in a conversation about what they want to become when they grow up, and identify syllables within the spoken words.
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Environmental Education (Grade 4)
Fourth graders examine environmental concerns that affect their community. They work together to develop possible solutions and share them with the class. They ask questions to end the lesson.
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Sandwiches
Students are introduced to the problem by thinking of all the ways 2 of their classmates could share a peanut butter sandwich. In pairs, students work describing their ideas. They then keep a record of all the different ways they find...
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Joining (Addition) Result Unknown
Pupils will put their addition skills to the test by solving these word problems. They are asked what the unknown solution is based on the given number "plus one more."
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Subtraction (Separation)
Have your young mathematicians practice subtraction with these three story problems. Have your students explain their answer with words, pictures, or numbers.
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Ohio Department of Education: Models for Dividing Fractions [Pdf]
This resource consists of a detailed, hands-on lesson plan for dividing fractions using manipulatives such as fraction bars.
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Class Flow: Basic Division With Remainders
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart goes through discussing the meaning of a remainder, to practicing simple one-step division using manipulatives. Practice problems are included for modeling and student demonstration. It...
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Alex: A Math and Language Arts Lesson: Division
The lesson will help young scholars develop an initial understanding of division and clarify how the four operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division relate to and are separate from each other. The lesson begins...
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Better Lesson: Quotients Just the Basics
Just like multiplication, addition, and subtraction, division problems involve patterns and there are methodical ways in which manipulatives can be used to solve division problems with small dividends and divisors of 1 through 10.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ns Traffic Jam
Sixth graders can first model this fraction division problem with a drawing or manipulatives, then use division to solve it. Aligns with 6.NS.A.1.