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Pride and Prejudice: Magic Square Activity
Turn Pride and Prejudice into a math activity with a magic squares lesson. Kids read nine character traits and pair them to a list of the book's characters in order to complete the activity and find the magic number.
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What's in the Bag?
Help your young scholars identify the attributes of two-dimensional shapes. They read the book Round is a Mooncake, and use pattern blocks to sort shapes. Students sort shapes according to their attributes.
Penguin Books
Educator's Guide: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code is filled with secrets. Help readers find the clues, solve the riddles and puzzles, and unwrap the mysteries with a six-page guide that includes before, during, and after reading discussion questions and...
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The Kentucky Derby and Horse Racing Provide Literature and Math Connections
The Kentucky Derby can provide a means to discuss literature, math, and history.
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Curriculum Connections with Keiko Kasza
Learners read books by the author Keiko Kasza and complete critical thinking skills, and connections to different subjects. In this language lesson plan, students connect the books to language arts, social studies, science, math, health,...
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Comprehension of Word Problems
Learners solve word problems using a graphic organizer. In this problem solving lesson, students are introduced to the included graphic organizer and are taught how to use it for solving word problems. Learners write the required...
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Reader's Theater: If You Take a Mouse to School
In this reading worksheet, students participate in a 2 character reader's theater play based on the book If You Take a Mouse to School.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Mr. Crocodile's Busy Day
Demonstrate how to read analog and digital clocks to the hour in this time measurement instructional activity. Read the book What Time is it Mr. Crocodile? and use Mr. Crocodile's schedule to practice telling time. They work in...
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Shopping
Students demonstrate how to count money through a simulated shopping experience. In this consumer math lesson, students read the book Just Shopping With Mom and count play money to illustrate how much the items in the book cost.
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The Night Before Christmas Graph
First graders graph their favorite The Night Before Christmas books. In this graphing lesson students listen to several versions of the the same story, The Night Before Christmas. The students each choose their favorite version and the...
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From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Students listen to From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil F. Frankweiler and discuss wants and needs. For this iincome and expenses lesson, students relate the adventures of the children in the book to a real life financial situation....
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How Many?
In this math instructional activity, students learn to count from 1 to 10 and read color words by making a 5 page book. Students count the number of jelly beans and color them the appropriate color which is indicated. Then students write...
T. Smith Publishing
Finding Percentages 6A
A list of 20 two to three-digit numbers asks math whizzes to determine specified percentages for each. The publisher has linked the assignment to CCSS.Math.Content.6RP.3, and it is targeted at the discreet skill of finding a percent of a...
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Twas the Day Before Zoo Day
In this zoo math worksheet, students read and solve 10 word problems pertaining to the zoo. Students mark the correct answer from 4 choices. This is related to a literature book called Twas the Day Before Zoo Day.
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A Dollar for Penny
Students demonstrate different ways to make a dollar. In this consumer math lesson, students read the book A Dollar for Penny and identify the value of each coin. Students determine combinations of coins that can make up a dollar.
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Flat Stanley Vocabulary Word Unscramble
In this reading literature response worksheet, students answer questions and write responses to show their understanding of Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown.
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Matter
Second graders read the book The Mitten and discuss the changing weather and appropriate clothes to wear in certain kinds of weather. In this weather lesson plan, 2nd graders also have a literature, writing, and math component to the...
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Dinner at the Panda Palace Activity Card
In this counting worksheet, students will work with a parent to read the story Dinner at the Panda Palace and count the different animals on each page.
Teacher's Corner
What Is a Foot?
An in-class and at-home assignment, young math stars find and list items from home and school that they think are one foot in length. Once the list is made, provide everyone with rulers to measure and find the actual lengths of their items.
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Book Title: Counting Crocodiles by Judy Sierra
Students explore number sequence in a variety of activities. In this number practice lesson, students play a game of finger flash and read the book Counting Crocodiles. Students discuss the counting elements in the book and chart the...
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1st Grade Math: Greater Than, Less Than
First graders participate in a variety of math activities that emphasize the concepts of greater than, less than, and equal to. They order numbers on the number line, compare numbers, create letters using numbers on a 1-100 number chart,...
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Foot Book Lesson Plan
Students measure items using non-standard units of measure. In this measurement instructional activity, students listen to Dr. Seuss', The Foot Book, before using oak tag feet to measure items. They use a large foot and a smaller one to...
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Read and Write Numbers to 100
In this early childhood math practice worksheet, students use their problem solving skills to solve 6 story problems that require them to add or subtract.
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Book Title: You Can’t Buy a Dinosaur with a Dime
Students explore the concepts of multiple digit addition and subtraction. In this addition and subtraction instructional activity, students read the book You Can’t Buy a Dinosaur with a Dime and then discuss methods for solving a...