Ms. Amber Nakamura's Mathematics Website
Algebra Project
What would your dream house look like? A cottage? A medieval castle? High schoolers enrolled in Algebra design the perfect house while using slopes to write equations for various aspects of the project.
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Completing Simple Tax Forms
Twelfth graders practice filling out IRS 1040 EZ forms. They discuss various ways people pay taxes. They assess the importance of W-2 forms and apply skills using the IRS tax table to compute how much money is owed or returned.
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The Stock Market
Students explore the loss and gain made in the stock market as they invest a sum of money and report the results as percentages instead of points.
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Problem Solving with the Wilderness Classroom
Students complete 45 multiple choice math word problems. In this math word problems lesson plan, students solve word problems on time, graphing, all four operations, money, and more.
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Money Values Worksheet Lesson
Young scholars determine how many dollars, quarters, nickels, dimes, and pennies equals a given dollar amount.
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Math Lesson: Just How Many is a "Million Dead"?
Students are able to convert large numbers into meaningful ratios. They are able to conceptualize 1 million. Students grapple with the concept of a million. They use this activity to convey the idea of millions by converting war death...
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Compounding with 100% Interest Rates
Your young economists will be amazed at the effect of compounding interest more frequently in this collaborative task about making sound financial choices. Learners are walked through the calculations of a couple of examples and then...
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Lemonade Stand: Making Money the Old-Fashioned Way
Students run their own lemonade stand and are to figure out what to sell the lemonade at to gain the maximum profit.
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Money Madness
Second graders review coins and their values. In this coin recognition lesson, 2nd graders review the coin values as they read 'Smart' by Shel Silverstein. Students use class computer demonstrations to identify the coin's names, worth,...
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Money
Second graders show combinations for $1.00. In this dollar combinations instructional activity, 2nd graders use nickels, dimes, and quarters to model and count combinations equaling $1.00.
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Money Matters
Students explore the concept of money. In this money lesson plan, students role play an economy. Students are divided into three categories- the money factory, construction workers, and the grocery store. Students work cooperatively to...
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Two Ways to Write Money
Second graders complete activities to learn about money and how to write money. In this money lesson, 2nd graders watch a video about ways to write money. Students work in groups with play money and come up with two ways to write money....
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LCR Math Dice Game
Students play a dice game with play money. In this dice game instructional activity, students use play money and move poker chips back and forth. Students practice their money math using collaborative skills. Students also roll dice to...
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Money Talks
Students move from fact finding to interpretation as they examine paper money from the time of the American Revolution. In the final exercise, they use the issue dates of the bills to construct a chronology of political changes during...
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Next Year's Seeds
Reading, a math game, and a simulation activity provide the engagement on a lesson about seeds and crops. Learners in grades two through four read an informational passage about crops, seeds, and farming. They highlight important...
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Flipping Coins: Density as a Characteristic Property
Young scholars explore linear functions in a crime solving context. They collect and analyze data using linear equations, then interpret the slope and intercepts from a linear model.
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Money & Work
Students explain basic information concerning financial investments. They identify consumer rights and responsibilities and effective practices for purchasing consumer goods, services, housing and insurance. They list steps in setting...
K12 Reader
Estimation
When is it a good idea to use estimation? Learn about estimation and rounding with a reading comprehension lesson. After kids read a passage about estimation, they answer five comprehension questions on the other side of the page.
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Hairy Heredity
Young scholars learn that heredity comes down to the flip of a coin with this cross-curricular math and science lesson. Using smiley faces as a model, students toss coins to determine which dominant or recessive traits will be passed on...
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Mystery Tours – Plan Your Tour
Everyone loves a vacation and a set of three activities has groups planning a tour of the U.K. using given distance, time, and price data. They solve a variety of problems related to the trip and produce a report on the success of the trip.
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A Mass of Pennies
Learners estimate and determine the number of cents (pennies) that are needed to equal the mass of a variety of common objects. They develop a process for measuring and explore concepts related to units of measurement.
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Using a Round-O-Meter to Estimate
Explore the concept of rounding numbers to the nearest dollar or dime. Youngsters use a "round-o-meter" to determine which direction to round a number. They make round-o-meters out of a piece of paper, a piece of string, and a paper clip.
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Sunken Treasure
You've located buried treasure, now what? Explore how to use algebraic and geometric methods to determine where to place a recovery ship based on the location of the treasure.
Curriculum Corner
Guest Teacher Plans Grade 4
Creating substitute plans may not be the highlight of your workday. Make the task less daunting with a general, day-long plan covering math, reading, word work, and writing.
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