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Virtual Ellis Island Museum Unit: Oral Histories
Students conduct oral histories of family members to explore their cultural and ethnic heritage after developing a set of research questions.
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Essay Exchange Unit: Final Drafts
Students develop final versions of their position papers and add them to the school's web pages for review and feedback.
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Essay Exchange Unit: Rough Drafts
Students submit rough drafts of position papers and post them on computer networks for review.
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Essay Exchange Unit: Thesis Development
High schoolers identify areas of interest and conduct preliminary research using on-line and library resources to develop their thesis statements.
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Measurement, Perimeter and Area
Learners explore the concept of measurement. In this measurement instructional activity, students collect data about themselves such as height, finger length, neck circumference, foot length, and other body measurements. Learners cut...
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Measuring a Mummy Case
Middle schoolers practice how to calculate volume using mummy cases. They measure using ancient Egyptian, U.S., and metric systems. They explore how to convert measurements into different systems, and discuss ratios.
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A Matter of Proportion
Students measure the relative heights of the mosaic giraffe and its trainer and compare their proportions to an actual giraffe and zoo trainer.
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Virtual Ellis Island Museum Unit: Final Reports
Students write reports of their research findings to be shared with friends and families. They develop their reports into web pages for publication on the Internet.
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Breaking News English: British Airways Strike Almost Over
In this English worksheet, students read "British Airways Strike Almost Over," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
Other
Link to Learning: Number Sense and Numeration
Link to Learning is a site popular among Ontario teachers. This collection of sites addresses Number Sense and Numeration expectations in the Ontario Math curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade 8.
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Link to Learning: Number Sense and Numeration
Link to Learning is a site popular among Ontario teachers. This collection of sites addresses Number Sense and Numeration expectations in the Ontario Math curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade 8.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Ordering Numbers to 30
Numbers don't stop at 20! We spend the last week or so of school looking at the numbers beyond 20. Today we do it by looking at the number line.
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Better Lesson: Missing Number Equations
Second graders will become more comfortable making sense of equations presented in missing answer (traditional) and missing number ( nontraditional) formats.
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Better Lesson: Change Unknown Word Problems With Number Lines
Second graders solve change unknown story problems using a number line. This lesson gives students a new strategy to attach change unknown word problems.
Math Slice
Math Slice: Number Slice Special Test
A succinct test on number concepts including problem solving, basic operations, and computation. Assessment is scored online and student score is compared with other student test scores. Great for use as a quick assessment.
PBS
Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Numbers 1 10 Activity Plan
In this week's Afterschool Adventure, children will explore simple math activities using the numbers one through ten. Children will represent numbers in different ways, such as drawing quantities; writing numerals; and using number...
Mangahigh
Mangahigh: Number: Order of Operations
Students learn about the concept of order of operations by exploring a tutorial. They can then test their knowledge by taking a ten question assessment that increases in difficulty as they correctly answer questions.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Number and Operation Sense: Whole Numbers
In this activity, students attain a basic understanding of numbers and number operations, developing number sense, and gaining fluency in arithmetic computation. They also learn to use the calculator to explore the mathematical...
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Better Lesson: Larger Number Patterns
Second graders can find patterns in 4-digit numbers that will help them when counting over decades and centuries.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Patterns Make Ten
This lesson builds a foundation for adding larger numbers which is supported by the Common Core standards for second grade.
NumberNut
Number Nut: Comparing Operations
Combine all of your knowledge about the four basic operations in this lesson that focuses on comparing operations. Discover the relationship between of each operation and key vocabulary terms to build your number sense.
NumberNut
Number Nut: Ordering Operations With Parentheses
A thorough lesson on order of operations that includes detailed examples and related vocabulary.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Number Sense
Order of operations goes beyond the traditional basic four operations to include positive and negative exponents and parenthesizes.
Other
Math Ed Page: A Proposal for Early Math Education
A chapter from a book on mathematics instruction for elementary students. Henri Picciotti explains why instruction in number sense, function sense, and symbol sense is important. He offers sample plans for operation sense.