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Unit Plan
Buffalo State

Adding and Subtracting Integers Unit

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Just because one integer is larger than another doesn't mean it will make sense right away. Go beyond note taking and show learners, through the use of algebra tiles and a Four-Pan Algebra Balance, how the numbers relate to one another...
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Curated OER

Number and Number Relations: Lesson 2

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in using the terminology of more, less, between, compare, and order. They compare whole numbers and use the symbols for <, >, =. They order whole numbers and practice with problems where they use this...
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Curated OER

Ordering Numbers

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders compare and contrast positive and negative numbers. They create a T-Chart and list real word examples of positive an negative numbers. After observing an number line and a football field, 7th graders describe the...
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Curated OER

Fishin' For Fractions

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders compare fractions. In this fraction lesson plan, 5th graders identify whether a fraction is closest to zero, half, or one and use common denominators. They put fractions in order and complete real-life fraction questions. 
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Curated OER

Sweet Fraction Frenzy

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders compare and order fractions. In this comparing and ordering fractions instructional activity, 4th graders make fraction strips from construction paper but pretend that they are candy bars. They use the strips to compare...
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Curated OER

Number and Operations- Largest Number Race

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in a race to compare whole numbers. In this number operations lesson, students create the largest 10-digit number and discuss how they constructed the largest number.
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Curated OER

Operations with Decimal Numbers

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders demonstrate operations with decimal numbers. In this computation lesson, 6th graders play the game "Diabolical Decimals." The objects of this game is to construct the largest number after rolling a die five times. The...
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Curated OER

How Many?

For Teachers K
Establish 1:1 correspondence by counting students, first one gender, then the other. Give each child a colored cube (one color for boys, another for girls) and have small groups determine more or less and how many all together. As a...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Measure Me!

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
How many unifix cubes tall are you? If you're not sure, then perform this math activity with your class and find out. Working in pairs, young mathematicians make measuring sticks out of unifix cubes in order to determine the length of...
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Curated OER

Comparing and Ordering Fractions

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students compare and organize different fractions. In this fraction instructional activity, students use wax paper divided into squares to represent fractions. Students put them in different orders based on their value to complete...
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Curated OER

Endangered Species

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders graph data in order to compare the number of extinct species and a rise in human population. They analyze the data collected. Students are encouraged to infer the relationship.
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Curated OER

Comparing and Ordering Integers

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students compare and order integers on an umber line. In this algebra lesson, students differentiate between positive and negative numbers. They plot point in the correct order on a number line.
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Curated OER

Comparing Fractions

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students discuss the nature of fractions and compare fractions based on a similar whole to determine relative size.
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Curated OER

Burger King Investigation

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study data on the nutritional value of Burger King meals in order to discover its nutritional value and also to compare the meals, using mathematical computation, to the recommended daily diet. In this data handling lesson,...
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Curated OER

Mystery Number

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners explore numbers 1-100.  In this cross curriculum literacy and numeration lesson, students listen to the book More or Less by Stuart J. Murphy. Learners play a game with a partner in which they guess the "mystery number" based on...
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Curated OER

Handling Data

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students create a simple table in order to solve a problem. As a class, they create a simple data table in order to discover the number of letters in each student's name. This data is interpreted in order to answer questions and make...
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Curated OER

Initial Fraction Ideas Lesson 7: Overview

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders recognize that the larger the denominator of a fraction, the smaller the piece you have.  In this fraction lesson, 3rd graders compare fractions and order them from largest to smallest. Students complete an exercise...
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Curated OER

Patterns to the Rescue

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students watch "Cyberchase: The Poddleville Case" and analyze patterns. They complete a patterns assignment worksheet and then they make up patterns using numbers, shapes or colors, for their classmates to solve. They use patterns to...
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Curated OER

Comparing and Ordering (Decimal Numbers)

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this math worksheet, learners learn to compare and order five numbers in a set. Numbers are decimals to the thousandths place. Students answer 8 questions. There are also activities which can be done with a partner.
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Curated OER

Exploring Place and Space

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore number values by completing mathematical worksheets in class. In this decimals lesson, students identify the different place values a number has and the use of decimals to represent a fraction of a number. Students...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Placing a Square Root on the Number Line

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
There are many ways to approach finding the rational approximation of an unknown square root. Here is a problem that will help math learners make a connection between square roots and their order on a number line. As usual, determine two...
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Curated OER

Find 2/3

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This short problem with representing fractions on a number line is more than meets the eye. Labeled only with the numbers zero and 1/4, a number line is used to locate the fraction 2/3. A solution can be found in multiple ways, but young...
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PBS

Patterns to the Rescue!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Track down the Cyberchase episode that this instructional activity is associated with. Using a worksheet that is embedded in the plan, learners must find the next two numbers and shapes (a double pattern). Once these have been...
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

Use Order of Operations to Evaluate Expressions—No Grouping Symbols

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify and explain different types of data collection and graphs. In this graphs and data collection lesson, students record their observations of a variety of data collection tools and graphs displayed in the room. Students...

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