Hawaiʻi State Department of Education
ABA Form in Music
Patterns happen everywhere, in music, math, and language! Fourth graders listen to the "William Tell Overture" visualizing the patterns that they hear. They then discuss and write an ABA poem that matches the ABA form found in the music...
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Activity Guide for Snow
Create a cross-curricular learning experience around a shared reading of Cynthia Rylant's book Snow. From writing poetry and a singing a song about snow, to creating paper snowflakes and solving math story problems, this resource...
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Time for a Plumber!
Fourth graders compare amounts of time in seconds, minutes and hours. In this multiplying and comparing time lesson, 4th graders problem solve a plumbing problem scenario to find which amount of time is the least. Students...
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The Play
Students work together to solve word problems. They examine the concepts of functions and relations. They develop plans for roles in the play they are creating.
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Pipe Music With Decimals
Students discuss strategies for solving problems with decimals. They find the sum of problems through recognizing place value and by practicing adding numbers both vertically and horizontally. They read and solve real life word...
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Writing and Solving Equations
Fifth graders identify specific words in a sentence to solve the correct operation and write equations. In this writing equations lesson, 5th graders follow the teacher through several word problems on an overhead projector and isolate...
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Simple Subtraction with Musical Instruments
In this simple subtraction with musical instruments worksheet, 1st graders use pictures of three musical instruments to solve the equation.
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Math Multiplication Maze: 1-Digit Numbers
In this multiplication learning exercise, students solve 1-digit multiplication problems to get through a maze; all answers are even.
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Operations with Decimals
Help your learners get practice with operations involving decimals. They will follow prescribed steps that require them to use mixed operations to solve problems with decimals. Great for practice after pupils have had comprehensive...
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Does Music Cam the Savage Beast?
Pupils collect, graph and analyze data. In this statistics lesson, students measure the heart beat of a person as they listen to music. They use the CBL and TI to create a graph, analyzing the outcome.
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Differentiation Quiz
In this differentiation quiz worksheet, learners solve 10 short answer problems. Students differentiate rational equations, trig functions, exponential models, higher order polynomials, etc.
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Musical Math
Pupils play a game of mathematical musical chairs, moving from desk to desk solving addition and subtraction problems.
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Double Bar Graphs
In this double bar graphs practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Division
Pupils use their knowledge of multiplication to learn problem solving strategies to solve division problems. In this division lesson plan, students play a circle game, work in small groups to review times tables, and solve division sums.
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How Much Has Math Changed?
Learners solve problems using the opposite, reciprocal and powers. In this algebra lesson, students solve problems with inequalities and absolute values. They show understanding of the basic content of math in this lesson.
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Proportion Problems
Seventh graders explore the concept of proportions. In this proportions lesson, 7th graders determine which offer is the better deal given two pizza offers. Students use cross products to solve proportions. Students write directions...
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Word Problems for Sixth Grade Math
In this math and word problems worksheet, 6th graders read and solve 2 problems using multiplication and division skills.
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Write a Number Sentence
In this number sentences practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems by writing accurate number sentences.
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Party Time: Word Problems
In this word problem worksheet, students solve a total of 7 problems about quantities of invitations, plates, drinks, candy, and pizza for a party, as well as number of CD's for dancing
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Sharing Strategies
In this math strategies worksheet, 3rd graders, working with a partner, study 5 word problems to determine the best math strategy to solve each problem and then share their solutions.
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Elapsed Time Word Problems-- 24 Hour Clock
In this math learning exercise, students solve 20 word problems in which they calculate elapsed time to the nearest minute. The page is from the UK- spellings and idioms may be unfamiliar to others. Note: Some times are expressed on a 24...
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How to Use the Distributive Property of Multiplication
Fourth graders evaluate the distributive property of multiplication. In this multiplication lesson, 4th graders discover how the distributive property makes problem solving faster. Students complete several problems demonstrating their...
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Party Time
Students design a budget to plan for a class party. In this problem solving lesson, students devise a budget with a limit of fifty dollars for a class party. Students discuss and estimate the amount of money needed for food and decorations.
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Computer Olympics
Students compete to achieve excellence in math facts, writing terms, problem solving, and writing skills on the computer. In this Computer Olympics lesson plan, students practice the skill of drill and practice in order to succeed and...