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Barter vs. Money
First graders listen to the book, Sheep in a Shop, that leads them to think about making financial decisions, trading, and the barter system. After the book is read aloud, a discussion ensues about some of the things that the sheep...
EngageNY
Relationships Between Quantities and Reasoning with Equations and Their Graphs
Graphing all kinds of situations in one and two variables is the focus of this detailed unit of daily lessons, teaching notes, and assessments. Learners start with piece-wise functions and work their way through setting up and solving...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Addition and Subtraction Facts to 20
First graders act out number stories from number cards. In order to learn about addition and subtraction up to 20 lesson, learners become the manipulatives and line up to show the number stories.
Roald Dahl
Matilda - Arithmetic
Mr. Wormwood, one of the characters in Roald Dahl's Matilda, is not the most trustworthy of characters. Have student groups take on the roles of car salespeople and play a game to see who can make the most profit by selling refurbished...
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How Far Away Is the Moon?
Does the space shuttle have an odometer? Maybe, but all that is needed to determine the distance to the moon is a little geometry! The lesson asks scholars to sketch the relationship of the Earth and moon using shadows of an eclipse....
First Stage
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Charlie Brown may not feel the Christmas spirit this year, but your elementary students can use the season to practice important cross-curricular skills! A set of worksheets and activities based on A Charlie Brown Christmas guide apply...
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Missing Addends
In this early childhood math practice learning exercise, students use their problem solving skills to solve 6 story problems that require them to add.
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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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Write an Equation
In this math challenge instructional activity, students read 5 story problems and use their problem solving skills to write equations in order to solve each of them.
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Picture It
In this story problem worksheet, students answer short answer question about a story problem. Students complete 6 questions about a story problems with 1 digit numbers.
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Subtract from 9 and 10
In this subtraction instructional activity, students solve story problems that involve subtracting from the numbers 9 and 10. There are six story problems to solve.
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Add with Zero
In this math word problem practice learning exercise, students sharpen their addition skills as they find the sum in 6 story problems that require them to add with 0.
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Fractions and Decimals
In this fractions and decimals practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Sums Greater Than One
In this fractions practice activity, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems that have sums greater than 1.
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Divide by a Fraction
In this dividing by fractions practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Evaluate Problem-Solving in the Context of Culture and Time-frame
Students examine literary elements in non-fiction literature. In this problem solving lesson, students read Rosa Parks, My Story and Beyond the Limits. Students make oral presentations based on the causes and effects, conflicts, and...
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Reasonable Answers
In this reasonable answers worksheet, students solve 6 word problems in which estimation is used. Students circle the most reasonable answer from 3 choices.
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Writing in Math Class
Students brainstorm and discuss ways math is all around them, explain in writing how they solve math problems, describe mathematical ideas in writing, and create original story problems.
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Face The Facts To Remember
Second graders use manipulatives, drawings, and story problems to learn the two's multiplication tables. After learning how to find answers, they participate in a memory game to match facts and answers.
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How Many Frogs? challenge
In this addition word problem worksheet, students add to solve the first problem. use that sum to solve the following problem, and continue solving problems with the previous sums. Students solve four problems.
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Measuring the Egyptian Way using the Pythagorean Theorem
Young scholars measure using the Pythagorean Theorem. In this geometry lesson, students solve right triangles using the properties of the Pythagorean theorem. They apply the same knowledge to solving story problems.
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Formulas Multiple Choice
In this formulas instructional activity, high schoolers determine the distance between two points. They read story problems, identify needed information, write equations and solve them. Students find the midpoint of a line. This...
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Ten Sly Piranhas: A Counting Story in Reverse
Students solve related addition and subtraction problems. In this addition and subtraction instructional activity, students use the book Ten Sly Piranhas by William Wise as the source of word problems for students to solve.
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Building Word Problems
Sixth graders study addition and subtraction facts. In equal groups, they play a race game to correctly solve addition and subtraction problems. Using a PowerPoint presentation, the teacher demonstrates how to write word problems and...