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Curated OER

Numeral Recognition, Matching, and Writing

For Teachers K - 1st
Students reinforce numeral recognition by matching and writing the numbers from 1-20. In this numeral recognition lesson, students count aloud sequentially from one to twenty, identify numerals 1-20, write numerals 1-20, and match...
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EngageNY

Construct an Equilateral Triangle (part 2)

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Triangles, triangles, and more triangles! In this second installment of a 36-part series, your young mathematicians explore two increasingly challenging constructions, requiring them to develop a way to construct three triangles that...
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EngageNY

The Relationship of Division and Subtraction

For Teachers 6th Standards
See how division and subtraction go hand-in-hand. The fourth installment of a 36-part module has scholars investigate the relationship between subtraction and division. They learn using tape diagrams to see that they can use repeated...
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EngageNY

Interpreting Division of a Fraction by a Whole Number—Visual Models

For Teachers 6th Standards
Divide fractions just like a model does. Pupils visualize the division of a fraction by a whole number by creating models. Scholars make the connection between dividing by a whole number and multiplication before practicing the skill...
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EngageNY

Four Interesting Transformations of Functions (Part 2)

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
What happens to a function whose graph is translated horizontally? Groups find out as they investigate the effects of addition and subtraction within a function. This nineteenth lesson in a 26-part series focuses on horizontal...
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EngageNY

Multiplying and Factoring Polynomial Expressions (part 1)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Polynomial multiplication and factoring go hand in hand. Why not teach them together. This resource begins with an area model for distributing a monomial and then connects the process to factoring the GCF. Learners then advance to...
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EngageNY

Geometric Sequences and Exponential Growth and Decay

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Connect geometric sequences to exponential functions. The 26th installment of a 35-part module has scholars model situations using geometric sequences. Writing recursive and explicit formulas allow scholars to solve problems in context.
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EngageNY

Volumes of Familiar Solids – Cones and Cylinders

For Teachers 8th Standards
Investigate the volume of cones and cylinders. Scholars develop formulas for the volume of cones and cylinders in the 10th instructional activity of the module. They then use their formulas to calculate volume.
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Curated OER

Indiana Applied Skills Assessment Sample

For Teachers 5th
In this Applied Skills Assessment worksheet, 5th graders complete a sample state assessment for Language Arts and Mathematics for 5th graders. They read a writing prompt and complete a writing activity that follows, answer various types...
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Institute for Teaching through Technology and Innovative Practices

The Right Number of Elephants

For Teachers Pre-K - K Standards
How can you tell if a number of items is reasonable? Combine math and language arts with a fun lesson based on Jeff Shepard's The Right Number of Elephants. After reading the book, kids discuss amounts of other items and create...
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EngageNY

Putting It All Together

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Shuffle 'em up and deal! Learners practice operations with polynomials using cards they pass around the room. The activity works with pairs or individuals, so it offers great flexibility. This is the fifth installment in a series of 42...
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EngageNY

Translating Graphs of Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
If you know one, you know them all! Parent functions all handle translations the same. This lesson examines the quadratic, absolute value, and square root functions. Pupils discover the similarities in the behavior of the graphs when...
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EngageNY

Stretching and Shrinking Graphs of Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Why is that graph wider? Pupils learn about stretching and shrinking graphs of square root, absolute value, cubic, and quadratic functions. They study both vertical and horizontal stretches and shrinks in addition to reflections. 
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EngageNY

Infinite Decimals

For Students 8th Standards
Can you support the argument that the decimal 0.99999 ... is equivalent to the number one? The seventh installment in this 25-part module gives convincing support for this conclusion. Pupils write infinite decimals using powers of 10....
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EngageNY

The Division Algorithm—Converting Decimal Division into Whole Number Division Using Mental Math

For Students 6th Standards
Make math much simpler with mental math methods. The 16th installment in a series of 21 looks at ways scholars can apply mental math to convert division problems into easier problems with the same quotient. Multiplying or dividing both...
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EngageNY

Rational Numbers on the Number Line

For Students 6th Standards
Individuals learn how to plot rational numbers on the number line in the sixth lesson of a 21-part module. They identify appropriate units and determine opposites of rational numbers.
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EngageNY

Interpreting Division of a Whole Number by a Fraction—Visual Models

For Teachers 6th Standards
Connect division with multiplication through the use of models. Groups solve problems involving the division of a whole number by a fraction using models. The groups share their methods along with the corresponding division and...
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EngageNY

Distributing Expressions

For Teachers 6th Standards
You know how to factor expressions; now it's time to go the opposite way. Scholars learn to write algebraic expressions in expanded form using the distributive property. A problem set helps them practice the skill.
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EngageNY

Scale Factors

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Is it bigger, or is it smaller—or maybe it's the same size? Individuals learn to describe enlargements and reductions and quantify the result. Lesson five in the series connects the creation of a dilated image to the result. Pupils...
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EngageNY

Modeling with Polynomials—An Introduction (part 1)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Maximizing resources is essential to productivity. Class members complete an activity to show how math can help in the process. Using a piece of construction paper, learners construct a box with the maximum volume. Ultimately, they...
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EngageNY

Euler’s Number, e

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Scholars model the height of water in a container with an exponential function and apply average rates of change to this function. The main attraction of the lesson is the discovery of Euler's number. 
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EngageNY

Two-Step Problems—All Operations

For Teachers 6th Standards
Step 1: Use the resource. Step 2: Watch your class become experts in solving two-step problems. Scholars learn to solve two-step word problems in context. They use tape diagrams and algebraic techniques to break the problem into two,...
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Curated OER

Exploring Geometry on the Sphere

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this geometry worksheet, students define important vocabulary dealing with circles. They measure cricles to the nearest degree. There are 11 word problems to be solved.
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EngageNY

Word Problems Leading to Rational Equations

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Show learners how to apply rational equations to the real world. Learners solve problems such as those involving averages and dilution. They write equations to model the situation and then solve them to answer the question —...