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Better Lesson: Introducing Quadrilaterals
A big word for a big idea! After being introduced to the term quadrilateral, the students will learn the characteristics of them and have an opportunity to create various quadrilaterals.
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Better Lesson: Talking About Triangles
Let's talk about shapes baby. Let's talk about vertices. Leeettsss talk about all the things that triangles need to be, Oh let's talk abbbooouuut shapes! It's not Salt N Peppa but you can get your groove on with today's triangle talk.
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Better Lesson: Assessing Composing and Decomposing Shapes
Knowledge in Action! Today you will find out if the students are understanding the idea of decomposing and composing shapes with pattern blocks.
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Better Lesson: Chrysanthemum: Shorter and Longer Names
To introduce these terms, 1st graders get to learn a little mouse with a LONG name! After reading Chrysanthemum, students look at how long all of their names are and use the terms, "shorter, equal to and longer than" to compare the lengths.
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Better Lesson: Building With Shapes
I love blending art and math. I want my students to develop a depth of knowledge for 2D plane shapes and distinguish polygon from non-polygon shapes.
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Better Lesson: Decomposing Given Large Areas, Day 3
Third graders work with decomposing arrays in order to practice finding small areas and putting the totals together. In this third lesson plan, they will work on finding smaller areas that make mental math more feasible.
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Better Lesson: Making Change
Second graders count by 5s, 10s and 25s to add money amounts and make change.
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Better Lesson: More Than One Name for a Fraction
We are all called by more than one name. Lets find out if fractions can be too!
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Better Lesson: Measurement and Symmetry
Second graders use a variety of measurement tools to measure both small and larger distances.
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Better Lesson: Making a Tally Chart
Second graders build towards making their own bar graph by using data to make a tally chart.
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Better Lesson: Kindness Day Math
Second graders can use graphs to carry the theme of kindness into their worlds.
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Better Lesson: Perimeter of My Fence
A farmer needs a fence to keep the bunny out of his lettuce patch, but does he understand perimiter enough to buy the right amount?
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Better Lesson: How Big Is a Mile?
How far do I have to walk in order to make 1 mile? Learners measure, add, and figure it out.
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Better Lesson: Counting Clams a Tidal Flat Adventure
Mathematics has an important role in the real world outside of school. For this lesson, students will learn how scientists use multiplication to estimate animal populations. Included in the lesson are a detailed plan, background...
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Better Lesson: Decimal Notation vs. Fractions
In this lesson students will use a variety of skills to determine the underlying connections between fractions and decimals.
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Better Lesson: Decomposing and Composing Mixed Fractions
Given a set fraction amount students will be able to decompose into a sum of fractions in more than one way.
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Better Lesson: Measuring in Centimeters
They measure in Japan too. Students measure two objects and compare to decide how much larger one is than the other.
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Better Lesson: Let's Compare
A comparison is not the addition of two numbers, but a difference. Seeing the visual difference is the focus of this lesson.
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Better Lesson: What Are Our Norms for How We Listen?
This instructional activity helps build a strong culture of problem solvers, and it can work as an introduction in 1st grade or as a Kindergarten instructional activity!
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Better Lesson: Measurement: Comparing Dinosaurs
First Graders need to use direct and indirect comparisons to measure objects. Today they will use their new knowledge of dinosaurs to find the longest of the giant lizards.
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Better Lesson: Use a Non Standard Unit to Measure
In this lesson students will use color tiles to measure classroom objects.
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Better Lesson: Indirect Measurement
Made to measure! In this lesson plan students will be able to use the transitive principle for indirect measurement as they compare the lengths of the objects to each other.
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Better Lesson: Order Length
The long and the short of it... In this introductory instructional activity to ordering lengths, 1st graders will be able to compare objects by length using the vocabulary longest and shortest.
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Better Lesson: Understanding Data!
Fourth graders will gear up to explore how to find the means, median, and modes to represent data.