Math Lesson Plans

Students discover number sense by participating in a music manipulation activity. In this number value lesson, students collaborate in small groups and utilize music note cards to create equations based on the value of a specific note. Students utilize basic math functions to complete a music note worksheet.

Students play music math to reinforce math skills while learning and reinforcing music notes and note values.

Learn math in an outdoor environment using this resource. Learners identify the shapes and sizes of geometric objects in a natural environment. They estimate and compare the height of two trees, take pictures of geometric shapes and designs observed outside, and write a lab report that includes scale drawings.

Students participate in a math investigation involving the story "A Three Hat Day" by Charles L. Blood and Martin Link. They listen to the story, then work out a strategy to figure out how many ways the main character can wear the same three hats if each day he wanted to wear them in a different order.

Second graders listen to story The Grapes of Math by Greg Tang, review what subtraction is, use grapes to represent subtraction problems, discuss alternate ways to represent subtraction problems, solve problems, and create their own subtraction problems using grapes as manipulatives.

Eighth graders demonstrate their initial level of comprehension by taking a 30-question, open-ended, math test. The teacher reviews the rules of the test, rules of taking a test and students are reminded that at the end of the period, tests are done-whether students have finished or not.

Students complete a family math challenge packet. In these math challenge lessons, complete a packet of mixed math activities. They work with graphs, comparing numerical data, tessellations, and probability.

Young scholars explore the math they are learning in the classroom with their families. In this math workshop lesson, participants learn about the types of mathematics being taught in the classroom. These workshops provide opportunities to strengthen the family/school connection.

Students use M & M candy to add, graph, sort and estimate. In this M & M math lesson, students listen to a read aloud of the M&M Counting Book before working at four stations. They estimate the number of candies in a bag, sort them by color, graph by color, and complete adding activities.

Third graders discover the value of eating well by simulating a grocery store purchase.  In this consumer math lesson, 3rd graders create a shopping list of healthy food they would like to eat and pay for their food with fake bills.  Students work in groups of 2 as they simulate walking into a grocery store.