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Piranha Lesson Plans
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In this lesson students listen to the book Ten Sly Piranhas, act out the story on their own and then use goldfish crackers as manipulatives to demonstrate each of the subtraction problems.
This lesson has students use goldfish crackers to act out subtraction problems. In this subtraction lesson plan, students read the story Ten Sly Piranhas and then act it out with the goldfish.
Students solve related addition and subtraction problems. In this addition and subtraction lesson, students use the book Ten Sly Piranhas by William Wise as the source of word problems for students to solve.
In this lesson students investigate the Amazon. In this geography skills lesson, students use a jigsaw reading activity to explore the Amazon rainforest.
Students listen to a read aloud of Ten Sly Piranhas while role playing the action of the story using counters. They use double dominoes to model addition and subs traction concepts.
Learners, in teams, attempt to cross the 'piranha' infested waters of a swimming pool using cooperation and various tools (jump ropes, foams etc.). After attempting to cross the pool following the rules learners discuss how to improve.
Students explore the importance of tracking inventory. In this inventory lesson, students analyze inventory sheets to understand why businesses track inventory. Students compile data. Students answer questions to build understanding.
Students investigate how to make change when purchasing items. In this making change lesson, students examine a scenario to calculate the correct change. Students play Bingo based on information and calculations to determine the amount of change given.
Students complete a product and sales analyses. In this statistics lesson, students calculate mean, median, mode, and range for a given set of data.
Students test tap water for hardness and mineral content. In this environmental science lesson, students identify the different stages of the water cycle. They classify plant and animals according to the rules of taxonomy.
