New York State Education Department
TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 13
The six instructional shifts in this workshop definitely move math and science teachers' understanding of instruction. The workshop, 13th out of a series of 15, asks participants to examine sample tests and to look at how the six...
New York State Education Department
TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 7
Designed specifically for math instructors, the seventh workshop of a 15-part series allows time to explore Webb's DOK, ponder open-ended questions, and create lessons to apply what is learned. Teachers craft high-quality math problems...
EngageNY
TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 8
Lights, camera, action! Math educators consider how to improve their instruction by examining a model of the five-practice problem-solving model involving a movie theater. Participants examine cognitive demand in relation to problem...
EngageNY
TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 15
What do a cheetah, Audi commercial, and air have in common? They're all topics of an engaging inquiry-based, hands-on workshop for educators about background knowledge, reading strategies, the CER model, and argumentative writing. The...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Area and Perimeter Review Using Legos
Lesson plan in which students calculate area, build areas to a given amount, and calculate the perimeter with the use of Legos. Step by step instructions and videos are provided. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.C.7.c Use area models to represent...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Interactive Middle School Math 8 for Ccss
A complete CCSS Grade 8 Mathematics course that includes interactives in every lesson, plus videos, hands-on activities, and questions with immediate feedback. Every lesson also has specifically chosen 'Related Modalities' that teach the...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Interactive Middle School Math 7 for Ccss
A complete CCSS Grade 7 Mathematics course that includes interactives in every lesson, plus videos, hands-on activities, and questions with immediate feedback. Every lesson also has specifically chosen 'Related Modalities' that teach the...
Other
Form Swift: Common Core Lesson Plans
Three, customizable Common Core lesson plan templates educators can create and fill out for math, science, and language arts.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: An Introduction to Quadrilaterals
Quadrilaterals-parallelograms, rectangles, and trapezoids-are thoroughly introduced in this lesson plan for upper elementary and middle school learners. Lots of resources are linked to it to help support the teacher and students....
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Area
This lesson plan helps students explore the mathematical concept of area and features resource links to further learning. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.C.7.a Find the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths by tiling it
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Finding Area With Squares: Lesson 4
Step by step, this video lesson [4:34] will show you how to add up the number of squares that cover an object in order to find the area of a figure. It is 4 of 7 in the series titled "Finding Area with Squares."...
Scholastic
Scholastic Lesson Plan: New Way to Measure Area
This article describes a new approach to teaching children more than just memorizing a formula to find area and hope they don't confuse it with perimeter. This approach involves a project with real life situations....
CPALMS
Cpalms: Measure Up! Measuring to Make a Line Plot
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will generate measurement data by measuring lengths using rulers marked with halves and fourths of an inch and show the data by making a line plot. This lesson includes an...
CPALMS
Cpalms: Area of Rectangles: A More Efficient Way?
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, students will connect the concepts of counting each square unit and multiplying the side lengths to compute the area of a rectangle. They will extend this knowledge by computing a side...
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Area (Elementary)
In this lesson students will practice finding the area of rectangular shapes and irregular shapes with right angles and understand why the area formula works for rectangular shapes. CCSS.Math.Content.3.MD.C.5.b A plane figure which can...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Building Shapes Review of 2 D Shapes
What do students love more than building? Building with marshmallows! In this lesson, students get to build shapes with marshmallows and toothpicks. Included are an extensive lesson plan, a video showing examples, a worksheet, and ideas...
Government of Alberta
Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Surface Area and Volume
This multimedia Learn Alberta math resource looks at surface area and volume and how math involved in the design of large inflatable shapes. The accompanying interactive component lets students investigate a variety of cylinders to get a...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Ways to Make 10 a Lesson on Decomposing
Students will learn what it means to represent a number in different ways and will begin to explore decomposing numbers. Included is a detailed lesson plan, link to an online game, worksheet, center ideas, and a "Ways to Make 10" chart.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Rewriting Formulas
For this lesson, young scholars explore "real-life" resources that make use of literal equations (rewriting known formulas) to help make people's lives easier. Students will use Excel to design formulas that find a specific value like...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Geoboard Activities
Math Forum provides a set of links to sites that are related to geoboard activities. There are several great links to lessons using geoboards. The links provide insight into how to use them, including how to perform various measurements...
OnlineMathLearning.com
Online Math Learning: Factor Polynomials With Complex Roots
A collection of video lessons with example problems and solutions to help students learn how to extend polynomial identities to the complex numbers. Includes interactive widget for working on the modeled problems or trying your own.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Math at the Core: Middle School: Collection
Find engaging media and integrated activities, all aligned with the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics. Designed using a culturally and historically responsive approach to engage diverse middle school students through grounding...
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Division by 4, 5, and 6
This site explains the basic facts for division by 4, 5, and 6. It also provides problems and games to practice this skill. CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.C.7 Fluently multiply and divide within 100
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Division by 7, 8, and 9
This site explains the basic facts for division by 7, 8, and 9. Gives problems and games to practice this skill, and the information is worth a look. CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.C.7 Fluently multiply and divide within 100