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Buggin' Out (Identifying and Adding Amounts of Money)

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners explore consumer math by participating in estimate exercises. In this currency lesson, students identify and define each piece of U.S. currency and their value to the monetary system. Learners complete several money worksheets...
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Perfectly Puzzling Pentominoes

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders utilize manipulatives (pentominoes) to demonstrate knowledge of: lines of symmetry, slides, reflections (flips), rotations (turns), area, and perimeter. This lesson gives students a meaningful way to practice these...
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Powerful Polygons

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students scan the classroom to find different common shapes. They listen as the teacher defines polygon and regular polygon. The teacher demonstrates regular polygons via the Internet and the "Math is Fun" web site. Students go outside...
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students engage in activities that extend Eric Carle's story The Very Hungry Caterpillar. For this The Very Hungry Caterpillar lesson plan, students use felt boards, dramatic play, calendars and egg carton creations, to expand on the...
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Secrets of Painting

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explore colors and shapes. In this art concepts instructional activity, students discuss shapes, lines, and color while creating a variety of abstract designs. The instructions for several art activities are provided. Basic art...
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Money Smart children

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students elementary financial vocabulary words: spend, save, invest and donate. In this finance lesson, students respond to the story "Sam and the Lucky Moon." Students describe the concepts of wants and needs, resources, scarcity,...
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Preschool Lesson: Guinea Pigs

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this Guinea Pig themed lesson, students hear the story, Guinea Pigs Add UP! and then engage in several themed learning activities. Each activity fosters skills in letter/number recognition, art, math or writing.  
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Money Names and Value

For Students 2nd
Using graphics, this activity has learners identify the name of each bill and its value. This would be an easy way for students to review this concept. This could be used in conjunction with a review sheet on coins.
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On the Seashore

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students read the book On the Seashore and complete activities such as reading a book, color and cut out animal cards, model rock making, shell graphing, shell patterns, and more. In this seashell lesson plan, students use the sea...
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Fractions VIII: Subtacting Like Denominators

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
View this presentation, which introduces the concepts of fractions, the parts of fractions, how to subract fractions with common denominators, and how to simplify the answers into lowest terms with your class. Use for an introduction or...
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Addition and Subtraction Word Problems Guided Lesson

For Students 1st - 3rd
Using visuals helps young mathematicians grasp concepts such as addition and subtraction. Here, they use just that to solve three scenarios. In the first scenario, three turtles leave a group of five, and learners determine how many...
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Chapter 16 Word Search Puzzle

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this mathematical concepts instructional activity, students after reviewing and discussing chapter sixteen, locate and circle nine key terms in a word search puzzle for mastery.
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Chapter 6 - 7 Word Search Puzzle

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this mathematical concepts worksheet, students after discussing and reviewing about clocks, time and minutes, locate and circle nine key terms in a word search puzzle.
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Morning Math

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this math worksheet, students complete the daily sample of problems for a warm up in he morning that focuses on the concept of place value.
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Key Understandings In The Elementary Math Classroom

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in "Key Understandings in the Elementary Mathematics Classroom" that contains examples of anchor questions that can be used to provide a snapshot of each student's ability based on one of the expectations in each...
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Chicken Pox Math

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders are read a story about a boy with chicken pox. As a class, they discuss what to do when you have a contagious disease and identify who in the class has had chicken pox. Using this information, they create a graph and use...
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The Squares of Numbers in Multiplication

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students make multiplication squares. For this math lesson, students review their multiplication facts and multiplication strategies. Students are introduced to multiplication squares when multiplying a number by itself.
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Music Activity at Family Math Night

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students work with a family member in placing all of the music notes on a staff board. They try to match the rhythm on the rhythm board and show their completed song to the teacher.
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Cool Cookie Math

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify the value of coins and make change from a dollar using different amounts. They are given story problems and use a fake shop in which they can buy things in which they have to determine how much change they would...
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HULA HOOP MATH

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students move about the area doing the locomotor action the teacher directs them to do. When the music stops I hold up a card with the problem for all to see. They come up with an answer they form into a group in a hoop with the number...
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Fractions: Mud Pie Math

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify and name fractional parts through the use of mud pie manipulatives. In this fractional manipulatives lesson plan, 2nd graders identify and label halves, thirds, fourths, sixths, eighths, and tenths and order them...
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Math Quilts

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students examine geometric shapes. In this geometric shape lesson plan, students examine how geometric shapes flip, turn, and slide to create a pattern. Students analyze the role that quilts played in helping slaves escape to freedom. ...
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Musical Math

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students play a game of mathematical musical chairs, moving from desk to desk solving addition and subtraction problems.
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Math is Everywhere: Part 2

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify shapes and measurements in everyday life.  In this measurement lesson, 2nd graders locate rectangles in their classroom and use standard and nonstandard forms to measure them.  Students view a video clip...

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