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Fish Eyes Sort

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students sort, classify and write about what characteristics they used to sort fish counters.
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Learning about Shapes with Tangrams and the Net

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Pupils use tangrams, student literature, and Websites to explore shapes.
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Fun With Symmetry

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners manipulate shapes to find multiple lines of symmetry. They use color to visualize the lines of symmetry.
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What's the Texture?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students sort, classify, and write about how they sort a variety of shells.
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Gummy Bear Sorting

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students demonstrate knowledge of sorting and classifying by color as they sort gummy bear candies.
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How Old Did You Say?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore and develop algebraic formulas based on their own ages as the known variable. This is a clever, and simple, way to introduce the concept of algebra to young students.
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Free Printables: Handwriting 1

For Teachers K - 3rd
In this tracing worksheet, students practice tracing a specific shape or line a number of times on the page. They do not practice writing it on their own.
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The Basketball Tournament

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students estimate how many games are played if six teams play each other once. They investigate their own way and discuss possible strategies they might use. They then share their findings with the class.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 4, Lesson 22: Authentic Design

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners explore the complexity of handmade quilts and their designs by looking a real life samples.
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Mobile-ize

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders, using a minimum of four space figures, create a mobile. They use a "Draw" program to first plan out their figure.
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Geo Jammin' - Day 6, Lesson 20: Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars use shape puppets to review geometry content. They take turns singing songs, reading students poems, reciting class bulletin board notes and choral poems. They prepare for their summative assessments through play and...
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 1, Lesson 3: Moo-vin

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders practice new geometry vocabulary by putting the words to the tune of "Hokey Pokey." students use the lyrics as a guided reading experience.
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Fraction Card Shark

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explain the relative size of fractions using symbolic and concrete representations. Groups of four students play a game which uses cards and unifix cubes. The game helps them get a visual understanding for the 'size' of...
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Geo Jammin' - Day 4, Lesson 15: Geo Jingo Jivin'

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore how musical instruments h ave varying geometric shape, and how those geometric shapes correspond to three-dimenaional shapes that students have studied.
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Folk Songs, Instruments of the Orchestra

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study Folk Songs and instruments of the orchestra in these lessons. They recognize the difference between folk songs and classical music.
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Reversing Numbers

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders solve a math word problem involving the addition of two digit numbers. They discuss the problem as a class, independently explore the problem, and discuss as a class the solution and how they organized their reversed...
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Music - Lesson 3 - Orchestra

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study the four families of orchestral instruments and patriotic songs in this unit of lessons.
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Robert Fulton and the Steamboat, "Trail of Tears"

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study Fulton and his Steamboat, the "Trail of Tears," the Oregon Trail, the Transcontinental Railroad and the Pony Express in this series of lessons.
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Visual Arts: Portraits

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine a portrait of George Washington, and analyze the historical record and likeness in portraits of the period. They create their own portraits from snapshots brought to school.
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QUILT SHARING

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars share in the family histories of their peers as told through the quilt stories, and apply math skills by using invented strategies to determine the (approximate) age of the quilt from the information given about the date...
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Shapes and Review of Locomotor Skills

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students engage in a series of loco-motor activities based on shapes. In this loco-motor instructional activity, students demonstrate physical skills through races, jumping, hopping, galloping in circles, squares, rectangles and triangles.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 1, Lesson 6: Quilt Story

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students recognize that quilts are created by geometric components. They examine how quilts are an artistic art form that show the cultural heritage of the people who make them.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 7, Lesson 37: Summarizing for the Summative

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students listen for specific information during summary presentations. They practice giving feedback on given topic according to a set of standards. The speaker reports to the rest of class from a report and listeners determine if...
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Honey ! I Blew Up The Bee!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete a variety of bee-themed activities. They consider the importance of honeybees in food production, conduct Internet research, prepare foods using honey, complete puzzles and compile a portfolio of their work.