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Immigration For Grades K-2
Pupils engage in a lesson about the concept of immigration. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The information is used in order to create context for class discussion or a class presentation topic. They also read stories...
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The Strongest Shape
Students work collaboratively to design and construct a roof out of Legos for a house that was built in a previous lesson. The roof must be structurally sound and pass certain criteria determined by the teacher.
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Making Rectangles
Students study rectangles. In this math instructional activity, students use numbers, measurements and geometry to draw rectangles of varying sizes.
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Number Line Math
Second graders use a number line to practice subtraction. In this subtraction lesson, 2nd graders use a number line to count backwards. Students participate in mad math activities and solve problems.
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Wash Your Hands...they are icky sticky!
Learners engage in an emergent literacy lesson plan that focuses on phonemic awareness and they practice corresponding the letter "i" to its long or short sound. This type of recognition has been found to be essential to reading...
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Learning by Sorting
Young scholars sort Lego Duplo pieces after determining the attributes to classify them by. They work in pairs to sort a group of Duplo pieces and explain their process to others.
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Hands On Math Lessons with Technology
Students explore a variety of math concepts. In this integrating technology lesson, students visit online webtools such as Max's Math Adventure, I Know That Math, Hands on Banking, and more. A description of each website is provided.
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Acting on the Farm
Second graders are assigned reading and acting parts by drawing out pieces of paper with an animal. They find their group by making the sound of the animal once everyone has drawn a paper. They then read and choose parts within their...
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Our Classroom-The Community of Fun
Pupils identify why trust is important to a community. They explain what is meant by a common resource. They compare and contrast how the community functions when rules are followed or not followed.
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Graph Your Foot!
Young scholars measure their own foot and place the outline on a graph. They make connections between the size of their foot and the bar graph that represents it.
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Guess My Piece -working with Legos
Students participate in guessing their partners' hidden Lego pieces from their verbal clues. They work in partners to accomplish their goals. They are meeting a variety of math standards by completing this lesson.
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Regrouping
Students practice regrouping using the wonderful manipulative - unifix cubes. Once they have a tactile understanding of regrouping, students complete 5 worksheets containing addition problems that require regrouping. The worksheets...
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Venn Diagram
In this literacy instructional activity, students use the Venn Diagram that is designed for the given lesson. The sheet is information for teachers.
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Count Down the Days to a Special Event
Students calculate time using a grade appropriate skill. In this time instructional activity, students calculate the time to a special event. Students calculate days, months, weeks, hours, minutes or seconds depending on their...
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Health Education in the Classroom
Making a difference in the health of your students can be done with fun classroom activities.
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Pumpkin Circuit
Learners complete a variety of activities using pumpkins. They visit various stations with various pumpkin activities.
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Car Maze competition
Students use graphs to calibrate an RCX car. They must then program the car to traverse a maze using their calibrations
Math Slice
Math Slice: Ordering Game
Sequencing skills are the focus of this interactive game. You must be able to put fractions, decimals, whole numbers, and negative numbers in correct order to win and make the train move down the tracks. Immediate feedback given to...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Comparing the Values of Numbers in a Table
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video shows how to compare four different 3-digit numbers to answer a series of questions of the number being the largest or the smallest. The video is followed...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Comparing Temperatures
Second graders should be able to recognize what makes one number greater or smaller than another, using place value understanding which is crucial to Common Core mastery. This instructional activity combines math and science by having...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Comparing Values of Multiple Numbers Within a Set
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes how to compare 3-digit numbers to determine which is the largest number. The video is followed by practice problems to assess student...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Math Challenges for Families
Students, teachers, and parents alike will enjoy this challenging math site. It contains a clever brain teaser section plus creative problems related to algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and probability. A Spanish...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Compare and Order Numbers
[Free Registration/Login Required] Use this flipchart as a review of how to compare and order numbers. Match up greater than, less than and equal to in these activities. It is perfect for review before a test.