Students construct a book to illustrate number concepts. They write their numbers on a sheet of paper. Students in grade 1 discuss counting to 100 by different numbers. Pupils in grades (2-4) write basic addition or subtraction story...

Learners engage in a lesson that is concerned with the standard of comparing the quantities of whole numbers using different strategies from the concrete to the abstract. They count objects and compare them, use symbols of comparison,...

Third graders use a worksheet to budget a five-hundred dollar shopping spree. They select goods to purchase, figure totals and then calculate discounts and sales tax. They compare results to determine who purchased the most for his or...

Students play "Fraction Line Up," a game to compare fractions with unlike denominators with the use of a deck of cards. After the game, each player explains one of the strategies that was helpful to him/her during the game. In...

Third graders spend varying amounts of money and shop without over spending. They complete a worksheet based on grocery store flyer ads and the amount of money they are budgeted. They create their own questions about the grocery flyer...

Student study addition properties. In this addition properties lesson, students use multiple methods to solve various types of problems. Students illustrate and describe in various ways the Commutative Property of Addition. Students...

Young scholars read the novel Stone Fox by John Reynold Gardiner. Using Lego RCX units, students build and program sleds to re-enact the "home stretch" of the National Dog Sled Race.

In this math vocabulary worksheet, students read the math vocabulary definitions and write in the missing letters to the vocabulary words. Students complete 15 words.

Third graders, in groups, dissect a variety of brands of chocolate chip cookies and calculate the mean for each brand. They create their own bar graphs, pictographs, and line graphs to represent information.

Students read, write, and identify different coin combinations and use this information in real-world situations.

Third graders discuss the adverse effects of smoking and predict the financial cost of a smoking habit. They collect data regarding the cost of a pack of cigarettes and average packs smoked a day. They create bar graphs displaying the...

Third graders discuss light sources and collect data about energy sources. They compare data and create a multiple line graph showing energy used by light sources for each student in the group. They present their graphs and write a...

Students discover that magic squares are interesting objects in both mathematics proper and in recreational mathematics. So they are objects that students should have heard about and experienced.

In this math word search worksheet, students review, study and discuss seventeen key mathematical terms and then locate and circle each one in a math word search.

Students listen to the book, Arthur's Funny Money, then play The Price is Right game to estimate and to chart the price of items to the nearest $1.00 and $10.00. They check their estimates by counting out the actual amount in play money.

Students estimate, calculate, and count back the amount of change needed from purchases made during small group activities.

Students identify nouns, adjectives, and verbs from the newspaper. They create a math story problem, then create a comic strip using dialogue from words found in the newspaper.

Students play a team subtraction game, subtracting two-digit numbers and using addition to check their subtraction. They solve subtraction problems at the board while the team solves the same problem in their seats.

Third graders use mental-math strategies to solve two-digit plus two-digit addition problems. They observe and discuss online demonstrations, solve word problems as a class, and independently solve problems and describe their solutions...

Third graders use the lesson to support division of whole numbers where there is either no remainder or whole number remainders. They are able to slit division problems into parts using known multiplication and division facts.

Students rotate through work stations where they compute problems of theoretical and experimental probability. In this probability lesson plan, students use simulations of a lottery system.

Students observe and discuss cloud cover. They identify percent of cloud cover, calculate cloud cover by fraction and convert to a percent, and compare their models with the current real sky cloud cover.

Learners look at ratio, what it means for numbers or objects to be in a given ratio, and how ratios and fractions are related. They write and solve story problems which involve whole numbers, using addition, subtraction, multiplication,...

Learners toss candy and coins using their non-dominant hand while their partners records the results on a probability charts.