National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Lesson Plan Non Standard Measuring
This is a short, fun lesson plan with a literature connection, "Miss Nelson is Missing". It uses candy bars as non-standard units for measuring objects in the classroom.
Scholastic
Scholastic Lesson Plan: Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich..
This multipart lesson plan the cost of opportunities when you have limited resources. It uses the hilarious children's book, "Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday" by Judith Viorst to drive the lesson home.
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PBS
Pbs Mathline: Button, Button Lesson Plan [Pdf]
An integrated math and language arts lesson focusing on statistics. Young scholars explore the concepts of estimation, data collection, data analysis, classification, graphing, and counting through the reading of the Button Box by...
PBS
Pbs: Mathline: Tessellations Wow! [Pdf]
An integrated geometry lesson on spatial sense in which students identify and use different shapes to create a tessellation. "Through a variety of modalities such as writing, music, art, poetry, and literature, students are introduced to...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: What if We Changed the Book? Problem Posing With Sixteen Cows
After reading a piece of math-related children's literature aloud, students pose and solve new problems by asking what-if questions about the events in the story.
SEDL
Sedl: Five Senses
Elementary students will gain great insight into the workings of our five senses through this collection of detailed, integrated lesson plans for grades K-3. Each lesson contains a list of needed materials, hands-on explorations...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Stories From Africa
At the end of this lesson, students will have a better understanding of the size of the African elephant. This could be used in an animal science unit, a measuring unit in math, an extension to literature, or for social studies...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Explorations in Place Value
Explorations in Place Value is an interactive math mini-unit that incorporates the use of children's literature, mathematical learning stations, and small group instructional strategies to reinforce basic principles of place value and to...