Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Adding and subtracting fractions: the same sized slice

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners establish a strategy for adding simple fractions. They convert improper fractions to mixed numbers and interpret drawings and storyboards.
Worksheet
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Crack The Code!! Oh NO!!!

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this cracking the code worksheet, students realize that they must crack the code to find Keith the Kangaroo who has been hidden.
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Big Magic Squares

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners 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.
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What is Happening to Our Water?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students compare and contrast Wisconsin's water resources to that of Puerto Rico. They research books about islands, particularly the Puerto Rican islands. Student view illustrations of island ecology. They discuss the illustrations and...
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Growing Stages of a Rice Plant

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders make a chart to compare the growth of a wheat plant verses the growth of a rice plant. In this planting lesson plan, 3rd graders study the growth of the 2 plants and show the similarities and differences.
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Garbage 2: Recycling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students apply what they have learned about throwaway products "and the valuable natural resources from which they're derived" by thinking about where garbage goes after they throw it out. They also examine their own ideas and habits...
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Use Parts of Speech to Improve Sentence Beginnings

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students demonstrate the parts of speech in sentences. In this grammar lesson plan, students highlight and identify the parts of speech in sentences.
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Counting Money

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read, write, and identify different coin combinations and use this information in real-world situations.
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Note Names and Note Values-An Interactive SMART Board Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students discuss note names and symbols. In this music lesson, students identify note names and values. Students play a game using the SMART board in which they identify note names and values.
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Subtracting Using Estimation

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders play the game, "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" while subtracting using estimation. I really like the format of this fun game, which utilizes the lifelines and strategies found in the real game on television.
Worksheet
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Fractions: Adding Same Denominator

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this math activity, learners look for the answers to the addition with fractions of the same denominator. There is a button at the top of the page for the answers.
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Local Environmental Issues: Pollution

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discuss the ways in which human interaction with the environment and production of waste products contribute to pollution. Through a pollution demonstration, they explain how various groups of plants and animals can be...
Lesson Plan
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 2, Lesson 9: Bringing It To A Fine Gloss-ary

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students create a glossary of geometric terms while exploring tangram manipulatives.
Worksheet
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Spellbound

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this crossword worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle by solving a variety of clues. For example, "The direction where the sun sets."
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Look at Philanthropy in Children's Literature

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students listen to stories about different philanthropic acts. They work together in groups to create a list of the needs of their community. They chose a service project which could be completed by their class.
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Rainsticks

For Teachers K - 8th
Students create a rainstick decorated with repeated patterns of shape and color, out of paper towel tubes.
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Discovering Dinosaurs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research facts about dinosaurs and practice effective speaking strategies by creating a Keynote or PowerPoint presentation in this Science and Language Arts lesson for the upper-elementary classroom. It includes one lesson...
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What Is Sustainability

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students investigate the concept of how people are dependent upon natural resources and how they can apply them to be maximized in usefulness. The students are encouraged to develop an appreciation for the environment. They conduct a...
Worksheet
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Dental Health: Cavities

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this dental care activity, students read five paragraphs about dental health and cavities. Students then answer several questions about the text.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Solving Equivalent Fraction Problems: Bianca's New Pet

For Students 3rd - 5th
In the accompanying classroom activity, students use equivalent fractions to solve a problem and create word problems of their own.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Add and Subtract Fractions: Word Problems

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
In this exercise, students practice adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators word problems. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.
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PBS

Pbs: Word Problems Using Addition and Subtraction of Fractions: Harry Gets Locked Up

For Students 3rd - 5th
This video features Harry and his cousin Harley. Harley is desperate to use Harry's bike, but first he must decipher the combination to the bike lock by solving a word problem. In the accompanying classroom activity, students complete a...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Adding and Subtracting Fractions Word Problems

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The mathematics resource includes a video and practice problems. The video is a tutorial on how to solve a subtraction word problem involving fractions with common...
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Fraction Word Problem Quiz

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Take a quiz that focuses on fractions in word problems. Summary of the score is shown at the end of the quiz, and students may review missed questions.