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Number Patterns in Everyday Life

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Examine scenarios involving number patterns. Learners complete a series of activities, including working with Pascal's triangle ando completing chart activities based on different pricing for pizza toppings. An included extension has...
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Curated OER

Math in my life

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create a poster of how math is in their everyday lives. In this math lesson plan, students create a poster with different sections of how math affects them everyday.
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Scholastic

Study Jams! Integers

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Stay positive, teaching about integers just got a little easier! Explain how positive and negative numbers are opposites using number lines and real-world examples. The included assessment provides an excellent opportunity to check for...
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Blazing the Trail

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Learning about proportions through measuring and mapping distances is the focus of this real-world math lesson that doubles as an activity. Mathematicians complete a course designed to measure and map locations in order to put the...
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Curated OER

Using Math to Make Environmental decisions

For Students 5th
In this everyday math worksheet, 5th graders read short paragraphs regarding the environment and solve to make their decisions.  Students respond to 5 short answer questions explaining their reasoning in the spaces provided.
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MI Meaningful Math

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders increase skills in organizing information for writing.  In this organization lesson, 5th graders use correct grammar to design math problems for real world math.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Margie Buys Apples

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
One of the most common, everyday applications of math is dealing with money. This single problem calculating how much change Margie receives is more involved than it appears at first glance. An understanding of how fractions and decimals...
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Super Teacher Worksheets

Solid Figures

For Students K - 5th Standards
In the hustle and bustle of everyday life it's easy to forget that geometric shapes are everywhere in the world around us. As they complete this shape identification worksheet, young mathematicians realize that many common real-life...
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Creative Educator

Fantastic Fractions

For Teachers 2nd - 6th Standards
Groups of learners create an animation illustrating fractions using common objects. They choose everyday objects that they can divide into fractions. They take pictures of the objects dividing into fractions and create an animation with...
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Odyssey of the Mind

Odyssey of the Mind Curriculum Activity: Mathematicus Dramaticus

For Teachers 4th - 6th
The best part about this resource is that you've got four wonderful activities to choose from. Each of the projects can work together or on its own to help learners understand the history of math and how it can be seen every day. In...
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National Math + Science Initative

Introduction to Decimals

For Teachers 5th Standards
Three activities make up an introductory instructional activity designed to create a strong foundation in comparing fractions to decimals and exploring and building decimal models. Pupils brainstorm and complete a Venn diagram to show...
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Curated OER

SuperShapes, Part 1; "Tri"ing Triangles

For Teachers 5th - 6th
An outstanding lesson on triangles awaits your math scholars. Learners focus on the triangle, which is the strongest of all polygons. They see the role that triangles play in the design of buildings, and learn about triangle...
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Parallel Lines in Everyday Life

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this identifying parallel lines worksheet, young scholars discover examples of parallel lines at school, home, and outside and list them on a chart. Students write at least 10 short answers.
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Scholastic

Study Jams! Estimate Sums & Differences of Whole Numbers

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Estimating is an essential skill used in everyday life. This presentation explains how to apply prior knowledge about rounding numbers to estimating sums and differences. Example problems and assessment include large numbers, making this...
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Math Centers

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders review the concepts of fractions: improper, mixed, proper, like denominator addition. They then review the concepts of creating pie graphs using a percent circle using manipulatives.
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Timetable Problems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Learning how to read a schedule and determine when you will depart and arrive is an everyday skill that builds competency in chart reading, subtraction, elapsed time, and counting on. Learners discuss how to solve timetable problems and...
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SEN Teacher

Clock Bingo

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
Telling time is an everyday occurrence, but with this resource, pupils can tell time and win! Print out customized bingo cards based on your learners' skill level by choosing different time intervals and number of cards per sheet. There...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Banana Pudding

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Making banana pudding despite misplacing your one-cup measuring cup is easy as long as you can find your quarter-cup measuring cup! This real-life activity provides a good opportunity for learners to interpret division of a whole...
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Design Patterns in Everyday Life

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students find symbols and patterns in everyday life. In this patterns lesson, students break into groups and look for specific patterns and symbols. Students record their findings. Students create a graphic organizer with the information.
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Fractions Everyday

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate fractions through interactive videos and hands-on activities and class made models.
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Terrific Tessellations

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students construct tesselations that fosters their ability to create, transform, and critique their own piece of work. This allows them to become aware of repeated patterns in math, and connect these patterns to artwork.
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Cutting Expenses

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore budgeting. For this finance and math lesson, students brainstorm ways in which households could save money. Students view websites that give cost reducing ideas. Students complete an expense comparison chart and use the...
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Making Simple Conversions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars explore the concept of measurement as it relates to equivalencies. They complete simple conversions using visual models of measurement units, and  record their answers in a two-column table.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Salad Dressing

For Teachers 5th Standards
Aunt Barb's salad dressing is a mixture of oil, vinegar, salt, herbs, and a pinch of math. Fifth graders add the fractional measurements of ingredients to find a total amount. The fractions have unlike denominators. After finding the...

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