Curated OER
Symmetries of Strip Patterns
Pupils study strip patterns and identify symmetry. They create a paper doll chain. They experiment with different shapes. They determine if their chain is a strip pattern. They create snowflakes with triangles.
Curated OER
Oranges and Stopwatches
Students begin to recognize that objects have many measurable attributes. They examine how to identify and accurately measure attributes of common objects. Also Students report their measurement findings.
Curated OER
Teaching the Toki Kaku Dako
Learners complete various readings and decorating, constructing, and flying a kite. They analyze how the parts of a system to together. Students comprehend the concept of area.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Mathematical Recipe Metaphors
In this lesson, Barry Lane's books entitled Reviser's Toolbox and 51 Wacky We-Search Reports are used as mentor texts. Used as a refeference, the concept of recipe poems can be instructed to the young scholars and the genre of "how to"...
Discovering Egypt
Discovering Egypt: Egyptian Mathematics
A brief explanation of the numbering system of the ancient Egyptians, with great drawings and sample problems. Use this resource to introduce yourself to the symbols ancient Egyptians used in mathematics. There are some activities to...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.ee Writing Expressions
For this lesson, 7th graders determine the expression using properties of operations.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.ee Guess My Number
In this instructional activity, 7th graders play a game to write and solve simple equations.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ee Firefighter Allocation
In this students are asked to write an equation to solve a real-world problem. There are two natural approaches to this task. In the first approach, students have to notice that even though there is one variable, namely the number of...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.ee Ticket to Ride
In this activity, 7th graders rewrite an expression to help determine a solution.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Summarizing Mathematical Learning With the Important Book
In this lesson, The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown is used as a mentor text. Students will create an illustrated paragraph about a particular math topic. Students will use the mentor text and attempt to adapt the author's style to...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Video Game Scores
Standard 5.OA.2 asks young scholars to "Write simple expressions that record calculations with numbers, and interpret numerical expressions without evaluating them." This task asks students to exercise both of these complementary skills,...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.ee Miles to Kilometers
In this lesson, 7th graders write algebraic expressions and determine if they have the same answer.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7.ee Sports Equipment Set
In this lesson plan, 7th graders write and solve an inequality to solve the problem.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ee
The purpose of this task is to introduce the idea of exponential growth and then connect that growth to expressions involving exponents. It illustrates well how fast exponential expressions grow. Students who are just learning about...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.ee Fishing Adventures 1
This task is the first in a series of three tasks that use inequalities in the same context at increasing complexity in 6th grade, 7th grade and in HS algebra. Students write and solve inequalities, and represent the solutions...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 7 Sp Mr. Brigg's Class Likes Math
A multi-step performance task word problem: In a poll of Mr. Briggs's math class, 67% of the students say that math is their favorite academic subject. The editor of the school paper is in the class, and he wants to write an article for...
Student Achievement Partners
Illustrative Mathematics: Fishing Adventures [Pdf]
Students use a model to define variables, write expressions, create an inequality and then interpreting the results in this lesson.
Saddleback College
Algebra2go: Translating From Word Statements Problem Sets
This resource consists of 3 problem sets. Each set contains 6 question. Select a problem set, then select a question. You answer each question by translating the word statement into mathematical expression and fill in the blank with the...
Saddleback College
Algebra2go: Translating to Word Statements Problem Sets
This resource consists of 3 problem sets. Each problem set contains 6 questions. Each question is answered by translating the given mathematical into a word statement. Select a problem set, then select a question. Fill in the blank with...
Saddleback College
Algebra2go: Translating to and From Word Statements Problem Sets
This resource has three sets of problems. Each set has six questions about translating each word statement to a mathematical expression. Select a problem set, then select a question. Fill in the blank with the correct answer for each...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What Did You Say?
Students will learn about translating between verbal and algebraic expressions via game play and possibly working on an interactive web site. The four steps to explicit instruction (I do, we do, y'all do, and you do) are labeled in the...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Words to Expressions 1
This problem allows students to see words that can describe the expression from part (c) of "5.OA Watch out for Parentheses." Additionally, the words (add, sum) and (product, multiply) are all strategically used so that the student can...
Lawrence Hall of Science
The Math Page: Skill in Arithmetic: Fractions Into Decimals
This Math Page tutorial explains how to change a fraction to a decimal and features a practice section at the end of the lesson.
Other
A River Runs Through It Learning Project
In this year long learning project integrating mathematics and science, students solve environmental problems using data collection and problem solving concepts. Designed for upper elementary gifted students. Interactive components and...