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Teaching of Addition
Students add different objects together to find out how many objects there are total. They explain up to 3 different reasons why being able to add is important.
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Two Part Patterns
Students stand in a boy-girl-boy-girl pattern to demonstrate what a pattern might be. They separate into groups and create two part patterns using construction paper of different colors.
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Life Cycles of Plants
Students discover the general life cycle of a plant, the parts of a plant, and what it needs to grow. They plant bean seeds and discuss the parts of a plant and what it needs to grow.
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Budgeting - The Basics, Part 1
Students investigate personal budgets and discuss how to make monetary decisions. They work in small groups to make money decisions for their classrooms or a playground, and present their decisions to the whole class.
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More or Less Pigs in the Pen
Students practice simple addition and subtraction. They identify relationships among whole numbers.
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Which Side Is Which?
Students study the Louisiana Purchase and the journey of Lewis and Clark. They examine the Peace Medal nickel to differentiate between the heads side and tails side. They participate in a coin flip activity, graph the results and analyze...
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Numbers Up
Students use Legos to build representations of a variety of numbers. They then sort and order their representations and pair them with the written number.
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The Voice of the Individual
Students examine the role of the individual in society as a whole. Individually, they design and create their own calling card as used in the past. They put together an art kit in which they are able to use outdoors. To end the...
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What's Hatching in Kindergarten?
Students identify oviparous animals. They brainstorm a list of animals that lay eggs, read "Chickens Aren't The Only Ones" by Ruth Heller and then add to the list. Students complete a booklet that shows an egg and an oviparous animal.
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Investigating: Interpreting Graphs and Analyzing Data
Students explore statistics by researching class birthday data. In this data analysis lesson, students investigate the different birthdays among their classmates and create data tables based on the given information. Students view bar...
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Multiple Patterns
Students explore patterns that involve doubling numbers. For this multiple patterns lesson, students use objects to explore these patterns while recording them using a table. Students recognize even and odd number patterns while applying...
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What Balances?
Students explore another meaning of subtraction as it pertains to the inverse of addition. In this what balances lesson, students identify the concept of subtraction as a balance. Students use subtraction facts to generate addition...
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Properties Everywhere
Students examine and sort objects by specific attributes and apply prior knowledge. In this properties everywhere lesson, students work in groups to arrange objects in categories then discuss various sorting options while...
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How Many Mats?
Students count how many mats are put in a group. in this counting lesson, students are put into groups and count how many mats they have.
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The Whole is More Than Half
Students explore number sense by completing a food related fraction activity. In this parts of a whole lesson, students utilize a graham cracker to divide and identify what a quarter, third, or half looks like. Students eat their snack...
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Problem-Solving
Students help solve real-life classroom problems. In this problem solving activity, the class sits down as a whole and discusses possible solutions to real problems that they face as a class.
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What's My Height?
Students explore geometry by conducing a student measurement activity. In this height instructional activity, students identify their own height by utilizing a tape measure and marking their height on a wall. Students identify their...
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Which Has The Most?
Students are part of a class poll where they choose their favorite food and their favorite toy. In this which has the most lesson, students are given a block to represent their choice. Students then place the block by the picture of...
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Classroom Idea: Clap Along
Students study patterns. In this math lesson, students repeat a pattern that has been clapped out by the teacher. Actions can be added to increase difficulty level.
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Using 2 and 3 Dimensional Geometric Shapes
Pupils explore geometry by participating in a shape identification activity. In this figure dimensions instructional activity, students identify the difference between 2 and 3 dimensional shapes by their vertices and faces. Pupils...
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Beanbag Toss
Students explore physical education by participating in a class game. In this bean bag toss lesson, students utilize masking tape to create targets which they launch bean bags into from far away. Students collaborate in groups to compete...
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Trash Pizza
Students identify items commonly sent to landfills and summarize percentages/fractions of different items in landfills Students create a pizza pie graph of landfill components
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Operations Activities
Students do a collection of activities which deal with operations on integers and fractions.
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Musical Patterns
Students use musical instruments to create simple patterns. They, in pairs, come to the front of the classroom and create a pattern.
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