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R & R - Incorporating Literature While Teaching Math - Ordered Pairs - "The Polar Express"

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create pictures using ordered pairs after listening to a piece of literature. In this ordered pairs and literature lesson, student listen to and discuss The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg. They participate in...
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Graphs, Stories, And Games

For Teachers 8th - 12th
In this graphs lesson plan, students read stories and present story situations on a graph.  They explore distance and diameter and explain graphs.  Students create their own stories to fit graphs.
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Transforming Snoopy Using Coordinates

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers graph coordinate points to create a picture of Snoopy. In this coordinate point activity, students read a book and learn about Rene Descartes' invention, the coordinate grid.  Middle schoolers graph a surprise...
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Operations and Coordinates: The Coordinate System

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students play a "Battleship" type of game to practice graphing on a coordinate grid. In this graphing lesson plan, students listen as the teacher explains quadrants and ordered pairs. They place their "ships" on the board. The teacher...
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Walk-A-Thon

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students graph linear http://www.lessonplanet.com/review?id=180542equations. For this problem solving lesson, students calculate slope and plot ordered pairs on a coordinate grid. Using a real-life example of a walk-a-thon, students...
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Find the Shape

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify points on the coordinate plane using ordered pairs and also plot the ordered pairs on the coordinate plane. They also use properties of shapes to identify polygons such as triangles and quadrilaterals (square,...
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Let's Plot Points

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Use coordinate grid paper to plot points and identify shapes that are already plotted on the paper by saying their coordinates. Pupils also measure the distance between points and play the game Battleship. There are several web links and...
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Battle Shapes

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders play Battleshapes which is a variation of Battleship with geometry. In this geometry lesson, 5th graders get a graph paper with four quadrants. They call out coordinate points and attempt to sink their opponents shapes. 
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Virtual Field Trip

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Are we there yet?  Young trip planners learn about their state and plan a trip. They will select sites to see in three cities in their state, and record associated costs in a spreadsheet. While this was originally designed as a...
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Chart the Stars

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders find constellation distances and plot the stars. In this star lesson, 7th graders plot the star points for Canis Major. Students use graphing calculators to graph the constellation. Students choose another constellation...
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ABC's Transformer

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders design their own letter graph, and then produce the resulting graphs after a translation, reflection, and rotation. After a review of vocabulary, 4th graders create their graphs using crayons.
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Make Something Beautiful

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students create an art piece using recycled objects. In this environmental lesson, students collect and sort recycled objects and create a three dimensional art piece.