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Balloon Bop: Skip Counting
Practice counting in patterns and skip counting by 1, 5, and 10. Once the patterns have been taught, teams of 5 or 6 learners -- holding hands in circles -- skip count each time they collectively bounce a balloon up into the air. Early...
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Skipping Into Multiplication
Young mathematicians study the relationship between skip counting and multiplication. They build on skip counting skills and examine arrays while studying multiplication. Resources are provided.
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Now That's a Problem!
Help learners improve multiplication skills by skip counting and creating their own multiplication word problems. They will begin by practicing skip counting and then illustrate word problems using a software program. Pixie is a software...
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Jump on Tens
Give the actors in your class a chance to shine as they act out skip-counting. In their roles, they take turns shouting out different number patterns and jumping when reaching the given goals set for each number family. A fun and...
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Take Ten: Make Cleaning Up More Fun with Predictions and Counting
Class members predict and count how many items need to be cleaned up in class while skip counting by 10s. They estimate whether having each child clean up 10 items will be enough to get the room ready for the next day. Everyone counts...
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Number Games
Students play a variety of games to explain multiples and practice their multiplication skills.
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Growing, Growing, Gone
Budding mathematicians identify growing patterns in numbers and songs then create their own patterns. They look at number patterns and language patterns and then create their own using money and footprints.
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Multiples of Patterns
Elementary mathematicians identify and share patterns found in multiplication. Through memorization drills and games, they identify the increments in which numbers increase when multiplying. Using a multiplication chart, learners...
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Let's Go Value Shopping
Students count, figure change, and find the value of saving in a classroom store.
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Multiplication Is Fun
Students practice basic multiplication facts using an Internet program. Students participate in discussion and guided practices concerning the theory and practice of multiplication. Using a provided link, they complete practice...
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Groundhog's Day Graphing
This Groundhog's Day, challenge scholars to predict, estimate, tally, and graph in a weather-themed lesson in which class members play the role of the groundhog to forecast the weather come February second.
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Multiplication Facts for 2, 5, and 10
Students improve their multiplication skills by completing the multiplication equations for facts 2, 5, and 10. In this multiplication facts lesson, students use different colored markers to mark on a number line and skip count by 2s....
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Finding Patterns with the Hundreds Chart
Students review their numbers up to one hundred. Using a chart, they compare and predict patterns that might be in the numbers. They practice skip counting and grouping numbers. Using a spreadsheet, they graph different sets of numbers...
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Introduction to Multiplication
Students construct equivalent sets, skip count by twos, threes, fours, etc., combine the sets, and finally, multiply simple numbers. Each student use candy to construct sets, write multiplication algorithms, and solve simple...
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Aboriginals
Students are read a book about aboriginal perspectives. They answer questions and practice words with the letter "g". They participate in math drills practicing their counting as well.
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Using Arrays to Show Multiplication Concepts
Learners practice multiplication concepts. In this multiplication lesson plan, pupils make arrays by using counters and solve various multiplication questions. They model arrays with counters for reinforcement.
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Problem Posing Mathematics
Students work on multiplication problems. In this hands-on math lesson plan, students practice the concept of multiplication through manipulatives, arrays, pictures, and drawings. They discover other ways of learning multiplication...
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Using Arrays to Show Multiplication Concepts
Students draw arrays. In this multiplication lesson, students draw arrays, write multiplication sentences for arrays and discuss how changing the order of the factors affects the product.
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Relating Multiplication and Division
Students use counters to review arrays and multiplication and learn arrays and division. For this multiplication and division lesson, students use counters to arrange multiplication equations and division equations.
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The Squares of Numbers in Multiplication
Students make multiplication squares. In this math lesson, students review their multiplication facts and multiplication strategies. Students are introduced to multiplication squares when multiplying a number by itself.
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Patterns Patterns Everywhere
Upper graders work with number patterns. In this pattern activity, learners recognize and continue number patterns and find the rules. They do some as a class and complete an assessment.
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Interdisciplinary Lesson Plan
Third graders study Thanksgiving. In this physical education and spelling activity, 3rd graders play a race game by being the first group who can spell the word Thanksgiving first.