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Better Lesson: Graphing Data on a Graph
Second graders will be able to read and write data on a graph.
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Better Lesson: Extending Partners of 10 and 100
Second graders use their partners of 10 to add numbers to 1,000 in partners of 100.
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Better Lesson: Graphing January's Weather
First graders graph the weather in Vermont for the month of January.
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Better Lesson: Filling Shadows With More and Less
First graders use their understanding of composing and decomposing shapes to cover a given area. Today's lesson is bringing together many of the geometric skills from previous lessons.
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Better Lesson: Filling the Shadow
Variety is the spice of life and the concept of the day as students fill the same pattern block outline three different ways.
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Better Lesson: Graph Party
First graders will be involved in creating three different types of graphs and then be asked to answer questions about each representations data set.
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Better Lesson: Go Fishing for Doubles
Second graders play a favorite card game which practices the quick and accurate recall of double facts.
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Better Lesson: Filling in the Middle
Students use both area and perimeter to work with geometric shapes.
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Better Lesson: Fractions Can Be Fun
Second graders recognize what it means to fold a paper in half, but do they recognize how to create fourths or thirds?
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Better Lesson: Representing the Sample Space
Do you know how many possible outcomes there are in rock, paper, scissors? Let's find out!
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Better Lesson: Describing Data Activity
This is a hands on activity to get the students thinking about how to describe data sets.
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Better Lesson: Line Plot Activity
This lesson plan will tap into US History and the ages of presidents during their inauguration and describing the data in a line plot.
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Better Lesson: Bar Graph Activity
The students will be collecting data from other students to represent in a bar graph. If available, they can then use a computer program called Bar Grapher tool to show their data with a different layout.
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Better Lesson: Say It With Stats! Review
The students will be working in centers to review for their test. The centers will consist of a computer rotation, versa-tiles, and a teacher center. All centers will reinforce concepts learned throughout this unit to prepare them for...
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Better Lesson: Hilarious Histograms. Analyzing and Creating
The students will be using real life data to create and analyze histograms. They will be surveying their classmates and using data from other grade levels to compare same topic information in a histogram.
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Better Lesson: Box and Whiskers... Analyzing and Creating
The students will be using discovery techniques to learn about box and whisker plots.
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Better Lesson: Line Graph Activity
Data collected is represented in tables and the students will need to choose what they want to represent in their line graph.
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Better Lesson: Stem and Leaf Plots Activity
This activity is designed so that the students create their own Around the Room activity. They will be collecting data, displaying it in a stem and leaf plot, and then developing questions around their display for other students to answer!
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Better Lesson: Misleading Leading Graphs
Through the use of real life data, the students will be looking at a variety of graphs to decide if they are displaying misguided information.
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Better Lesson: Circle Graph Activity
This lesson will allow the student to work through three stations. The stations will focus on creating and analyzing circle graphs. The students will be using technology to create their graphs along with a hands on activity using M &...
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Better Lesson: Review 4: Converting Measurements Using Ratios
Why are there two systems of measurement? How do we move between units in the same system? Students create and use foldables to convert measurement units.
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Better Lesson: Review 1: Eating Out at the Hamburger Hut Working With Decimals
For this lesson, 6th graders will review the procedures involved in calculating with decimals and they will have to apply that knowledge to answer questions about eating at a restaurant.
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Better Lesson: What's in Your Name?
The students will be collecting data from other students to represent in a bar graph.
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Better Lesson: Dewey Decimal System for Ordering Decimals
The Dewey Decimal System is used in libraries all around the world. The foundation of this system is based upon ordering decimals.