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Better Lesson: Adding and Subtracting Fractions
Understanding that when the total number of parts of a whole are the same, fractions can be added.
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Better Lesson: "Time" for My Catch
The day has come for students to create their own fish and to make sure that it is a keeper. The students will also be introduced to the clock face and the idea of hour notation.
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Better Lesson: 20 Beans
Through a counting game called 20 Beans, 1st graders count a set of objects up to 20, starting at any number less than 20.
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Better Lesson: Amazing Atoms an Integrated Fraction Lesson
Fractions can help one understand the basic properties of elements.
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Better Lesson: 6th Grade Pretest
Assess students' prior knowledge of 6th grade math topics.
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Better Lesson: Act It Out!
First graders solve problems and begin to explore the counting on strategy!
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Better Lesson: Numerators and Denominators
Want to help students understand numerators and denominators? Use this lesson to help understand how numerators can change. Learn what happens when it changes. Also,what does that mean for how much of the whole I have. Lesson includes...
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Better Lesson: Where Would It Be?
A lesson plan to help conceptualize fractions as numbers. Students work to see fractions as a part of a whole and a length.
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Better Lesson: Subtracting Mixed Numbers
A lesson focused on subtracting mixed numbers using fraction strips and an interactive fraction pad.
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Better Lesson: Moving From Fractions to Decimals
Introduce students to decimals with this lesson. Students will explore how fractions can be changed to decimals with place value charts.
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Better Lesson: Magic of Adding Tens
Can your students make bundles of tens? This lesson plan allows students to visualize adding tens to make one hundred.
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Better Lesson: North of the Dungeon
Using castles and treasure maps, 2nd graders will learn how fractions are parts of a whole.
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Better Lesson: I Would Like to Be a Part of the Group!
Fourth graders will work in teams to discover how to read and write fractions that name a part of a group. The instructional activity will use a fraction pad so students can see how a number names a part of a whole or a part of a group....
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Better Lesson: Area as an Architect (Stations Day 4 & Discussion)
Third graders use their understanding of area to have a meaningful debate about a building plan.
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Better Lesson: A Short Lesson in Graphing Ordered Pairs
Fourth graders practice graphing ordered pairs on IXL math and on a worksheet to create a picture.
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Better Lesson: Are They Really the Same?
Fourth graders often wonder how two things so different can end up being the same, in this lesson students will be exploring the relevance and how to determine if fractions are equivalent through a variety of ways.
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Better Lesson: Applying the Basics!
Using base-ten materials and place-value skills, 2nd graders gain a better understanding of how to add and subtract numbers.
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Better Lesson: Any Order
The numbers in an addition number sentence (addends) can be added in any order and the sum remains the same.
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Better Lesson: Introducing Ratios Stations
To understand the concept of ratio and use ratio language to describe a ratio relationship between two quantities.
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Better Lesson: Writing Ratios the Right Way Stations
The students will be reinforcing what they have learned using a variety of methods in this station activity.
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Better Lesson: Real World Ratios Day 1
Mathematics, ratios and how they connect to the real world.
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Better Lesson: Real World Ratios Day 2
Using rich math problems and multiple representations to solve ratios.
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Better Lesson: Asking and Answering Questions About Our Story
Today's lesson is all about asking and answering questions so we can strengthen comprehension.
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Better Lesson: Ratio Review for 6.rp.1, 6.rp.3a, 6.rp.3d
The students will be able to show what they know about ratios and how to use multiple representations strategically.