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Better Lesson: The Multiplication and Division Connection
Third graders can solve multiplication and division problems quickly by recognizing the relationship between the two operations.
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Better Lesson: Designing a Restaurant
Understanding area and perimeter can help children work on solutions to very important, real world problems.
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Better Lesson: Using Area as an Architect (Stations Day 1)
In this multi-day activity, 3rd graders make 3 different models of an orphanage floor plan using Google Drawing, Virtual Graph paper, and a construction of rectilinear shapes, to calculate the area of each room using units square.
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Better Lesson: Associative Property
Children need to understand why the mathematical properties work and how they are applied. In this lesson, we explore modeling and "proving" the associative property.
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Better Lesson: Graphing Using a Frequency Table
Multiple graphs can represent the same data set and make the information easier to understand.
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Better Lesson: More Than Two Numbers
The big idea of this lesson is that three (or more) numbers can be grouped together and added. The order of this grouping doesn't matter.
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Better Lesson: Using Class Data
Second graders have greater engagement in learning when it is organized around gathering and using meaningful data.
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Better Lesson: Hundreds, Tens, Ones Are Coins Too
Second graders will extend their understanding of hundreds, tens and ones using dollars, dimes and pennies as another way to express groups of 100, 10 and 1.
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Better Lesson: Moving Along in Hundreds
The Common Core standard is that students understand that the numbers 100, 200, etc. represent so many groups of 100.
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Better Lesson: Moving Along in Tens
Grouping by tens reinforces the understanding of place value
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Better Lesson: Jumping Into Math, Measurement, & Data Day 1
Third graders apply measurement, graphing, and data skills to the real world context of physical education with standing jumps.
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Better Lesson: Polygons Explore the Possibilities
Online drawing programs allow students to explore many possibilities with polygons!
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Better Lesson: Measuring With Quarter Inches
Third graders build measuring skills using quarter inch measurements.
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Better Lesson: Perimeter Measuring Around
This lesson focuses on the addition measurement of perimeter using real world examples.
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Better Lesson: Design a Space Using Area Models Day 1 and Day 2
Third graders use area models to find the total area of a store, home, or other real world space.
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Better Lesson: Polygons: Introduction & Investigation
Interacting with polygons and testing the definitions can be engaging, fun and build a powerful, individualized understanding.
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Better Lesson: Measuring Our Classroom's Perimeter and Area!
Connect new measurement knowledge and skills to the students' immediate environment.
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Better Lesson: Great Buildings of the World: Create Your Own! (Day 1)
Creating their own building is a hands-on, minds-on way for students to explore how polygons create 3D solids.
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Better Lesson: Distributive Property, Day 2
The children have been practicing decomposing areas and now digits in order to understand and use the distributive property.
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Better Lesson: Distributive Property, Day 1
Children need to move from the manipulative expressions of the distributive property into the mathematical equations eventually. This instructional activity is the first step in leading them to that goal.
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Better Lesson: Trends in Tech Use
We all use technology in different ways at different times. This activity is a fun way to learn more about these patterns within the children and families associated with our classroom!
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Better Lesson: More Meat!
Third graders practice skills of addition, subtraction, word problems and graphing and develop their own theories about why meat consumption is so different across the world.
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Better Lesson: Sugary Surprises
Grams are a useful measurement in determining nutritional content of food.
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Better Lesson: Differences With Shapes
Differences between shapes are determined through measurement skills.