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Better Lesson: Patterns in Larger Numbers
Patterns are everywhere. We can use patterns to help us deal with larger numbers
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Better Lesson: Larger Number Patterns
Second graders can find patterns in 4-digit numbers that will help them when counting over decades and centuries.
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Better Lesson: Pets, Pets and More Pets
Second graders love to talk about pets and in this lesson they can share how many pets they have.
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Better Lesson: Larger Numbers: A Tie to Social Studies
I want my students to realize that numbers are everywhere and math is applicable to almost all other subjects. Geography offers a perfect opportunity for students to make this connection.
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Better Lesson: Patterns in Nature
Are there patterns in nature that can be described by numbers? That is what we will find out here.
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Better Lesson: Trimester Assessment Day
It is important to assess understandings of concepts that students have worked on before moving ahead with new concepts or higher level thinking.
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Better Lesson: Let's Review
Revisit, Revisit, Revisit! Students need repeated exposure to math concepts to really understand how they work.
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Better Lesson: Using a Pattern to Solve a Problem
Patterns are prevalent in all levels of math. Common Core Standards expect students to be able to use structure - like that found in repeating the patterns of odd and even numbers or counting by 5s or 10s - to solve problems (MP7).