Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Battle Ship Using Grid Paper

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
You sank my battleship! The iconic cry of the time-honored game, Battleship will be heard in classrooms with this learning game that requires only grid paper, pencils, and an introductory knowledge of the first quadrant of the coordinate...
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Curated OER

Graph Paper

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
In this blank graph paper worksheet, students use the gridded sections marked off with the numbers 1-10 on the x and the y axis as directed by their teachers.
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Curated OER

10 x 10 Paper Grid

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this math literacy paper, students find the solution to counting to ten in various patterns. They can practice counting horizontally or vertically.
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10 x 10 Grid

For Students 5th - 6th
In this math worksheet, students examine a grid with 10 squares across and 10 squares down. There are no directions or problems on this math tool paper.
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Curated OER

SIMPLE FABRIC FOLDING FOR HALLOWEEN

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Study the fabric folding techniques introduced and lead your class in applying them to quiltmaking, home decorating, fashion design, and other sewing projects. This instructional activity is geared to making items themed for halloween,...
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Grid Paper

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this math worksheet, students create a bar graph using a ten by ten grid paper. Students can also create shapes using the grid paper.
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Curated OER

Percentages On A Grid

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders show percentages on a 10 x 10 grid. In this percentages lesson plan, 5th graders color in the squares to show a percent.
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Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary

From Ben’s Pen to Our Lives

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What would Ben do? Jumping off from the pseudonymous letters Ben Franklin fooled his older brother into publishing when he was still a teenager, young literary lovers dive into acting, writing, and addressing a local issue with wit and...
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National Security Agency

What’s Your Coordinate?

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Your middle schoolers will show what they know with their bodies when they become the coordinate plane in this conceptual development unit. Starting with the characteristics of the coordinate plane, learners develop their skills by...
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Curated OER

Shattered Images Value Study

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create cubist drawings using grids and enlargement.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Human Coordinate Plane: Student Worksheet

For Students 4th - 7th
An excellent way to teach the basics of coordinate graphing is here for you! Young mathematicians take on the identity of one of the two numbers in a coordinate pair, and the entire class must arrange themselves in the proper order. This...
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Virginia Department of Education

Synthesizing to Support a Thesis- Big Picture Emphasis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Help your researchers as they begin to develop a topic for research with these worksheets. Included are two nicely designed graphic organizers that assist high schoolers in narrowing and researching their topic, and an efficient...
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Biology Corner

Random Sampling

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Simulate a random sampling of data by tearing 20 sheets of paper into slips and place a number on 10 and a letter on 10. They place the slips in two separate containers and randomly draw a number and a letter. They record their...
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Curated OER

Random Sampling

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this random sampling worksheet, learners compare data collected by a random sample to data collected by an actual count using pieces of paper with numbers written on them. They compare their data for the actual count to the random...
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Name Game

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students practice writing names using a Scrabble type activity.  In this letter writing lesson, students participate in a name writing game in which they must utilize other student names to spell their own on the same grid....
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Introducing Powers and Models

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students construct two dimensional models to illustrate squared numbers. In this geometry instructional activity, students use graph paper and an x/y axis to build squares exponentially. Students identify powers and relationships between...
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Matisse for Mother's Day

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a Mother's Day card with tissue paper flowers in the style of Henri Matisse.
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PBS

Inspector Detector

For Teachers 4th - 8th
How do spacecraft detect magnetic fields? The fourth installment of a five-part unit has learners develop a device with magnets that allows for the detection of magnetic fields. They use a map of an imaginary planet to try out their...
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Curated OER

Cutting the Wood

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars demonstrate and describe the effect of multiplying or dividing by a fraction less than or greater than one. They create and explain a variety of equivalent ratios that represent a given situation. Students draw a picture...
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Curated OER

Investigation- What Does It Cost?

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders investigate percents by comparing different discounts on the same sale item, practice graphing percents, and look at reasonable and unreasonable "percents off" a sale item.
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Curated OER

In Between

For Teachers K - 3rd
For this in between 26 and 61 worksheet, students color all of the numbers that come between 26 and 61 yellow and all other numbers pink. Students have 12 numbers to color.
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Percents and Discounts

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students convert between decimals and percents. In this algebra lesson plan, students define percent as it relates to sales and tax. They calculate the percents of number using multiplication.
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Percentages: Fractions and Decimals

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders convert fractions to percentages.  In this interactive whiteboard percentages lesson, 2nd graders problem solve using percentages, fractions, and decimals.
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Number and Number Relations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Upper graders multiply numbers by tens and hundreds, and multiply two and three digit numbers by one digit numbers. They participate in a teacher-led lecture and complete examples with the class, complete a worksheet, and discuss the...