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Odometers and Place Value Chart
Students explore the concept of place value with a hand-made odometer. In this math instructional activity, students construct a cardboard odometer with movable paper strips to show increases in mileage to the hundredths place. Students...
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Using the Overhead and Algebra to Correctly Guess the Number
In this questing numbers worksheet, students use algebra equations to discover how the teacher correctly chooses the students' numbers each and every-time. A pencil, key, stamp, yarn, and overhead are needed for this activity.
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Divisibility Rules
Sixth graders strengthen their knowledge of the divisibility rules. Students access that mental math can be faster than the calculator for certain types of problems.
Students can make generalizations and discover patterns in finding the...
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Start Book
Students review their notes, drawings, photos and writing from the field trip to share with the whole group. They make a fiction or nonfiction storybook as a group. They include writing from all students and can include artwork and...
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Relationship Between Addition and Subtraction
Students are taught how to add and subtract and use number sense to solve basic math problems. In this addition and subtraction instructional activity, students are being taught using theories from different philosophers in education....
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Food Pyramid Power: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Students show their knowledge of properties of objects as it pertains to sorting and creating patterns. In this food pyramid power lesson, students show their ability to use whole numbers in different representations by appling...
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Mental Subtraction Methods
In this math worksheet, students learn a strategy to mentally subtract a single digit number from a two digit number such as 53-8. Students follow the detailed instructions to subtract in 18 problems.
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Ten Cards Game
In this cards game, students play a card game in three rounds. In the first round, the student's objective is to gather the largest sum of cards. For round two, students try to gather cards to equal a sum of 50. In the...
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Keeping Track of Our Money
Second graders complete activities to learn how to manage money. In this managing money lesson, 2nd graders read the book How the Second Grade Got $8,205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty and complete two related worksheets.
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Local History Project: Create a Tourism Brochure
Students create a Chamber of Commerce tourism brochure for their community . They work in small groups to research historical sites, community events and natural attractions. After each group completes their topic they are peer edited...
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Arithmetic: Revision
Learners practice with a variety of simple equations involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Explanation is followed by each block of equations given to solve. They are set loose to complete additional equations for...
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Football Numbers
Students listen carefully and react quickly to the circumstances. While working on these skills, students practice physical skills like throwing, catching and defending.
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Enjoying Millions- Working with Millions
In this working with millions activity, 4th graders look for patterns when working with millions, and use mental math to determine a number. They add and subtract numbers from a number in the millions before using a set of clues to...
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Math Card Clues
In this math instructional activity, students solve 11 math card clues. All of the clues involve addition or subtraction. For example, one card reads, "I am zero. Add on 4."
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Zero Subtraction Games
In this zero subtraction games worksheet, 3rd graders play two games using dice, starting with a given number of points, subtracting a number after each roll and recording the score until the winner gets zero.
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Investigation - Who is Right?
Third graders explore mathematics by solving problems in groups. In this math functions lesson, 3rd graders demonstrate their understanding of addition and subtraction by completing two digit math problems. Students define a list of math...
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Booster (pg.13)
In this addition and multiplication worksheet, students put a circle around 2 numbers out of 9 that add up to 140, put in the missing digit in 1 multiplication problem and fill in 3 circles with digits when added to the other digits, add...
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Counting in Ten's and Two's
In this counting worksheet, students complete activities, first counting in ten's, then two's. Students give numbers that are 10 more or less, 2 more or less, circle and write numbers that = 10 and solve number problems.
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Using a Lattice to Multiply
For this using a lattice to multiply worksheet, 4th graders solve six multiplication problems by making a lattice and filling in the numbers.
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Mental Arithmetic - Adding to Thousands
In this addition activity, students solve the 15 addition problems using mental math. The last 3 problems ask that students write down the method they used to solve the problem. In these problems, a 4-digit number is added to a 1-digit...
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Mental Arithmetic--Adding to Thousands
In this adding to thousands worksheet, students mentally add 12 problems as fast as they can without using paper and only writing down their answers. Students solve 3 additional addition problems and then explain what method they used to...
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Easter Addition : Sums to 100
Around Easter time, if your class is working on adding two-digit sums with regrouping, this instructional activity would make a colorful addition to your homework assignments. After solving 25 problems, they can color all of the eggs...
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Divisibility Book
Students create a notebook with divisibility rules in it. In this algebra lesson plan, students write down the rules that determine the factors of a number. They continue to add to the book and use it to help them on their problems.
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Multiply Decimal Fractions by 10 or 100
In this decimal fraction multiplication worksheet, students read an explanation of rules, then solve 24 problems. Answers are included on page 2.