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Counting Petals

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students solve addition and subtraction problems. In this problem solving lesson, students solve math problems written on flowers. Using petals as a counting aid, students demonstrate the answer by attaching the correct number of petals...
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Introduction to Multiplication

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this introduction to multiplication worksheet, students use addition skills to help multiply, using "lines" to help at first, then without. Students continue practicing basic multiplication facts on page 2.
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Problem Posing Mathematics

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students work on multiplication problems. For this hands-on math lesson, students practice the concept of multiplication through manipulatives, arrays, pictures, and drawings. They discover other ways of learning multiplication besides...
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Thiebaud Cake Math: Elementary

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners explore the American artist Wayne Thiebaud. They practice addition, subtraction, fractions, money problems, and classification problems by carefully examining his painting entitled Cakes. They create a bold cake painting.
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Number Dribble

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars dribble and catch a ball. In this number dribble lesson students are given numbers and math equations that require them to dribble or throw the ball a specific number of times. The young scholars practice dribbling...
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Identities and Trigonometric Values

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students solve trigonometric equations. For this precalculus lesson, students prove trigonometric identities using the Pythagorean Theorem. They apply the addition formulas for sine and cosine to prove different identities.
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Multi-Digit Multiplication

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders practice mastering the ability to multiply multi-digit numbers utilizing rectangular arrays and a variety of mental math strategies. They model and illustrate meanings of multiplication and division of whole numbers and...
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Mental Math

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils participate in an online computation game. In this computation lesson, students practice simple computations and use an internet site to review addition and subtraction facts.
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Mental Maths

For Students K - 2nd
In this mental math practice activity, students fill in the 10 blanks as the count backwards and forward. Students also solve 20 addition problems.
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Place Value

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice place value by completing problems that allow them to group 10 items together to create groups of 10 and see what is left over. In this place value lesson plan, 1st graders use cups to put 10 items in them, and...
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Math with Character

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write math sentences to fit a given story. They recognize number families and discuss the character traits of a sharing and relate their feeelings and experience with sharing. The Doorbell Rang story is read and the students...
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Using Inverse Operations to Solve Equations

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discover how to use inverse operations to solve equations. For this inverse operations lesson, 5th graders explore visual examples. Students also practice solving problems that their instructors model.
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Multiplying by 3

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders practice the multiples of three as an introduction to multiplying by three.
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Adding Two Digit Numbers with Using Dimes and Pennies

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders participate in a math game using dimes and pennies. They practice combining coins to make a given amount of money, and they use the combinations to practice adding two digit numbers. Teacher assessment strategies and...
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Multiplication Strategies and Writing Story Problems

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders model multiplication problems using Unifix cubes. They compute and solve problems involving addition and subtraction of 3- and 4- digit numbers and basic facts of multiplication and division. They practice mental math...
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A Sense for Technology

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners discuss American Sign Language. They work in pairs to review the fingerspelling alphabet and to spell a few common words. In addition. they work with a partner to practice signs for 10 different words related to a selected...
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From Slaves to Soldiers: African Americans in the Civil War

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders observe several films, including The Divided Union, focusing on the conditions of slavery and African American soldiers in the Union Army. In addition, they watch Uncle Tom's Cabin and Glory to reinforce their knowledge of...
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Pansy Pig's Patience Pit

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students are introduced to the concepts of patience and anger. As a class, they are read a story about a patience pit and discover how anger can be controlled. They complete a worksheet and take a test to review how to control their...
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Creating A Teaching Plan For A New Diabetic

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students investigate the concept of diabetes. They use the internet to conduct research. The information is used to communicate the facts of the disease for a hypothetical patient in a clinical situation. Students work in small groups to...
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Grand Grocery Graphs

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students experience creating their own graphs on graph paper and the computer program "Graph Club." They approach this task by utilizing food as their primary source for the activities. In addition, they interact with their peers as they...
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Creative Dramatics

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice simple addition through the use of creative dramatics. In this creative dramatics instructional activity, students work in groups to form human configurations that allow a certain number of points to be touching the...
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Solving Equations

For Students 11th
In this Algebra II worksheet, 11th graders use the properties of equality to solve multi-step equations in one variable.  The tow page worksheet contains explanation, guided examples, and fifteen practice problems.  Answers are...
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Numbers Make Sense

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore number values by completing estimation problems in class. In this place value lesson, 2nd graders identify the use of decimals in numbers and how they relate to fractions or parts of a whole. Students utilize flash...
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Evaluating Efficiency

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
There's more than one way to solve a math problem! Introduce your class to this concept with a reading passage. After reading, learners answer five related questions.