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Solving Fractions with Manipulatives

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners use candy bars, beef jerky, and brownies to represent different fractions. Students also use colored multi-link cubes or blocks to illustrate the same representations of fractions. Learners work with a partner to create diagrams...
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Statistics with M&Ms

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore estimation, measurement, and probability. Students conduct surveys and create charts & graphs. They study the history of chocolate. Students design their own magazine advertisement or create a script for a...
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Add and Subtract within 100- Guided Lesson

For Students K - 2nd Standards
Word problems are the name of the game here, and each one comes with an image to help learners visualize the math operation. Careful, though; the visual for the first scenario is confusing. The problem gives a total number of sports...
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Fractions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners determine that a fraction is a part of a whole or part of a group. They write and read fractions and solve various fraction problems. They create their own fraction problem using colored candies for their classmate to solve.
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Mars Fraction Hunt

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners use fractions and words to find a coded message and the first student to solve the message wins a candy bar.
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Sweet Data

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students input data about the colors of their serving of M&M candies onto a spreadsheet. They create charts and graphs based on this information.
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Hershey Chocolate Fractions

For Teachers 1st - 6th
In order for learners to acquire knowledge about math concepts, and in particular fractions, they need concrete ways to practice an abstract concept.¿¿¿ Using Hershey bars builds on prior knowledge as most students have probably...
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Using Manipulatives to Teach Fractions

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
There is no doubt that learners remember what they have learned when they have a visual representation. Using an egg carton and candy bars, they explore the concept of fractional amounts. By having students cut the egg carton into parts...
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Pigs in a Pen

For Teachers K
Kindergarteners explore numbers, counting, and one-to-one correspondence. Through demonstrations and hands on activities using math manipulatives, they discover several number concepts as well as practice counting throught rote...
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M & M Addition

For Teachers K - 1st
Eat your math manipulatives, are you serious? Yup, Learners listen to the story The M & M's Addition book, add single digit numbers to reach sums up to six, and demonstrate addition and subtraction number combinations using several...
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Addition Word Problems 2 Version 4

For Students 1st - 2nd
What do eggs, apples, oranges, and candy all have in common? They can all be used in word problems! Here are 5 different word problems in which learners will need to add or subtract single and double-digit numbers.
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Amusement Park Basic Word Problems

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this basic math word problem instructional activity, students practice their math skills as they solve 4 word problems that require them to add and subtract.
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University of Arizona

Skittles & M&Ms Probability Experiment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to the scientific method by hypothesizing, counting, analyzing and concluding which company packs candy more reliably - Skittles or M&Ms.
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Valentine's Day Chocolates Mystery- Sums to 198 (D)

For Students 2nd - 3rd
You can find love anywhere, even in a math worksheet! Second graders solve 27 problems in which they add 2 digit numbers to 2 digit numbers with and without carrying. When they are finished, they use their answers to solve a...
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Count by Five's

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this counting by fives worksheet, students count multiple groups of five candy canes in each row and record the totals. Students solve 7 problems.
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Harriet's Halloween Sort

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to the book, Harriet's Halloween Candy, and discuss the many ways Harriet sorted the candy from her trick-or-treat bag. They sort and classify individually wrapped candy.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

What's Your Favorite Chocolate Bar?

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
Students complete a math survey. In this math graphs lesson, students complete a survey about their favorite candy bars. Students create different kinds of graphs using Microsoft Excel to show their results.
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Lines and Angles

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore Geometry with Twizzlers Candy, pipe cleaners, paper, pencils, and protractors. They manipulate these items to create different angles introduced by the teacher.
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How Many in Each?

For Students K - 2nd
As you introduce your scholars to multiplication, these short word problems will give them quick victories. Each includes only three sentences and an image. For example, "Five boxes of candy. Four candies in each box. How many candies?"...
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Match the Number to the Beans

For Students Pre-K - K
Candy: the ultimate high-interest item. A instructional activity with photographic-quality images of delectable jelly beans provides 4 opportunities to match numerals from 3 to 8 with sets of the corresponding number of candies. It also...
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Using Averages

For Teachers 8th - 9th
In this math worksheet, students compute the range, mean, median and modal weight of candy bars from two machines. Students write a short essay about which machine is using too much chocolate and which is more reliable.
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Ohio Department of Education

Models for Dividing Fractions - Grade Six

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Fifth and sixth graders use food and candy to help them represent division of fractions and develop algorithms to solve fraction problems. They discuss dividing whole numbers by fractions. Pupils use sticks and chocolate bars to...
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Measuring Objects with Paperclips Worksheet

For Students K
How many paperclips high is a fork? How many blocks long is a bottle? Kindergartners demonstrate their understanding of the measurable attributes of objects by responding to four prompts that ask them to determine the length a fork, a...
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Candy Bar Math Fun!

For Teachers K
Students practice math. In this measurement lesson, students measure their favorite candy bars to the nearest inch. They work independently to compare the different lengths of the candy bars they measure.

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