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Close Your Math

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders complete a role playing activity to build understanding of number concepts. They use Algebraic Closure throughout six operations to better comprehend and review basic number theory. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in...
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Let's Learn Those Facts

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice adding one digit numbers.  In this practicing adding one digit numbers lesson, students roll dice to determine which one-digit numbers they will add together.  Students practice adding one digit numbers for...
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"The Grapes of Math" by Gregg Tang

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars practice mental addition and use the associative and commutative properties of addition to solve problems.
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Find the Shape

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify points on the coordinate plane using ordered pairs and also plot the ordered pairs on the coordinate plane. They also use properties of shapes to identify polygons such as triangles and quadrilaterals (square,...
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Dividing Integer Powers

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Work on the concept of using division with integer powers. The skills of using exponents and multiplying powers should be in place before attempting this activity. The activity provides examples for the teacher to use for direct...
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Penny Moves

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars explore math functions by completing a worksheet in class. In this spatial movement lesson, students utilize a four square grid and a penny to practice moving the coin horizontally, vertically and diagonally as instructed....
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Immigration Unit

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders develop an appreciate for the various cultures that are present in their local community. Through reading and research, they explain how various culture came to live in their area. At the conclusion of the unit, 3rd...
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Johnny Appleseed Walkabout

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders calculate mileage for a journey. In this place value and measurement lesson, 2nd graders read Johnny Appleseed, work in groups to locate his birthplace on a map, locate the other states he stopped in, and measure the...
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Geoboard Squares

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars create squares of different sizes on a geoboard. They find and describe a pattern. Students use the pattern to determine the number of squares possible on a 10-by-10 geoboard. They create squares with a horizontal base...
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Graphing Linear Equations

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders review the information that they have already learned with regard to linear equations and graphical representations. They then assist in combining equations with a graphical element and complete various graphs with this...
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Space Circles

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders calculate the diameters and radius of planets as a book is read to them. In this diameter and radius lesson plan, 5th graders read the book Space Circles and calculate the measurements based on the information in this book.
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Investigating Nets and Polyhedra

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create a net for a given polyhedron. They determine the corresponding polyhedron for a given net. Students investigate several polyhedra (cube, tetrahedron, and one of their choosing) and their corresponding nets. They...
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Cuemath

Cuemath: Real Numbers

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
A comprehensive guide for learning all about real numbers and their important properties with solved examples and practice questions.
Article
Cuemath

Cuemath: Natural Numbers

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
We see numbers everywhere around us - measuring the temperature, counting money, telling the time, etc. The numbers that are used for counting objects are called "natural numbers". This article explains the properties of natural numbers...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Faq: Closure

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains closure and has a link to a response from Dr. math regarding this topic. The site explains why the real numbers are closed under the operation of multiplication. The site gives an example of an operation which the real...