Illustrative Mathematics
Chess Club
When the membership in a chess club changes, it is your mathematicians' job to find out how many boys and girls are attending and the percent change from last year. The activity provides a great compound problem finding the different...
West Contra Costa Unified School District
Solving a System by Substitution
Solving systems by substitution can be a challenging topic in algebra I. Here is a lesson that builds on students' understanding of intercepts to begin the process of substitution, and all work is reinforced graphically to build...
Mathed Up!
Money Problems
Mo' money, mo' problems! But don't worry, here is an assessment that proves to young mathematicians that they can solve actual money problems. The resource includes 11 money problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and...
Plum Tree
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Relax! How many times have you heard that command but did not know how to proceed? Well, the, check out this resource that gives step-by-step directions for a relaxation process.
Prestwick House
Our Town
A crossword puzzle asks readers of Thornton Wilder's play, Our Town, to recall events and characters in the 1938 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama.
Prestwick House
The Book Thief
Review main characters, story events, and important quotes from Marcus Zusak's The Book Thief. A crossword puzzle with 29 clues gives high schoolers the opportunity to check their understanding and revist Zusak's haunting work.
Scholastic
Analyzing Media Messages
Telling young people to just say no can be difficult in a world that inundates them with messages to just say yes. A instructional activity on media messages encourages teenagers to analyze song lyrics and advertisements that mention...
Curated OER
Minorities in Mainstream American Society
So many people fought for Civil Rights in the United States. Read about the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and discuss what the act guarantees. Then pass out a slew of magazines and encourage them to observe how often minorities appear in...
Curated OER
Rounding
The two rules of rounding are expertly-covered in this math PowerPoint. Young mathematicians are instructed to look at the number to the right of the place value they must round to. If the number is 0-4, the number stays the same. If the...
Illustrative Mathematics
Chocolate Bar Sales
In this real-world example, algebra learners start to get a sense of how to represent the relationship between two variables in different ways. They start by looking at a partial table of values that define a linear relationship. They...
National Security Agency
Going Green with Graphs
In this unit designed for second graders, youngsters are introduced to conducting surveys and creating tally charts based on the data they gather. Students then construct bar graphs, and observe the relationships between the two types of...
Inside Mathematics
Snakes
Get a line on the snakes. The assessment task requires the class to determine the species of unknown snakes based upon collected data. Individuals analyze two scatter plots and determine the most likely species for five additional data...
Curated OER
Making "Cents"
In this counting coins worksheet, students use the table for coin values to solve the 4 money counting questions. Students enhance their coin counting skills.
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Fifty Toes
Students guess the subject of the given problem by reasoning. Then they discuss the ways that the problem could be solved by keeping track of their counting in 10s and showing their work.
Curated OER
Pennies, Nickels, and Dimes
In this counting coins worksheet, students identify the coins in the 5 sets of problems. Students then count up the pennies, nickels, and dimes to determine the total value of money.
Curated OER
Math and Literature
Students listen to the reading of "The Button Box" and use buttons provided to tell a story about a chosen button, compare their own buttons to those in the reading. They estimate how many buttons are in a bag and sort buttons based on...
Curated OER
Even Numbers
In this Even Numbers instructional activity, students color in 24 shoes. Each shoe has an even number, which goes up to fifty. Students may fill in the last three even numbers after 50.
Curated OER
Money Addition (B)
In this counting money worksheet, young scholars enhance their addition skills by adding the money amounts in increments of 10 cents. Students solve 20 problems.
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Money Addition (A)
In this counting money worksheet, students enhance their addition skills by adding the money amounts in increments of 10 cents. Students solve 20 problems.
Curated OER
Money Addition
In this money addition worksheet, students enhance their counting money skills by adding the monetary amounts in the 20 addition problems. This worksheet uses the Euro sign.
Curated OER
Money Addition (F)
In this money addition learning exercise, students enhance their counting money skills by adding the monetary amounts in the 20 addition problems. This learning exercise uses the Euro sign.
Curated OER
My Name in Money
In this money code worksheet, students use the number code to determine the number amount for the letters in their name. Students then draw two different ways they could pay for their name using money.
Curated OER
Money Subtraction (E)
In this money subtraction worksheet, students subtract the monetary amounts in increments of 10 cents. Students solve 20 subtraction problems.