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All A-buzz About Math

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders participate in Math-Eze activities to comprehend word problems. In this word problem lesson, 2nd graders recognize why a hexagon is the best shape for a beehive. Students calculate how far bees must travel to find 2 lbs....
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Language Spoken in Mexico

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore how to say numbers and words in Spanish. They match Spanish words to the translated English words. They recognze words that are similar in the Spanish and English language.
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Add Groups of Ten

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this addition instructional activity, students add groups of tens and their remainders to determine the missing addends in the pairs of 2-digit problems and then find the sums. Students solve nine problems.
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Taiping Rebellion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners reflect on the impact of the Taiping Rebellion.  In this World History lesson, students work in small groups to research and discuss the Taiping Rebellion and the ramifications it had around the world, then share their...
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Year 6: Order of Calculating 3

For Students 4th - 6th
In this math problem solving learning exercise, students find the values using multiple steps of adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing and numbers in parentheses. Students solve 14 problems.
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Substitution

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students solve linear equations. For this algebra lesson, students use substitution to solve equations. They plug in the numbers for the missing variable and solve.
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Decoding Machine

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to the concept of variables and their uses. In groups, they are given a code in which they must find the value of the missing words. To end the lesson, they find the value of words over ten letters long and their...
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Coordinates

For Teachers 4th - 5th
These simple slides demonstrate how to use ordered pairs. They explain how a coordinate plane is set up, then show a series of images located on the grid. The class decides which ordered pair is missing from each object, then determine...
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Cover To Cover

For Teachers K
Young learners are introduced to the most basic elements and concepts of a book with this pre-kindergarten language arts activity. Through modeling and discussion, the whole class explores how to read a book and how to determine if you...
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Multiplication Of Decimal Fractions

For Teachers 8th
In this multiplication of decimal fractions worksheet, 8th graders use the whole number multiplication fact given to work out the answers to three word problems. Students, in addition, estimate the answers to ten problems without using a...
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Percentage Game

For Students 4th - 5th
In this math instructional activity, students find the winning values of the percentages while playing the game of percents using the wheel organizer.
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Number Worksheets

For Students K - 1st
In this number recognition activity, students study the numbers in each set and write the missing number on the blank line.
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Exploring Number Patterns

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders recognize number patterns. As a class, 7th graders discuss strategies for solving number patterns. Given a pattern, they determine the missing terms. They complete a pattern worksheet.
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Avi Writer

Sophia’s War: A Tale of the Revolution Teaching Guide

For Teachers 5th - 9th Standards
Sophia's War, Avi's novel that tracks the adventures of Sophia Calderwood, a fictional character, as well as the true stories of British Major John Andre and General Benedict Arnold during the American Revolution, is the anchor...
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Rational Number Project

Initial Fraction Ideas Lesson 18: Overview

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Develop young mathematicians' ability to compare fractions with investigation into the number 1/2. After brainstorming a list of fractions equivalent to 1/2, children identify a pattern in the numerators and...
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Piecing It All Together

For Students 6th - 12th
Archaeology digs are much like giant jigsaw puzzles. The artifacts found are often in pieces and scientists must reconstruct them. A hands-on activity lets young archaeologists experience this facet of the job as they create, smash, and...
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"Bats on Parade" by Kathy Appelt

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine numbers and try to find a pattern in their relationship. They write an algebraic expression for the nth term.
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Patterns

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders recognize shape and number patterns. In groups, 5th graders use strategies to find patterns. They extend the patterns and give explanations as to how they found the pattern. Students use the computer and the hundreds...
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Helping with Math

Percentages: Calculating Percent - 2

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Here is a worksheet on which math classes practice calculating the percentage of different numbers. Some of the percentages involve decimals, so this would not be an assignment for first-time percent calculators! You can print the...
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Ratio and Proportion: Simplifying Ratios (1 of 2)

For Students 5th - 10th Standards
Here is a set of 24 pairs of numbers for which kids reduce the ratios to their simplest form. It is a simple and straightforward assignment, meant by the publisher to address CCSS.Math.Content.6.RP.3. Note, however, that it only requires...
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U Boat Hunt

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students recognize patterns and sequences in numbers. In this geometry lesson, students create rules to define the sequences and patterns they obsere. They translate coded messages as they dicuss navigational terms.
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Multiplying by 5

For Students 2nd
In this multiplying by 5 worksheet, 2nd graders solve 10 problems in which five is multiplied by a single digit number. Students also skip count by fives.
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Pythagorean Triple

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate the properties of the Pythagorean Theorem. In this geometry lesson, students identify the missing angles and sides of a right triangle. They label the hypotenuse and legs of a right triangle correctly.
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Equations Analysis Test

For Students 11th
In this algebra worksheet, 11th graders find the missing words for each letter. They translate the letters in to numbers using inches and yard. There are 10 problems with an answer key.