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Smart Cookie Factors

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners examine the concept of finding the greatest common factor. They complete number of activities as they practice identifying prime and composite numbers. Pupils apply rules of divisibility and find the greatest common factor while...
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Dandelion Wine: Questioning Strategy

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Readers of Dandelion Wine work in groups to develop questions on four levels (right there, think and search, the author and you, and on my own) about Chapter 34 of Ray Bradbury's reflection on the joys of summer. Groups jigsaw and...
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Multiplication War

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students practice multiplication by playing war. In this multiplication lesson plan, students multiply their two cards and the person that says the product first, wins those cards. The person with the most cards is the winner.
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I Am The Greatest

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students work with the place value of given digits. For this place value lesson, students use a deck of number cards to find the greatest number when they draw three cards from the deck. They arrange the the digit from greatest to least.
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Double Down

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students shuffle cards identifying different patterns. In this algebra lesson, students investigate the accuracy of the card shufflers in a casino. They discuss out-shuffle, faro shuffle and magicians mixing cards to perform tricks.
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Number Bonds to 10 and 20

For Students 4th - 6th
In this number bonds to ten and twenty worksheet, students work in pairs with a deck of subtraction and addition cards. Students match up both sets of cards after they've been placed face down on a table.
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Decimal War

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students practice decimals by playing war. In this decimal lesson plan, students flip over their cards and whoever's card is higher wins those cards. The person with the most cards is the winner.
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Decreasing and Increasing Fractions

For Teachers 4th Standards
Use this math lesson to help your fourth graders further their understanding of ordering fractions. After completing some whole-group activities together as a class, pairs of students play an online game which has them compare fractional...
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It Could Happen

For Teachers 6th
Understanding of probability will probably increase with the use of a refined resource. Pupils learn to distinguish between dependent and independent events as they calculate the probabilities of these types of events in various...
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Ratios, Unit Rates, and Proportions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Explore the concept of ratios, unit rates, and proportions. Learners convert fractions and percents to decimals. They discuss rates and where they can be found in the real world. A hands-on experiment and numerous flash cards and...
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Fraction Reaction

For Teachers K - 8th
Students review how to solve problems with fractions. In groups, they participate in a card game in which they identify the fraction and its equivalent. They also complete a worksheet related to fractions and have a partner check their...
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Shark Surprise

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a card game to review and reinforce their familiarity with different types of fish. They create and draw matching fish on index cards and label the pictures. They play the game to collect as many pairs as possible.
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Percentage War

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore fractions by participating in a card activity in class. In this percentages lesson, 5th graders inventory the amount of different cards in a deck in order to determine the percentages of getting a certain card....
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Numbers and Operations- 24

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners construct number sentences. In this computation lesson, students participate in a game using four numbers to make the number 24.
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Virtual Reality

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students consider the implications of playing violent video games. In this current issues lesson, students visit selected websites to research virtual violence and video game censorship.
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Fair-division

For Students 6th - 10th
In this division worksheet, students complete word problems with division about pizza slices, jelly servings, percentages of cards, and more. Students complete 14 problems.
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Card Sharks Basketball Passing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice chest and bounce passes with either basketballs or playground balls. They draw a card in order to determine which skill to practice.
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Fraction Card Shark

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explain the relative size of fractions using symbolic and concrete representations. Groups of four students play a game which uses cards and unifix cubes. The game helps them get a visual understanding for the 'size' of...
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The Structure of British Columbia's Government

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders play a "card game" centered around a "Jeopardy" type of task designed to review pertinent information on the subject of the three branches of B.C.'s government.
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Relations

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students identify, compare, and analyze shapes and numbers. In this analogies and comparison math lesson, students warm up by completing 4 worksheets to familiarize themselves with analogies. In small groups, students are challenged to...
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Name That Noun

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this nouns worksheet, students use noun cards to identify types of nouns and write lists of nouns while they are being timed. Teams compete against each other.
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Who says I can't be Sherlock Holmes?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students create a "crime scene" in their classroom and have to tell what's out of place. The class is given a set of cards that are all face down and have to play concentration. If they get a matched pair, they get both cards. Whoever...
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Lonely Heart

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students play a game to improve non-verbal communication skills. They each place a playing card on their forehead without looking at the suit then they must form groups of the same suit without speaking. They reflect on the process and...
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Addition Practice - Activity

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders play a number strategy and addition game.