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Physical Difference and Classification
Learners use a microscope and observation skills to compare and contrast several physical properties and develop a classification system.
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Twix-n-Tween
Yummy! Use Twix candy bars to teach a instructional activity in comparing length! Learners will love this instructional activity and you will be addressing Common Core standards at the same time!
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Melt in Your Mouth Subtraction
Students engage in a lesson which involves role-play and the use of manipulatives to solve subtraction problems. After a lecture/demo, students utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to gain subtraction practice. They get to eat the...
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Creative Cats
Students solve joining problems by using cat counters, pictures, and numbers. First, students listen to the story "Pretend You're a Cat" by Jean Marzollo.
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Down by the Bay
Students listen to teacher read books about fish and participate in activities in order to explore how to identify bluefish. They count and graph the numbers of fish they find in simulated fishing activities.
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Bearly There
First graders read "How Long Is A Foot?" together and use paper clips, teddy bears, crayons and other non-standard units to measure items. They compare the items measured and order them from longest to shortest.
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Dragon Math
Third graders, in groups, practice multiplication by putting five multiplication problems on white scales, then the answers on florescent colored scales.
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students rotate through four workstations that reinforce the concept of symmetry
Second graders, in pairs, use arrays to explore the relationship between multiplication and division.
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Fraction Card Shark
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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Time Flies When Math Is Fun
Third graders pracdtice telling time with a demonstration clock.
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What's A Word?
Students listen to the story "Wilfred Gordon Mcdonald Partridge" and brainstorm about memories. They write a story describing what they would put in a memory basket when they are 80 years old.
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Who Is That Masked Man?
Fifth graders write a narrative essay describing what happened in the classroom after a nystery person has visited.
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Vocabulary Bingo
Pupils review vocabulary words and definitions from a literature selection. They play Vocabulary Bingo to practice the words.
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The History of the Pencil
Students research and write about the pencil. They organize the research using concept maps and write an essay using the writing process.
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The Dot and Dashy Language
Learners examine and discuss the Morse Code. In small groups they develop messages using Morse code and take turns decipering the messages.
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Painless Poetry
Students choose two poems they like and share them with the class. Then they write their own poems using various forms.
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Lideable Differences
Fourth graders read, "Beat the Story Drum," and compare and contrast two of the characters using a Venn Diagram.
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Ellsworth Kelly
Students examine and discuss artwork by the artist Ellsworth Kelly. They create an abstract picture of two-dimensional geometric shapes using Kid Pix software based on a photograph taken by the student.
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Recycled Tree
Students examine a sculpture by the artist Jin Soo Kim, and discuss the concept of recycling paper. They create a tree sculpture using recycled paper and reusable paper products.
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Body Part Tag
Students participate in a game of tag using body parts. They are dodgers and taggers in this game. Dodgers try to avoid having teacher-named body parts tagged by the taggers.
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Beanbag Tic Tac Toe
Pupils choose a partner and find a safe space on the floor. They practice the skills of over- and underhand throwing.