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Newspaper Association of America

Power Pack: Lessons in Civics, Math, and Fine Arts

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Newspaper in Education (NIE) Week honors the contributions of the newspaper and is celebrated in the resource within a civics, mathematics, and fine arts setting. The resource represents every grade from 3rd to 12th with questions and...
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Halloween Math Lesson Plan

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students practice their multiplication and division by creating a Witches Brew.  In this holiday math lesson plan, students utilize Halloween style ingredients to create a fun edible treat for themselves.  Students practice their...
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Summer Bridge Activities 4-5

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this cross-curricular worksheet, students complete various activities. They complete a crossword puzzle dealing with electricity, change mixed numbers into decimals, subtract fractions, identify adjectives in sentences, solve money...
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Math and the Greek-Golden Proportions

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study math and the golden mean. In this math meets Greek history lesson, 4th graders study ratios and proportions in relation to the Greeks. The use of clay is incorporated ino this lesson. 
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Texas History Math

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders practice math skills while they become familiar with Texas' Boom & Bust economy and the natural history of the east Texas Piney Woods.
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Stock Market Math

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students calculate commission for a stock transaction through a broker using the relationship between percentages and decimals. They decide which stocks are preferable based on the price to earnings ratios listed on the stock market quotes.
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Fractions: Jewish Population of Europe during WWII

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students evaluate population maps and convert fractions to percentages. In this WWII instructional activity, students use statistics on the Holocaust to determine population loss and change. Students create their own math questions and...
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Halloween Math Lesson Plans

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Halloween math activities provide a perfect way to make this subject relevant and fun.
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Using Seasonal Cooking to Practice Math Skills

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students can use holiday recipes to practice measurement, conversion and other math skills.
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Fractions of Active Volcanoes

For Students 4th - 6th
In this fractions worksheet, students draw the fraction of active volcanoes in the different areas of the world. Students color 4 different areas to represent the fraction of the world with active volcanoes.
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Candy Fractions

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete math activities with donated seasonal treats. They estimate, count, sort, name and graph bags of treats. They can eat treats when finished.
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Fun With Fractions

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students play a math game to gain a better understanding of fractions after visiting the American Revolution in the Time Machine. Students attempt to purchase pies from a local farmer. Students use sheets of paper to show knowledge of...
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Decimals and Fractions

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars learn about using decimals and fractions by referring to a 19th century currency table. In this decimals and fractions lesson plan, students discuss converting pounds to coins and how they relate to fractions and decimals.
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Place Value of Decimals to Hundredths: Diving for Decimals

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Constructing decimals correctly is a crucial concept for elementary students to grasp. Here, have the young mathematicians in your class explore standard and expanded form while comparing decimal values. This unit is taught while...
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Yummy Math

Valentine’s Day = Roses

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Roses are red, but did you know that some are lighter while others are darker? Scholars read an infographic to decipher the fraction and percent of rose color and their country of origin. They go on to make comparisons and estimate while...
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The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine the causes of the stock market crash of 1929.  In this integrated math/history unit on the stock market, 6th graders study, research, and read stocks, visit a local bank, and create a PowerPoint to show the finished...
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If the World Were a Village Activities

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders complete activities about the book If the World Were a Village by David J. Smith. In this interdisciplinary lesson, 6th graders complete a math activity converting fractions into decimals and percentages and a geography...
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Coin Content

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students calculate ancient Greek coin values as compared to their weight, equivalence in grain, and determine their worth today. They explain how to calculate fractions of a given weight and how to use decimal numbers.
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Grocery Store Problem Solving

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars use multiple math skills to complete grocery story problems. In this grocery math lesson, students study grocery ads to learn about the cost of foods. Young scholars investigate food types and the costs of processed versus...
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Aldridge Sawmill - The Story in Numbers

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders practice math skills while becoming familiar with Texas' "Boom & Bust" economy and the natural history of the east Texas Piney Woods. After researching the Aldridge Sawmill, 7th graders utilize a worksheet imbedded in...
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Location, Location, Location!

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students determine the probability of drawing coins from each of the three United States Mints. They measure the distance between the Mints and determine which is closest to them. They convert fractions to percentages.
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Cross Section and Slope

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students draw cross sections of given contour maps. In this math lesson, students interpret the different symbols used in the map. They determine slope and steepness through direct measurement.
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Thanksgiving Fraction Multiplication

For Students 5th - 6th
For this Thanksgiving fraction multiplication learning exercise, 5th graders solve 18 multiplication problems with mixed numbers with a Thanksgiving picture in the corner.
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Halloween Themed Math Word Problems--Up to 100

For Students 2nd
In this money and fractions worksheet, 2nd graders practice solving 2 word problems involving a Halloween theme with an emphasis on money and fractions.

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