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Language of Probability

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Enhance your next lesson on probability with a text rich presentation intended to teach the language associated with probability. The use of decimals, fractions, and percents are discussed as well are the terms, likely, unlikely, and...
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Fraction City

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners calculate equivalent fractions, solve the addition of fractions of like and unlike denominators, and compare fractions using fraction strips. They fold paper strips into equal parts, thirds, sixths, ninths, and twelfths, and...
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Math Ocean

Fraction Word Problem Worksheets

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
There are actually several math topics covered by this set of problems. First is the addition of fractions and mixed numbers with both like and unlike denominators. Nine word problems are provided after some whole class practice.There...
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Chances Are

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students are involved in activities that give them experiences predictingthe likelihood of certain events occurring. They become aware that certain outcomes are equally likely, more likely,or less likely than others to occur. Students...
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Chances Are-Part 1

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners are introduced to the idea of probability by discussing the likelihood of events occurring. Pupils describe events that are certain, impossible, likely, and unlikely to occur. They determine the likelihood of an event occurring...
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Unlikely Diary keepers Using Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Put your class in the shoes of someone - or something - else with this lesson, which encourages writers to keep a diary from the perspective of a living creature or an abstraction. Use Doreen Cronin's Diary of a Worm and the Six Trait...
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Introducing Jane Eyre: An Unlikely Victorian Heroine

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the expectations and limitations placed on Victorian women and evaluate Charlotte Bronte's position and desire for literary achievement in using the male pseudonym, Currer Bell.
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Comparing Fractions with a Different Whole

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
What was Bryce's mistake? Through analysis of a student work example, learners develop their own ability to compare the fractions one fourth and one half. Central to this activity is the concept that, when comparing fractions, the whole...
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Reed Novel Studies

The Underneath: Novel Study

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Do you have a place that makes you feel safe and secure? Ranger, a hound in The Underneath, finds his new friend, a calico cat, and her safe place—underneath a porch. Scholars complete sentences using vocabulary from the novel as they...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Mr. Brigg's Class Likes Math

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
A quick discussion question that brings some collaboration into your classroom will allow your thinkers to make a decision about sampling. Mr. Briggs wants to know if the results from his class are a valuable comparison to the entire...
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Is It Likely or Is It Unlikely?

For Teachers 1st
n a class discussion Students identify events or situations as being likely to occur or unlikely to occur. Then, they work in pairs to generate likely and unlikely statements to share with the class.
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Multiply Mixed Numbers

For Students 4th - 8th
In this mixed numbers activity, students multiply 12 problems with like and unlike denominators. Answers are not given for this page.
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S2tem Centers SC

Investigating Chance Processes of Probability

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
How likely is it that the school cafeteria will serve chicken tomorrow? Discover the concept of probability with the roll of the dice. Pupils evaluate the liklihood of several statments about everyday life. Then, a mathematical...
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Multiplying Polynomials

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore multiplying polynomials. They observe solving polynomials using the standard order of operations, FOIL, and the box method. Throughout the demonstration, students explore strategies of solving word problems such as...
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

Equally Likely and Unequally Likely Outcomes

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students explore probability.  In this statistics/probability lesson, students compare experimental and theoretical probability and use experimental probability to make predictions and conjectures.  Students explore the distinction...
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Comprehension Questions for Black Like Kyra White Like Me

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this comprehension questions for Black Like Kyra White Like Me worksheet, students read the book then answer 20 comprehension questions about it.
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Dingo!Dingo!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
An engaging literary game called "Dingo," is here for your young mathematicians. Dingo is a game which is played with dice. The first team of students to remove all of the numbers on the game board are declared the winners. To remove a...
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Planetary Magnetism

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
What do magnetic fields look like? The best way to learn about magnetic fields is to try identifying them for yourself. Scholars will understand the importance of magnetic fields after completing this experiment. The extension activities...
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Lightning

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students uncover the science behind lightning and thunder.Theyexamine electrical attraction between like and unlike charges, and the force that creates lightning, is first explained using static electricity.
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Likely or Unlikely

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders are introduced to the concept of probability. Using colored tiles, they pick one out of a bag and determine the probability of pulling out the same color again. To end the instructional activity, they complete the...
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K12 Reader

Improve Your Writing with Similes

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A language arts worksheet works like a dream. Class members become as busy as bees as they complete a activity geared toward similes. The layout of the sheet is as clear as crystal, with directions that are easy to follow. 
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Curated OER

Use Digital Photos of Scary Things to Inspire Poetry Writing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
There's nothing like a provocative image to inspire a creative writing session. In the language arts lesson presented here, middle schoolers bring in digital photos of scary objects, such as a big spider, or a hornet's nest. The pictures...
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Finding Common Denominators to Subtract

For Teachers 5th Standards
Subtracting fractions with unlike denominators can be overwhelming, but in this task, 5th graders work systematically to break down the procedure through three questions. The first two questions ask for pictures to be drawn along with...
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Do These Add Up?

For Teachers 5th Standards
Common Core mathematical practices require that young mathematicians not only know how to add fractions with unlike denominators, but also to recognize when adding fractions are appropriate for the word problem. Fifth graders are given...

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