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Using Multiplication to Solve Word Problems

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars explore math functions by solving word problems in class. For this multiplication lesson, students utilize colored cubes and base blocks to visualize multiplication problems. Young scholars identify the multiplication...
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Math: Shapes and More Shapes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students locate lines of symmetry in regular polygons and predict the number of lines of symmetry in an octagon. In three different polygons, they construct all lines of symmetry and after making their prediction about the octagon,...
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Math:Survey Role-Playing Activity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create survey questions to discover why students join clubs. Using sampling methods and question phrasing techniques, they conduct the survey both in and out of school. Once students analyze their survey information, they...
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Word Problem Day

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners solve word problems using algebra. In this algebra lesson, students rewrite problems using algebraic symbols and representations. They work together to find the answers to real life scenarios using math.
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Enough for Everybody: Division

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils study division. In this math lesson, students arrange manipulatives into equal groups. Pupils discuss the relationship between multiplication and division.
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Direct and Inverse Variation

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders participate in two data collection activities that involve direct and inverse variation. In the pre-assessment, 8th graders categorize numerical, graphical, and verbal representations as linear or nonlinear and determine...
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Music

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify ways in which math and language arts relate to their music. After being read a book, they sing a song about who took the cookies from the cookie jar. They recognize repeated patterns in the melody and rhythm and...
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Geometry Review Quiz

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars conduct a review that is done right before having a geometry quiz. They cover major topics that are part of the assessment. They use review cards as notes to pass to one another to reinforce the concepts before putting...
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students play a math game which assesses their mastery of selecting the appropriate operation to solve specific problems.
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Investigation - Who is Right?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore mathematics by solving problems in groups. In this math functions activity, 3rd graders demonstrate their understanding of addition and subtraction by completing two digit math problems. Students define a list of...
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Subtracting with Regrouping

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore math functions by completing a worksheet in class. In this subtraction lesson, 2nd graders identify the techniques used to assist in subtracting multi-digit numbers. Students complete a subtraction worksheet and...
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Grocery Races

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders apply their knowledge of math in a grocery shopping trip. In this math lesson, 5th graders use addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to help them with their shopping. The teacher sets up a mock supermarket in...
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Walk a Mile in your Orbit

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars create an awareness of the distance between the planets and the complexity of the solar system through a model of an active solar system. they incorporate physical education and math with the ability to convert distances...
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Sudoku Puzzle

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Students complete a Sudoku puzzle using their math skills. After listening to the rules of Sudoku and observing a demonstration, students use the process of elimination and other methods to complete puzzles. They explore how the...
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Translating Verbal Phrases into Algebraic Expressions

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars rewrite word problems using algebraic symbols. In this algebra lesson, students graph linear equations after they rewrite the equation using algebra. They relate math to the real world.
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Regular Polygons

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore polygons. In this math instructional activity, 5th graders find examples of regular polygons in the classroom and measure the sides of figures to determine if they are regular polygons.
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Guess My Rule

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars drill on math patterns, functions and Algebra. They construct and use tables to solve problems associated with mathematical relationships and identify a rule/equation. Students comprehend input/output to determine the...
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Using Recipes To Reinforce Fractions

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students calculate fractions used in various food recipes in this Math lesson with real world applications. The lesson is geared towards upper elementary students but can be adapted for various levels of learners. State math standards...
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Marta Pricing Options

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders determine whether buying a "package deal" is really the best deal. In this consumer math lesson plan, 3rd graders watch a video clip and use math skills to solve a word problem determining which "package deal" is the best...
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Morning Work

For Teachers 1st
First graders complete their morning work. In this math and editing lesson, 1st graders complete addition and subtraction problems, edit sentences and share their answers. Students can also create math problems of their own.
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Choosing the Best Graph

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders produce and examine two sets of data and create what they believe to be the most appropriate graphs to represent these sets of data. After completing the pre-assessment, they discuss reasons for using each type of graph...
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Bridge Design and Bridge Building

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders conduct an investigation into the design of bridges and their construction. Students design bridges and draw detailed plans. For assessment they construct a model of a bridge that is made entirely of toothpicks. Students...
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Trading Pennies and Dimes

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders, while in the computer lab, explore the strategy of making and grouping to ten. They assess how to trade pennies for dimes and create original word problems along with corresponding number sentences to illustrate grouping...
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Garden Variety Geometry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners prepare to take the GED by reviewing basic math concepts. In this geometry activity, students review vocabularies such as formula, perimeter, circumference and other important geometric terms. They convert between the English...

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