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Picture Your Numbers with
Students create pairs of cards with numbers and pictures. Encourage students to use a different color to represent each number/picture pair; this help them with visual association in the "Concentration" game.
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Larger and Smaller Numbers 2
In this mathematics instructional activity, students color the box in each set with the smaller number on top of the sheet. Then they color the box in each set with the larger number on the bottom of the sheet.
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Gee's Bend Quilts One
Third graders identify analogous and contemporary colors on the color wheel and identify the five facts about the quilts, women, and community of Gees Bend. Finally, 3rd graders pinned their fabric pieces to the copy paper in the exact...
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The Colors on My TV Screen
Students explore how electronic screens use only three colors to produce the colors that people see on the screen. They make and test a color wheel.
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Barter vs. Money
First graders listen to the book, Sheep in a Shop, that leads them to think about making financial decisions, trading, and the barter system. After the book is read aloud, a discussion ensues about some of the things that the sheep...
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The Different Shape
In this geometry worksheet, students identify and color the shape that is different in each row. There are ten different shapes shown on the sheet.
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Musical Addition
Students place objects on their storyboards to show the equations that they are given. They draw and color objects to show the equations. Students listen to and sing addition songs.
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Marble Probability
In this marble probability worksheet, 8th graders solve and complete 7 different statements related to a bag full of marbles. First, they identify and read through the data table at the top of the sheet. Then, students determine the...
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Symmetrical Geometry Paintings
Here is a clever, cross-curricular lesson that combines art and geometry. Learners design a painting that uses geometrical shapes and is symmetrical. Sponge-shaped geometrical figures are used to design half a page and fold them to...
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Are You Balanced?
Balance scales create a strong visual of how an individual prioritizes one's self alongside their commitments to the community, school, and home. Scholars complete a graphic organizer then discuss their findings with their peers. A...
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Where Do Brown Bears Live?
What do brown bears in Alaska's Katmai National Park need to survive? Pupils explore the unique habitats, diet, and survival needs of this animal. They predict the consequences of removing any integral part of the bear's survival,...
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The Pig Who Went Home on Sunday
Turn your classroom into a pig sty with a instructional activity based on the Appalachian folktale The Pig Who Went Home on Sunday. Similar to the story of The Three Little Pigs, the folktale tells a story of four pigs who leave...
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Christmas Rounding Activity
For this Christmas math worksheet, students color the pictures by rounding the numbers in each space and coloring them according to the key. Students follow 4 steps to complete the picture.
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Read and Make a Bar Graph
In this bar graph worksheet, students learn how to read bar graphs by using the information in each word problem and making bar graphs with the information to help solve the problems.
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Patterns
Explore early algebra by participating in a pattern identification activity using a random assortment of different household materials. The class creates, completes, and analyzes different patterns with the help of leggos, buttons,...
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Shapes in Motion
Students practice moving different shaped objects through a series of transformations. In groups, they discuss other ways to manipulate the figure to achieve the same results. They solve multiple story problems in the same manner.
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Investigation-What are My Chances?
Second graders explore probability. In this math lesson plan, 2nd graders discuss the possibility of choosing a certain colored tile from a bag. Students perform experiments and describe the outcomes as certain, possible, unlikely and...
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Easter Addition (Sums to 100)
In this addition worksheet, students add integers and place the answer in the egg. All numbers are between 10 and 99. This one-page worksheet contains 25 problems. An answer sheet is included.
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If You Give A Pig A Party
Students read If You Give A Pig A Party and participate in visual arts activities based on the book. In this visual arts lesson plan, students read the given book and do visual arts activities that include matching words to pictures,...
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Apples A Peel To Me
First graders gather, record and interpret data. In this math lesson plan, 1st graders collect data from their classmates regarding their favorite types of apples. Students use the data collected to explore the use of real graphs and...
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Pent-up Pentominoes
First graders are introduced to pentominoes in this lesson. Using the Internet, they match pentominoes with the same shape and use a grid sheet to make their own. They are read books by their teacher and they identify the pentominoes in...
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Fancy Factorials
Students complete factorials explorations. For this factorials lesson, students discuss different ways to arrange and order objects. Students learn about factorials and how they are expressed. Students complete activity sheets to practice.
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Warning signs
Students sort and classify different attributes of warning signs, labels, and sounds. In this warning signs lesson plan, the teacher shows students different warning signs, labels, and sounds and tells students what each one means. ...
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Mapping and Excavating a Jello Mold
Fifth graders, in groups, map the three layers of different colored jello layers in molds and note the placement of fruit in them. On the grid paper they draw each grape, raisin, or other object and carefully remove each layer. After...