Learning Express
501 Writing Prompts
Never again will you need to worry about coming up with a writing prompt! This packet contains, as it says, 501 prompts that are suitable for fourth graders on up. The prompts are paired into four categories (persuasive, expository,...
Virginia Department of Education
Translate and Evaluate
Translate, evaluate, educate. Discover how to translate and evaluate expressions. Young mathematicians first review words and phrases that indicate operations and learn to write algebraic expressions from verbal descriptions....
Virginia Department of Education
Going the Distance
Estimate the value of one of the most famous irrational numbers. The hands-on lesson instructs classmates to measure the circumference and diameters of circles using yarn. The ratio of these quantities defines pi.
Virginia Department of Education
Analyzing and Interpreting Statistics
Use measures of variance to compare and analyze data sets. Pupils match histograms of data sets to their respective statistical measures. They then use calculated statistics to further analyze groups of data and use the results to make...
Virginia Department of Education
Out of the Box
There's no need to think outside the box for this one! Scholars measure the length, width, and height of various boxes. Results help develop the formulas for the surface area and volume of rectangular prisms.
Virginia Department of Education
May I Have Fries with That?
Not all pie graphs are about pies. The class conducts a survey on favorite fast food categories in a lesson on data representation. Pupils use the results to create a circle graph.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Major Disparities in Adult Cigarette Smoking Exist Among and Within Racial and Ethnic Groups
Data indicates that some racial groups smoke more than others, and that with that racial group, there are smaller groups whose smoking habits vary as well. Secondary learners read a graph that details the differences between the Asian...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Seeing Music, Hearing Waves
In this music activity, 11th graders incorporate fractions into their music scales and counting scales. They listen to the music being played and relate it to sine waves reviewing the trig function. There are 11 questions involving sine...
Curated OER
Santa's List Sums
In this finding sums activity, students complete a chart of "Santa's Sums" of boys and girls on various streets. Students add and record sums in last column of graphic organizer.
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Multiplication Stories
Learners practice multiplication using fill in the blank graphic organizers. For this multiplication lesson plan, students create multiplication stories using the given prompts. The storied can be placed in a book when the learners...
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Practice With Word Problems
In this word problem worksheet, students solve 2 problems that are set up in a graphic organizer. The problem and related picture appear on the left, and a block of work space and answer line appear on the right.
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Practice With Word Problems: 2
For this word problem worksheet, students solve 2 problems arranged in a graphic organizer. The problem and related picture appear on the left, an answer line and work space on the right.
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Making Math Meaningful in March Madness
Students examine the statistics of March Madness, the college basketball tournament. They watch videotaped basketball games to collect data for further analysis using Word and Excel. They analyze the data in a variety of activities...
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KWL Chart
In this graphic organizer worksheet, students will use a chart to organize their information into 3 columns: what I know, want to learn, and what I learned.
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Theorems and Formulas for Circles
In this theorems and formulas for circles worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 13 different types of problems. First, they create a graphic organizer for all the given formulas for circles. Then, students use the labeled pictures...
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Polygons
Fourth graders identify and describe lines, shapes, and solids using formal geometric language. They use Inspiration to create a graphic organizer and outline of polygons.
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"Alphabet City and City by Number" by Stephen T. Johnson; "Shapes, Shapes, Shapes" by Tana Hoban
Students review the definition of angles by identifying those in the classroom and putting them on a graphic organizer.
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Perimeters, Patterns, and Conjectures
Students discover patterns and write conjectures relating to perimeters and polygons. Working in cooperative learning groups, they use manipulatives and graphic organizers to solve problems then answer a series of questions in which they...
Curated OER
Numbers that Add to 3
In this addition facts worksheet, students fill in the graphic organizer to make addition facts that equal the number 3, 4, 5, and 6. Students complete 8 facts for the 4 worksheets.
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Kansas Crops: From Seeds to Food
First graders explore U.S. geography by researching food production. In this agriculture lesson plan, 1st graders identify the process of crops from a seed to a plate and discuss the importance of farmers in the production of such crops....
Curated OER
Combining Numbers to 1000
In this math worksheet, students look for the possible combinations to create number sentences that have a sum of 1000. They put the answer in the graphic organizer.
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Shorter or Taller
In this math worksheet, students list items in comparison to self and list them in the graphic organizer as taller or shorter. They also estimate the measurement.
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Place Value To Hundreds
in this math worksheet, students practice filling in the graphic organizer with the correct values that are necessary to create the numbers using the place values.
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Addition Chart
In this math worksheet, students use the graphic organizer to write addition problems with different amounts for the addends while solving for the sums.