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The Topsy-Turvy Twins
Fourth graders read the problem and brainstorm for ways to solve the problem - list these on the board for the students to refer to as they solve the problem. They work in pairs and focus on the strategy selected.
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How Hot Is It?
Fourth graders practice estimating temperatures. They practice in Celsius and Fahrenheit.
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Extraordinary Compilations
Students discuss and record why people have various types of collections. They interpret the class collection of information then use details about the Morgan Dollar to understand what collection characteristics it may have.
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"ty" number
Second graders encounter the need to assess the code in English for tens is that the word ends in "-ty." They explore the meaning of two or three digit whole numbers to realize that the meaning of words like sixty can be decoded by...
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Fifty Toes
Young scholars guess the subject of the given problem by reasoning. Then they discuss the ways that the problem could be solved by keeping track of their counting in 10s and showing their work.
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Exploding Numbers
Students discuss how numbers increase when exponential growth is occurring. They view a video and compare exponential and linear growth with a graphing calculator.