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Orienteering II
Students name the parts of a compass and comprehend the function of each part. They define paces and tallies and use them in a real world situation. Students are shown the proper use of radio terminology. They use a map and compass to...
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What is Division? #2
Mathematicians are given three division sentences. They are to write a "sharing question," or basically, a word problem for each. They can apply the division concepts to teams and players, friends and presents, CDs and songs, albums and...
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Learning by Sorting
Students sort Lego Duplo pieces after determining the attributes to classify them by. They work in pairs to sort a group of Duplo pieces and explain their process to others.
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Squirt Level 3
Learners use the lesson, "Squirt", to support students' development of multiplicative thinking. Squirt encourages learners to anticipate multiplicative measurement relationships, e.g. three measures of A fit in B, by partially filling a...
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Squirt
Fourth graders using the idea of "how many more squirts" fill a container to develop multiplicative thinking. They also investigate the idea of conservation of volume when working with oddly shaped containers. They attempt to use...
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Seven Quacks Me Up
First graders explore the day and night sky and add a page for the number 7 to their countiing books.
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Five Fingers for Eating Lunch
First graders listen to the book, The M&M's Brand Counting Book, discuss the one-to-one correspondence and count the candies in the story. They focus on the number five, and listen to the story Sun Up, Sun Down, discussing the...
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Six Insect Legs
Pupils observe and discuss the sun's position in the sky. They explore the number six, read various number books, and create the number six page for a counting book.
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Creating Polygons
Learners describe, make and compare polygons. In this creating polygons instructional activity, students identify properties of quadrilaterals and describe common features of two dimensional shapes.
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Wings and Othe Things
Students work in groups that are engaged in different activities at different times. They watch the video "Madagascar" and collect data pertaining to the Fish Eagle's arm spam. They work together to perform mathematical computations...
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Array to Go!
Second graders are introduced to arrays as a means for multiplication readiness. Once students are comfortable with naming the array by counting the columns and rows, they integrate skip counting.
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Peace Pie
First graders review peacemaking strategies by identifying their capacity of creating and promoting peace within their classroom, home, community, and world. Fractions are introduced through the making of a "peace pie."
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Proposed Problems
In this math worksheet, students find the solutions to the problems that involve solving equations with and without rational expressions.
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A Matter of Proportion
Learners measure the relative heights of the mosaic giraffe and its trainer and compare their proportions to an actual giraffe and zoo trainer.
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Fraction Card Shark
Second graders explain the relative size of fractions using symbolic and concrete representations. Groups of four students play a game which uses cards and unifix cubes. The game helps them get a visual understanding for the 'size' of...
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Review for the Algebra One SOLs
Students review the standards for Algebra I. Using the text, they discover two problems that match each standard and solve them showing all steps on paper. They create a PowerPoint slide for each problem and go through the correct...
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Lu-Lu
First graders practice their counting skills while playing a Hawaiian game called Lu-Lu. Lu-Lu is a Hawaiian counting game. It is played with four stones. Each stone is divided into four equal sections and dots are placed in the...