Lesson Plan
EngageNY

The Opposite of a Number

For Students 6th Standards
It's opposite day! The fourth installment of a 21-part module teaches scholars about opposites of integers and of zero. Number lines and real-world situations provide an entry point to this topic.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Curious George's Opposites

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this Curious George opposites activity worksheet, learners examine the 12 pictures and fill in the blanks to identify what George is doing in each picture.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Shapes, Pictures and Floor Plans

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this shapes and pictures worksheet, students write the opposites of eight pairs of words, color a classroom floor plan and draw pictures and shapes on four grids. Students check their answers online as they go.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Short, Shorter, Shortest, Part 2

For Students Pre-K - K
Can your kindergartners draw a shorter tree? What about a shorter kite string? Reinforce relative size and comparing with a clever worksheet. It prompts young learners to study a picture and draw a shorter version, and to choose the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

High and Low - An Opposite Worksheet

For Students K - 1st
In this size worksheet, students look at a set of pictures and answer 8 questions pertaining to "high" and "low." Students also follow instructions and color "high" and "low" pictures.
Lesson Plan
Arizona Department of Education

Introduction to Integers

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Welcome to the backward world of negative numbers. This introductory lesson teaches young mathematicians that negative numbers are simply the opposite of positive numbers as they use number lines to plot and compare...
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Polar Coordinates

For Students 11th - Higher Ed Standards
Polar opposites might not work together—but polar coordinates do! The interactive provides learners the opportunity to graph trigonometric and algebraic functions using polar coordinates. The program takes either individual data points...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Parallelograms

For Students 10th
In this parallelograms worksheet, 10th graders identify and describe a quadrilateral, a diagonal, and a parallelogram in 7 different problems. First, they find the values of x, y, and z in each quadrilateral to prove that it is a...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Full or Empty?

For Students Pre-K - K
In this visual discrimination worksheet, students examine 4 pictures and determine whether the pictures show something that is full or empty.
Activity
Illustrative Mathematics

Is This a Parallelogram?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
If both pairs of opposite sides of a quadrilateral are congruent, is the quadrilateral a parallelogram? This task asks learners to determine the answer and to support their answer with a proof. The resource includes a commentary for...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Worksheet 15-Fall 1995

For Teachers Higher Ed
In this math worksheet students use the intermediate value theorem to solve two problems. They find parallel lines that will cut a convex shape into two pieces with equal areas. Students repeat this problem with a concave shape. Students...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making Pictures from Smaller Shapes

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate shapes. In this dimension and orientation of shapes lesson plan, students identify and color shapes, use shape stamps to form animals, glue shapes together to make other objects and describe how shapes are used.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Is A Number?

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Seventh graders engage in a lesson that is focused upon teaching the concept of integer numbers with a focus upon the integers. They practice solving different problems using positive and negative numbers. They then attempt to describe...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Understanding Visual Fractions

For Students 3rd - 5th
Fractions should be visual for beginners; give scholars a few different approaches through these five problems. First, they examine two shapes with shaded sections, writing a fraction to represent the shaded portion. Next, mathematicians...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Activity Plan Mixed Ages: Big, Medium, or Small

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students make a math book. In this early childhood math lesson plan, students develop language, observation, and math skills as they explore the sizes of objects and use cameras to take pictures for their own math booklet based on...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Building Buildings

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate 2-D and 3-D objects. In this geometry instructional activity, 7th graders begin to understand spatial reasoning. Students look at pictures of the NYC Skyline and discuss what it looks like from different...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Angles in Polygons

For Students 10th
In this geometry learning exercise, 10th graders solve problems involving quadrilaterals using the angle sum of quadrilaterals. They solve for linear pairs, opposite angle theorem and triangular angles. There are 5 questions.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Creating Shapes

For Students 4th - 5th
In this geometry skills lesson, students respond to 4 questions that require them to examine the pictured shapes and follow the instructions to create new shapes out of them.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Dr. Seuss: "Old Fish, New Fish"

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Dr. Seuss worksheet, students find opposites of fish from the story One Fish Two Fish...drawing lines to the opposites of pictures given. A website reference is given for additional resources. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Upside Down and All Around

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss what a line of symmetry is, then demonstrate how to fold shape cutouts to generate lines of symmetry. They demonstrate slides, flips, and turns with objects, and write explanations of changes they observe in pictures.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Block Books

For Students 1st - 2nd
In these visual skills worksheets, students study the cookies cutters and cookies and determine if the shapes match. Students then use a red crayon to color the items that could be hot and a blue crayon to color the items that are cold.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

What is a Trapezoid? (Part 2)

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
This collaborative activity investigates the meaning of a trapezoid and a parallelogram. It begins by presenting two different definitions of a trapezoid. Learners are to reason abstractly the difference between the two definitions and...
Worksheet
Savvas Learning

Putting Shapes in Order

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Challenge math scholars with polygon word problems that require logical reasoning. They answer two word problems about geometric shapes and their arrangement in a column based on clues given. Next, learners draw a robot made of...
Printables
Curriculum Corner

7th Grade Math "I Can" Statement Posters

For Teachers 7th Standards
Translate the Common Core math standards into a series of achievable "I can" statements with this collection of classroom displays. Offering posters for each standard, this resource is a great way to support your seventh graders as...