Lesson Plan
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Cool Tools to Solve Challenging Word Problems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore math functions by completing worksheets in class. In this word problem lesson, students read the story A Remainder of One and practice solving division problems from the story. Students complete a worksheet which...
Unit Plan
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Multiplication Strategies - A Day at the Zoo

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
This is an amazing 33-page resource for teaching multiplication! Your mathematicians will discover the connection between multiplication and repeated addition. They also will work collaboratively with arrays while studying zoo animals....
Activity
Baylor College

Air: The Math Link

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Inflate this unit on the science of air with these math skills practice and word problems. Accompanying the children's story Mr. Slaptail's Secret, this resource covers a wide range of math topics including the four basic...
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Summer Bridge Activities

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Youngsters start by writing a story about going to outer space. They then solve math word problems, match words to their correct meaning by using a dictionary, solve multiplication and division problems, and add the correct prefixes and...
Lesson Plan
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Transportation Math

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners recognize math problems within stories.  In this consumer math lesson, students discover clues to solve math problems within written story problems.  Learners complete the story problems on a worksheet.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Making Multiplication Number Stories

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this multiplication worksheet, students solve 2 simple problems and make up a short story about each. A website reference for additional activities is given.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Don't Eat the Crayons: Real-Life Multiplication

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use items which come in sets to look for real-life multiples and write multiplication problems. This lesson plan assess the student's understanding of the meaning of multiplication using an array model and manipulatives.
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Gathering Data to Problem Solve

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars, while using reading and writing strategies (subheads, prediction, skim, details, drawing inferences, etc,), solve math problems that involve gathering and representing data (addition, subtraction, multiplication). They...
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Chocolate Math

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students practice solving math equations by analyzing chocolate recipe measurements. In this chocolate baking math lesson, students read about the Hershey factory and recipes used to create chocolate bars. Students solve problems and...
Lesson Plan
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Division Problems with 0 and 1

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore beginning division. In this division number properties lesson, students solve simple division story problems using cookies. Students create models that represent the identity and zero properties, then write explanations...
Worksheet
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Amanda Bean's Amazing Dream

For Students 1st - 3rd
Use the book Amanda Bean's Amazing Dream to inspire your learners to solve and create multiplication word problems. After listening to the story, they solve two "which is more" problems. They explain their thinking with images,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pasta Research

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read the story STREGA NONA together as a class and discuss what they know about pasta. They each receive pieces of pasta to glue down on construction paper and write beneath each one what they think it looks like.
Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Department of Education

Equal Groups

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore statistics by completing a graphing activity. For this data analysis lesson, students define a list of mathematical vocabulary terms before unpacking a box of raisins. Students utilize the raisins to plot data on a line...