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What's Your Story?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use sets of three numbers to combine in various ways to illustrate possible multiplication problems. They solve the problems during independent practice and culminate the lesson with writing multiplication stories.
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Fairy Tale Math

For Teachers 2nd
Have class members rewrite a favorite fairy tale in order to incorporate numerical information. For inspiration, the teacher provides an example written by another second grader. These modified stories are then used to write word...
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Matilda - The Platinum-Blond Man

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
Before reading Chapter Six, "The Platinum-Blond Man" in Matilda, readers preview the illustration of Mrs. Wormwood dropping her plate of food, and think about what may have happened to cause the scene. After reading the chapter, class...
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Illustrative Mathematics

1.OA, NBT, The Very Hungry Caterpillar

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
First graders are exposed to addition of three whole numbers in a math activity centered around Eric Carle's, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. As the teacher reads, young mathematicians use counters and ten-frames to symbolize the number of...
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Primary Junction

Adding Tens

For Teachers 1st - 4th Standards
Build on your learners' confidence in quick addition as they discover strategies to add tens to two-digit numbers. After reviewing counting by 10's, they discuss tactics to add multiples of 10 to other numbers. They visualize how to...
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How Fast Can You Watch?

For Students 8th - 12th
In this watch worksheet, pupils read story problems and determine the change in the distance with respect to time. They compute the radians per second. This two-page worksheet contains nine multi-step problems.
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How Many Frogs? challenge

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this addition word problem worksheet, students add to solve the first problem. use that sum to solve the following problem, and continue solving problems with the previous sums. Students solve four problems.
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Wallflowers: Adding and Multiplying Integers

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students solve word problems in which they add, subtract, multiply, and/or divide integers, identify rules and patterns for multiplying and dividing integers, create scenarios that represent each expression, and evaluate expressions.
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Animal Stickers

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this problem solving with money worksheet, students examine 6 animal stickers with marked prices. Students write a number sentence to solve each of 4 story problems.
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Graphing Stories Ice Breaker

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Kick off the school year with some math fun! New classmates share information about themselves by using graphs and interpreting data. The goal is to use a general graph shape, such as linear or exponential, and create labels for the axes...
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Evaluating Expressions Using Tiles

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders are shown a variety of algebraic equations. In groups, they use tiles to represent each expression in the equations. To end the lesson, they solve story problems with one and two unknown variables. Individuals share their...
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Solid Waste and Our Natural Resources: Utilizing the Story THE LORAX

For Teachers K - 12th
Students gain an introduction to our planet's solid waste problem and our personal responsibility in curbing and solving said problem through the use of Dr. Seuss' book, The Lorax. After hearing the book, class discussion follows.
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Carrot Bunch

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders solve a variety of math addition word problems related to planting and cooking carrots. They discuss a story from their math storybook, then read and solve a carrot word problem on a worksheet as a class. Students then...
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Brain Teasers

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this fraction story problem learning exercise, students read the 6 story problems and write the answers on the lines provided. The problems all involve fractions.
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Math - Word Problems

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students each receive a copy of the story problem worksheet. They read the story problems and think about them. They come up with a solution and solve the word problems, correcting if necessary.
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Classifying Figures on the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use estimation to solve word problems. In this fractions lesson, 5th graders decide whether or not an answer to a work problem is reasonable by applying their knowledge of fractions, decimals and estimation. This lesson...
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Not So Snappy 12- Word Problems

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this division word problem worksheet, students solve 5 problems. They work with the divisor, dividend, quotient, and in some of the problems, a remainder as they use the information from each word problem.
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Joining (Addition); Money

For Students 3rd - 4th
Your pupils will know how to solve two different types of story problems with this worksheet practice. The first is a triple digit addition problem and the second is a triple digit addition adding money.
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Multi Step Operations

For Students 4th - 6th
In this math operations worksheet, students read the story problem and solve the problem using multiple step operations. There are 8 story problems on this worksheet and the answers are on the second page.
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Round Whole Numbers and Decimals

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this rounding whole numbers and decimals practice instructional activity, learners sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve six story problems.
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Area of Parallelograms - Lesson 2

For Students 5th - 7th
Use this area of parallelograms practice worksheet to have learner ssharpen their problem solving skills as they solve six story problems.
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Exponents and Prime Factorization

For Students 6th - 7th
For this exponents and prime factorization practice worksheet, learners sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve six story problems.
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Model Equivalent Fractions: Number Lines or Fraction Strips

For Students 4th - 6th
In this model equivalent fractions worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Area of Parallelograms - Lesson 1

For Students 5th - 7th
Here is an area of parallelograms practice worksheet in which learners sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve six story problems.