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Valentine Candy Count

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Here is an imaginative take on a classic lesson! Young scholars discover what color Valentine Candy is found more often than any other in a standard bag of Valentine Conversation Hearts. They observe, predict, sort, and classify the data...
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Valentine Candy Count

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students analyze a bag of Valentine candy to create a graph. In this graphing lesson, students make predictions, sort by color, record data and make a graph. Students discuss results and make generalizations. Students generate their own...
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Valentine Candy Count

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students investigate what color Valentine Candy is found more often than any other in a standard bag of "Valentine Conversation Hearts." They sort, classify and graph their findings.
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Valentine's Day Math

For Teachers 1st
First graders sort their candy hearts into piles according to color and record a tally mark under the color for each candy heart that they have on the worksheet. They then record the total amount of tally marks for each color of candy...
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Valentine Heart Candy

For Teachers 2nd
Each student gets a box of candy Valentine hearts. The students open the box and count how many of each colored heart they have in their box. The students use this information to make a bar graph and answer follow-up questions.
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Graphing Valentine Candies

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders organize and display information in bar graph form using appropriate labels. Each student receives a box of Valentine heart candies, a worksheet of the tally chart and a worksheet of the bar graph.
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Valentine's Day Math

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore sorting and classifying. In this math lesson, 1st graders sort conversation hearts based on color. Students graph their results and enjoy the candy!
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Gifts for Valentine's Day

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students calculate unit cost.  In this gifts for Valentine's Day lesson, students examine store ads and determine the unit cost of Valentine's gifts such as the price for one piece of candy.  They compare prices and determine...
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M & M Math

For Teachers 4th - 8th
In this M & M math worksheet, students count the number of Valentine M & Ms they have in their personal bags and then answer ten equation word problems.
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Put Your Heart Into It

For Teachers 1st
First graders sort Valentine candies according to kind. Data is inserted into a spreadsheet and displayed in various graphic formats.
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M&M Math

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use M&M candies to discover relationships among fractions, decimals, and percent.
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Graphing Conversation Hearts

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students collect data and create a graph. In this mathematics lesson, students separate paper hearts by color and create a graph showing the number of hearts of each color present. Students receive a handful of candy hearts that...