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Understanding Volcanoes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a model volcano in groups, and discuss what each part of the model represents as they go along.  In this volcano lesson, students come back together as a whole group and discuss what group did the best work,...
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Math Mammoth

Special Products

For Students 6th - 8th
In this math worksheet, middle schoolers write a four-part expression for the area of the whole rectangle and simplify it. They also practice multiplying the binomials.
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Math Mammoth

Equivalent Fractions

For Students 5th - 6th
In this equivalent fractions worksheet, students learn to find equivalent fractions using shaded parts of a whole. Students complete several equivalent fractions using the shaded figures.
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KWL Chart and Background Article

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss an ecosystem. In this coral reef lesson, students fill in their own KWL chart and contribute ideas to a whole class KWL chart. They read an article as a class to spark ideas for facts they can add to the "K" part of the...
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Consonant Blends

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
While this presentation is just a series of slides with a consonant blend, it could be a useful resource. Teachers could use these slides to have learners come up with words that contain these consonant blends. They could do it as part...
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Fraction Trains

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine how multiples of the denominator indicate that a fraction can be renamed as a whole number, and convert improper fractions to mixed numbers. Independently they read examples, and complete a variety of problems on a...
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Fraction Bead Necklaces

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore fractions of whole numbers as they make fraction bead necklaces.
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Pizza Fractions

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify a whole and the fractions 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4 using pizza. This is a very nice instructional activity, in that not only do students practice their fractions, they also get to eat the pizza at the end of the...
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Hundreds, Part Two

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this hundreds activity, students write the hundreds, tens, and ones that make up a number using base 10 blocks. Students complete 5 sets of problems.
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K12 Reader

What’s Being Compared?

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Can your pupils find the comparative or superlative adjectives in each of these sentences? To complete the exercise, individuals circle the adjectives and then note down the things being compared.
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Parts of a Whole

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore fractions through the analysis of various paintings. They view and discuss paintings by Picasso and Seurat, discuss the fractional examples in the paintings, and create a bar graph.
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Dog Salmon Lesson Two

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners identify the inside parts of a dog salmon in English and Athabascan. They weigh each part of the salmon and determine the percentage of the whole that the part represents.
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Pizza, Pizza

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the concept of fractions. A pizza is used as a metaphor and example of practice for students. They use the appropriate methods of dividing numbers from a whole and into the fractional parts. Then students...
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Shapes

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners examine various shapes and discover each part is the total of counterparts. In groups, they combine parts to equal a whole and divide numerous shapes into various parts. They practice drawing shapes and writing them in a...
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Cars in Garages

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate whole numbers, and how numbers are often made up of smaller numbers. They determine the underlying concepts of addition and subtraction by examining how there is a finite set of number pairs for a given number....
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Ordering Parts of a Whole

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students review and discuss the task to be completed and how the rubric is used to evaluate it. They each get 6 paper rectangles, 3 of one color and 3 of another color. They cut the rectangles in half two different ways. They repeat the...
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Fuel the Brain

Compare Fractions and Combine Fractional Parts to Describe a Whole

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Given a picture of "crazy hats," your class will have to determine the different fractions associated with different patterns. Your youngsters will continue practicing their fraction skills with the other word story in this worksheet as...
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Narrative Writing

For Teachers 5th - 9th Standards
If you're looking to start a unit based around narrative writing, make sure to consider this resource while you're planning. This book covers five topics: writing personal narratives, writing narratives about others, writing...
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Scholastic

Folk and Fairy Tale Readers: The Tortoise and the Hare

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Slow and steady wins the race to fluent reading with this printable version of "The Tortoise and the Hare". Presenting children with fun illustrations and a repetitive story structure, this resource is perfect for developing...
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Hand Span and Height

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Is there a relationship between hand span width and height? Statisticians survey each other by taking measurements of both. A table that can hold data for 24 individuals is printed onto the worksheet, along with questions for analysis....
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Dick Blick Art Materials

Painted Story Quilt

For Teachers K - 12th
Creating story quilts is a great way to combine art, social studies and literature. Kids select a story, a published one or one of their own, to illustrate, paint on a canvas square, embellish, and mount on a felt backing.
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Count and Noncount Nouns Exercise 3

For Students 5th - 9th
In this count and noncount nouns worksheet students are given a cloze passage and asked to choose between two verb forms in order to match the count or noncount noun subject.
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EngageNY

A Fraction as a Percent

For Teachers 6th Standards
It is all about being equivalent. Class members convert between fractions, decimals, and percents. By using visual models, scholars verify their conversions in the 25th portion of a 29-part series.
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National Security Agency

Fraction Fever

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
This unit on fractions allows for upper-aged elementary learners to explore ways to find the greatest common factor and least common multiple of two numbers. Ultimately, young mathematicians will be able to identify equivalent fractions,...

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