In this instructional activity, the book entitled The Greedy Triangle, written by Marilyn Burns, is shared. After sharing this read-aloud book, students will illustrate pictures that incorporate the triangle. Then will write three...

For this lesson, the book Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems is used as a mentor text. Students will learn how to evaluate the validity of a mathematical argument. Students will practice writing and revising their own...

In this lesson, 7th graders determine the expression using properties of operations.

In this instructional activity, 7th graders play a game to write and solve simple equations.

For this task, students will roll dice and write and solve addition equations.

Students will be given double-sided counters/dots to complete this activity. They will take five counters in their cupped hands (or a cup), shake them around, pour them onto the desk. Next, they count how many counters are yellow and how...

In this lesson, The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown is used as a mentor text. Students will create an illustrated paragraph about a particular math topic. Students will use the mentor text and attempt to adapt the author's style to...

Standard 5.OA.2 asks students to "Write simple expressions that record calculations with numbers, and interpret numerical expressions without evaluating them." This task asks students to exercise both of these complementary skills,...

In the July 2013 issue of United Airlines' Hemisphere Magazine, a pilot responded to a question about how far in the distance he could see at different altitudes. The solution involved right triangles, lines of tangency to a circle, and...

Students will practice counting with this small group activity - great for math stations! The teacher will pre-fill goodie bags with counting objects. Students count the objects, record the number on the post-it note and stick the...

For this task, students examine data on the elevation and the minutes into a ride for a tram that is traveling up a mountain and write an equation for the function that models the relationship between the two variables. Aligns with...

For this task, students write expressions that describe the relationship between quantities. The task looks at the amount of gas produced by a given number of barrels of crude oil, the number of miles a vehicle can drive on a quantity of...

This task has students do computations with positive and negative numbers in the context of temperature. Aligns with 6.NS.C.7.b.

Eighth graders are asked to analyze the monthly plans offered by a video streaming service in this task. They identify the function type, write and use an equation, and discuss which plan would be best for which type of viewer. Aligns...

Everything you need to know to begin working with functions is presented in this lesson. Learn the definition, notation, and use of functions then practice evaluating with the examples provided.

In this lesson plan, Rolf Myller's book entitled How Big is a Foot? is used as a mentor text. Students will answer the question, "What does it mean to be big?"The mathematical concepts of area, attributes, and fractions are introduced....

In this lesson, the mentor text called Mathematickles by Betsy Franco is used. Students will use the language of mathematics to demonstrate their understanding of the topics about which they write. Older students should use humor and...

This task asks students to order decimal numbers to the thousandths on a number line between 0 and 0.1. Aligns with 5.NBT.A.3.

[Free Registration/Login Required] During this MEA simulation, kindergarten students will be given the power of slelecting a classroom pet. Students, working in collaborative groups, must collect data about different potential classroom...

A wide range of math skills is incorporated into a lesson that involves planning a family's vacation to Florida. Travel expenses are gathered and compared, graphed, and analyzed in hopes of finding the best prices. There are extension...

This is a fun gym-class activity that requires students to apply simple geography, mathematics, and writing skills. As a class, students skate (or run or walk or bike) around the gym in hopes of gaining mileage. Lesson idea includes...

An exhaustive set of "lecture notes" on various topics in thermal physics (including thermal expansion). Explanations are well done and more interesting than most. Includes both a mathematical and conceptual treatment of topics. Humor,...

This WebMath site explains how to enter your equation with one variable and solve for that variable. It explains step-by-step how to solve the equations and gives the final solutions.