Birthdays

Who doesn't like birthday cake? Candles evenly proportioned on each piece of cake make a good model for whole-to-part math problems. Learners use repeated addition to add fractions with like denominators, breakdown whole pieces into...

Put on your math caps and explore place value and ways to represent numbers. Learners read, write, and represent whole numbers. They interact with numbers as they read and explore a teacher-created story, play games, and practice their...

An extensive instructional activity explores equivalent fractions and is intended for three 60-minute periods. Young mathematicians compare and order fractions with like and unlike denominators. Included are worksheets, assessments, and...

Get in the reading spirit on Read Across America Day while celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday with four printable worksheet activities. Included is a word search using story character's names, a quiz to test how many Dr. Seuss titles you've...

In this birthday graph activity, students use the provided blank graph to plot information about birthday months. Students survey their classmates and record the results on the graph. Students answer 4 questions.

Combine calendar-reading with math in this series of worksheets. Each of the 12 months describe a different character's schedule, followed by comprehension questions. Students practice writing dates and days of the week, determining how...

Students use the Internet to locate a famous mathematician who happens to share his or her own birthday. Using an imbedded worksheet, they then answer a series of questions about the mathematician and then write a short summary.

Elementary mathematicians practice double-digit multiplication. They research the cost of various birthday party packages at a family recreation center using its website for cost information. They simulate the use of paper money and...

Young scholars survey their classmates to see when their birthdays are and make a chart of the birthdays and discuss probability within the chart. In this birthdays lesson plan, students complete problems  having to do with birthdays in...

Students practice fractions, especially 1/2, by participating in a Half-Birthday Party by playing various math games.