Cuisenaire Rods And Math

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,...

Need a unit to teach fractions to fourth graders? Look no further than this well-developed and thorough set of lessons that takes teachers through all steps of planning, implementing, and assessing their lessons. Divided into eight...

Cuisenaire Rods give learners an excellent strategy as they learn about multiplication. How many ways can they make the same product? Using a target product, learners lay out rods to achieve that number through various factors. This...

Help your third graders become familiar with equivalent fractions for one-half by having them create a quilt. They will use triangles to create a quilt of equivalent fractions over a period of 6 days. As they create the quilt pieces they...

Students use Cuisenaire rods to relate to fractions by using recipes. In this fractions lesson plan, students make recipes using Cuisenaire rods and discuss the amounts in the recipes, and how they are really fractions of a whole....

Favorite family recipes and cuisenaire rods are used to help learners understand fractions. They bring in recipes from home and then use their cuisenaire rods to model the fractional values needed to prepare various dishes. A great way...

Students arrange Cuisenaire rods to determine the perimeter of a shape on centimeter grid paper. They arrange the rods to find the smallest and largest possible perimeter.

Introduce young mathematicians to fractions by using Cuisenaire rods and recipes. They identify the values of fractions found in the recipes with their Cuisnenaire rods. This is great for learners still needing concrete objects to...

Elementary schoolers are arranged in pairs and view the video Math Works: Measurement: The Difference Between Perimeter and Area. They discuss any prior knowledge they have of the term perimeter and then brainstorm together what the...