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Living Things and Their Needs: The Math Link Lesson PlanLiving Things and Their Needs: The Math Link Lesson Plan
Publisher
Baylor College
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K - 3rd
Subjects
Math
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Duration
30 mins
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Year
2013
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Living Things and Their Needs: The Math Link

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This Living Things and Their Needs: The Math Link lesson plan also includes:
  • Tillena Lou's Day in the Sun
  • The Reading Link
  • Living Things and Their Needs - Teacher's Guide
  • Graphic & Image
  • Worksheet
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Enrich your study of living things with these cross-curricular math activities. Following along with the story Tillena Lou's Day in the Sun, learners will practice addition and subtraction, learn how to measure volume and length, work on their problem solving skills, create graphs, and much more. Implement these as part of the BioEd unit Living Things and Their Needs, or as stand-alone math activities.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

addition, subtraction, bar graphs, graphs, length, measurement, volume, word problems, math applications, real-world applications

Additional Tags

measuring volume, bar graphs, measuring length, making patterns, addition and subtraction, word problems, math

Pros

  • Activities connect math, science, and language arts
  • Resource accompanies the childrens book Tillena Lou's Day in the Sun, which is available online
  • Includes recipe, worksheets, and pictures needed for the various activities

Cons

  • Activities vary in length, complexity, and teacher preparation time

Common Core

K.CC.B.4.a K.CC.B.4.b K.CC.B.4.c K.CC.B.5 K.OA.A.1 K.OA.A.5 1.OA.A.1 1.OA.A.2 1.OA.B.3 1.OA.B.4 1.OA.C.5 1.OA.C.6 1.MD.A.2 1.MD.C.4 2.OA.A.1 2.OA.B.2 2.MD.D.10 3.OA.A.1 3.OA.A.3 3.OA.D.8 3.MD.B.3

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