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Mile High Lesson PlanMile High Lesson Plan
Publisher
Illustrative Mathematics
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Grade
5th - 7th
Subjects
Math
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For Teacher Use
Duration
30 mins
Instructional Strategies
Direct Instruction
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Mile High

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What is the meaning of sea level? This resource helps your class understand the meaning of elevations above, below, and at sea level. Provides for good discussion on using positive and negative numbers to represent quantities in the real world which possibly ties into a science activity. 

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

negative integers, negative numbers

Additional Tags

positive integer, negative integer, opposite value, math

Pros

  • Helps learners understand that positive and negative numbers are used to describe quantities having opposite directions

Cons

  • None

Common Core

6.NS.C.5 MP4

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