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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

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We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

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Aligned lesson plans

Supermarket sweep: Day 2
Students will participate in a supermarket game and follow a shopping list. Students will compare the quantity of items “purchased” and graph results. Students will also learn a song about shopping in a supermarket.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Development and Mathematics)
By Angela Hunt and Melody Holmes.
Soup's on!
This lesson integrates children's literature and math. The students will listen to "Stone Soup" by Marcia Brown and bring items from home to make "First Grade Soup." The children will use the items to create a graph and share information about their graphs.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics)
By Vicki Rivenbark.
Math in the White House
This plan uses an online tour of the White House to reinforce the concept of tallying.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics)
By Bunnie R. Brewer, Missy Colborn, Kathy Hale, Kim Roberson, and Emily White.
Learning about rocks
In this lesson, students will be engaged in hands-on experiences while they explore rocks.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics and Science)
By Debbie Hansman.
Graphing with food
Students will use a variety of foods to make graphs. Each food should be used for a separate lesson for a total of ten lessons.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics)
By Bunnie R. Brewer.
Graphing the week's temperature
Students will collect data, create a graph, and analyze information about the temperatures for a week using Graph Club Software.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics)
By Maureen King.
Chocolate! Chocolate! Chocolate!
Using chocolate as a theme, students will become involved in reading, writing, math, word study/spelling and other developmentally appropriate (integrated) activities. The unit includes centers for the classroom along with whole group activities.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics)
By Luwonna Oakes.
Body graphing
"Body Graphing" is an interactive graphing activity involving manipulatives to compare graphing results. With the use of ropes and unifix cubes students will learn to compare and contrast their body with classmates. The graphing activity can be extended to graph differences with height, hair and eye color, and other physical attributes.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics)
By patsy morgan.
Bearly estimating
This is a lesson which allows students to explore with estimation in cooperative learning groups.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics)
By Melissa Geiser.

Resources on the web

What's the Weather?
Students discuss, describe, read, and write about the graphs and the information they contain. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
What's Next?
Students make patterns, read patterns, and find patterns in the environment. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
What do other people want to be?
Sudents graph people's job choices and identify the goods and services each job provides. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics and Social Studies)
Provided by: National Council on Economic Education
Us and Them
Students collect data, generate bar graphs, and compare two data sets. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Up on Top
Posing and answering questions using the graphs provided gives students an opportunity to apply their reasoning and communication skills. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Sorting Time
Students sort objects and symbols and make patterns with sorted objects. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Show and Tell
Students describe their graphs using appropriate vocabulary and to develop skills in posing and responding to questions about their graphs. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Shirts Full of Buttons
Students explore subtraction in the comparative mode by answering questions such as “How many more?” and “How many less?” as they match sets of buttons. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Plenty of Practice
Students construct a bulletin board display that focuses on sums of 9, 10, 11, and 12. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Our Button Box
Students compare objects to identify similarities and differences. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
One, Two, Three--Go
Students compare sets of one, two, and three objects, and then record a set of three in chart form. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics