Standard Course of Study :: Mathematics

Goal 1

Number and Operations - The learner will read, write, model, and compute with non-negative rational numbers.

Develop fluency with multiplication and division:

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Practicing multiples using Pascal's Triangle: This lesson will introduce students to Pascal's Triangle. Students will be introduced to the patterns in Pascal's Triangle and complete a 9 level triangle. Then they will color the multiples of specified numbers. This lesson uses resources of Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. Permission has been granted for the use of the materials as part of the workshop "Interactivate Your Bored Math Students".; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics); By Bonnie Boaz.

Beaded bracelet multiplication: Students complete a variety of estimation and multiplication activities to plan, create, and write directions for creating beaded bracelets.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics); By Dayle Payne.

Super Bowl scores: In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students explore the connections between mathematics and football. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Skin Weight: Students work with data to complete an organized chart for the purpose of transferring information to a graph or for the purpose of generalizing a rule. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Patterns and products: In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students focus on generating the multiplication facts and using a hundreds board and a calculator. Then, they record their current level of multiplication fact mastery on a multiplication table. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Multiplication stories: In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students practice memorization of multiplication facts where one factor is 6 or 7. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

More patterns with products: In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use an interactive Web site to find patterns in the multiplication tables. They then practice multiplication facts and record their current level of mastery. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Modeling Multiplication with Rows and Columns: This lesson, the fourth of an eight-part unit from Illuminations titled “Multiplying Meanings,” encourages students to explore the array model of multiplication. Students make arrays with counters and then create a second concrete example of... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Making your own product game: In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students review strategies for playing the Product Game. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–8 Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Making your first million: In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students attempt to identify the concept of a million by working with smaller numerical units, such as blocks of 10 or 100. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–6 Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Looking for calculator patterns: In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students use a Web-based calculator to create and compare counting patterns using the constant function feature of the calculator. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Finding multiplication patterns: In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students explore commutative properties, examine patterns when one factor is 6, and record known facts. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The factor game: In this Illuminations lesson, students play the Factor Game, which engages students in a friendly contest where strategies involve distinguishing between numbers with many factors and numbers with few factors. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–8 Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Eat your veggies: Looking back and moving forward: Last in a eight-part series. Students display what they have learned about data representation. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Collecting the rays: In this lesson, from Illuminations, students explore how variations in solar collectors affect the energy absorbed. They make rectangular prisms that have the same volume but different linear dimensions. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics and Science); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

A brownie bake: This lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, focuses on student organization, preparation, and presentation of some simple foods as a way to apply various mathematical concepts, with problem-solving techniques being a central theme. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Balance beam discoveries: This lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, encourages students to explore two models of multiplication: the balance beam and the inverse of multiplication. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Mathematics); Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics