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Candy math

Unit on reviewing Math skills. The unit will take 20 minutes per day for 6 days. A good activity for late spring.

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics)

By Tammy Sharpe.

Domino fractions

This is a review activity on the lesson of adding and simplifying fractions. This activity will provide a new approach to seeing a fraction and simplifying it, and the activity will allow students to set up and solve equations. This activity also works for subtraction of fractions.

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Mathematics)

By Angelica Young.

Everyday, ordinary Olympics

Students will use a stopwatch to time themselves performing in various events, record data, and then compare and order decimals to determine bronze, silver and gold medal winners.

Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Mathematics)

By Linda Hill-Wise.

Football math

Students will calculate team yardage in a football game using sign numbers.

Format: lesson plan (grade 7–12 Mathematics)

By John Keith.

Join them together/Take them away

The teacher will introduce beginning addition concepts of joining two sets together. The teacher will introduce beginning subtraction concepts of taking away from a set.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)

By Vickie Hedrick.

Making change

Students will use plastic coins and paper bills to practice making change with a partner.

Format: lesson plan (grade 2 and 4–5 Mathematics)

By Carol Livingston.

Stockbrokers: Adding and subtracting integers

In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 2.8

In this lesson for grade seven, students will learn about the careers of stockbrokers, and will attempt to quickly solve the kinds of problems stockbrokers must solve every day.

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)

By Peggy Dickey and Barbara Turner.Adapted by Sharon Abell.

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Balancing

In this lesson, the fourth of a six-part unit from Illuminations, students are encouraged to explore another model of subtraction—the balance. This model leads naturally to recording with equations. Students use actual and virtual pan balances in... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

Begin with buttons: Looking back and moving forward

This Illuminations lesson is the last of an eight-part unit titled “Begin With Buttons.” In this lesson, students review the work of the previous lessons through a variety of activity stations, one of which involves using an interactive website.... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

Block pounds

In this lesson from Illuminations, students explore the use of variables as unknowns as they solve for the weights of objects using information presented in pictures. They also model situations that involve the addition and subtraction of whole numbers,... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

Combining foods

In this lesson, the fourth of a six-part unit from Illuminations titled “Food Pyramid Power,” students explore addition and comparison subtraction by modeling and recording related addition and subtraction facts for a given number. The students... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Healthful Living and Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

Comparing connecting cubes: Looking back and moving forward

This lesson, the last of a six-lesson unit from Illuminations, reviews the work of the previous lessons and suggests a framework for summative assessment. Students use the mathematical knowledge and skills developed in the previous lessons to demonstrate... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

Comparing sets

In this lesson, the second of a six-part unit from Illuminations, a children's book sets the stage for encouraging students to review counting back. Students write subtraction problems and model them with cubes. They then compare sets and record differences... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

Counting back and counting on

This lesson, one of a six-part unit from Illuminations titled “Links Away,” focuses on the counting model for subtraction. Students model numbers as a counting book is read. They then make a chain of links and write in vertical and horizontal... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

Draw a math story: From the concrete to the symbolic

This ReadWriteThink activity begins with the reading aloud of several math-oriented stories, identifies key mathematical vocabulary terms, models math story writing, and then gives students an opportunity to write addition and subtraction stories. Students... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Mathematics)

Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Fact families

In this lesson, the fifth of a six-part unit from Illuminations, students use books and connecting cubes to explore the relationship of addition to subtraction. Students search for related addition and subtraction facts for a given number using a virtual... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

Fact family fun

In this lesson, one of a six-part unit from Illuminations titled “How Many More Fish?,” the relation of addition to subtraction is explored with fish-shaped crackers. The students search for related addition and subtraction facts for a given... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

Finding fact families

In this lesson, one of a seven-part unit from Illuminations titled “Links Away,” students explore the relation of addition to subtraction. Then the children search for related addition and subtraction facts for a given number. They also investigate... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

Finding fact families

In this lesson, one of a six-part unit from Illuminations titled “Do It with Dominoes,” the relationship of subtraction to addition is introduced with a book and with dominoes. Then the children explore the concept of missing addends. They also... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

Food pyramid power: Looking back and moving forward

In this lesson, the last of a six-part unit from Illuminations titled “Food Pyramid Power,” students display their knowledge of properties of objects for sorting and creating patterns. They also demonstrate an understanding of commutativity... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations