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More and more buttons

This Illuminations lesson is the fourth of an eight-part unit titled &dlquo;Begin With Buttons.” In this lesson, students use buttons to create, model, and record addition sentences. They also explore commutativity in addition contexts. This... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

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More patterns with products

After using an interactive Web site to find patterns in the multiplication tables, the students practice multiplication facts and record their current level of mastery of the multiplication facts on their personal multiplication chart. Illuminations provides... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)

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Multiplication stories

In this lesson, students create multiplication stories where one factor is 6 or 7, play a multiplication game, and then record their current level of mastery of the multiplication facts. Illuminations provides handouts and specific instructions for completing... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Mathematics)

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Number line journeys

In this lesson, students generate products using a number line model. Students are encouraged to predict the products and to answer puzzles involving multiplication. Illuminations provides helpful handouts, a fact mastery record, and detailed instructions... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Mathematics)

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Numbers many ways

This Illuminations lesson is the fifth of an eight-part unit titled “Begin With Buttons.” In this lesson, students work with subtraction at the intuitive level as they explore number families and ways to decompose numbers to 10. They will also... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

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Parking at the mall

In this lesson, one of a two-part unit from Illuminations titled “Mathematics at the Mall,” students develop number sense in and around the shopping mall. Activities focus on space for parking and space for leasing shops in the mall. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics)

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Playing the product game

Students learn how to play the Product Game, which helps them develop understanding of factors, multiples, and the relationships between them. Illuminations provides an activity sheet and game board overhead transparency for completing the lesson. The Product... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics)

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Practice makes perfect

In this lesson, one of a seven-part unit from Illuminations titled “Links Away,” students focus on differences of numbers from 10. Students use a real or virtual calculator and play a concentration game. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics)

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Recording two ways

In this lesson, the first of a six-part Illuminations unit titled “Macaroni Math,” students make sets of pasta shapes and count some away, then record the subtraction in vertical and horizontal formats. They draw a set and cross out some shapes,... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

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Running races

Students generate and compare paths which model given problem situations on graphing grids. Illuminations provides a class notes recording sheets, activity sheets, a fact mastery record, and detailed instructions for completing the lesson. Students... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Mathematics)

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Seeing doubles

In this lesson, one of a six-part unit from Illuminations titled “Do It with Dominoes,” students focus on dominoes with the same number of spots on each side and on the related addition facts. They make triangle-shaped flash cards for the doubles... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics)

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Setting the pace

Students continue their investigation of modeling multiplication on the number line using the Distance, Speed, and Time Simulation from NCTM. Illuminations provides activity sheets, a link to the simulation, and detailed instructions for completing the... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Mathematics)

Provided by: Illuminations

Shirts full of buttons

This lesson is one of an 8-part unit from Illuminations titled “Shirts Full of Buttons.” In this lesson students explore subtraction in the comparative mode by answering questions such as “How many more?” and “How many less?”... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

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Single runner

In this activity, students use a software simulation of one runner along a track. They control the speed and starting point of the runner, watch the race, examine a graph, and analyze the time-versus-distance relationship. This activity helps students understand,... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Mathematics)

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Some special sums

In this lesson, one of a five-part unit from Illuminations titled “Let's Learn Those Facts,” students practice doubles and doubles-plus-one addition facts. They record their current level of mastery of the addition facts on their personal addition... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics)

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Sum search

In this lesson, students practice addition facts in a concentration-game format using dominoes. Then they generate sums to given numbers using a calculator and record them on a hundred board and look for patterns. Later, they record their current level... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics)

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Super Bowl scores

This activity focuses on analyzing the scores for football games. Students study combinations of numbers to produce possible scores for football games. Illuminations provides an activity sheet and detailed instructions for completing the lesson. Students... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)

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Take away

This lesson from Illuminations helps introduce elementary students to subtraction. The objective is to create a link between students' experiences and mathematics. By the end of the lesson it is expected that students should have a deep understanding of... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics)

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Taking away sets

This lesson, one of a seven-part unit from Illuminations titled “Links Away,” encourages students to explore another model for subtraction, the familiar set model. Reading one of the many books that feature subtraction sets the stage for this... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics)

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Telling racing stories

In this lesson, students model races in which runners start from various positions. They enter numbers in a table of values, model races on a coordinate grid, and compare the results. Students begin to develop an understanding of linear relationships. Illuminations... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Mathematics)

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