During interactive read-aloud sessions, students identify how an author conveys mathematical information about animals' sizes and abilities. They then conduct research projects focusing on the same mathematical concepts.
Bridging Literature and Mathematics by Visualizing Mathematical Concepts
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Talking, Writing, and Reasoning: Making Thinking Visible with Math Journals
3 - 5
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Students explore how their problem-solving strategies work by writing in math journals as they work in small groups to solve a math puzzle with multiple solutions.
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What If We Changed the Book? Problem-Posing with Sixteen Cows
3 - 5
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
After reading a piece of math-related children's literature aloud, students pose and solve new problems by asking what-if questions about the events in the story.
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Writing Acrostic Poems with Thematically Related Texts in the Content Areas
2 - 5
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Students read thematically related texts, scaffolded from simple to complex, to help them gather necessary concept vocabulary and background knowledge in a content area. They then write acrostic poems to organize and present their learning in a creative way.
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A-B-C: It's Easy as 1-2-3 to Make Math Alphabet Books
4 - 8
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Using the Alphabet Organizer app, students create alphabet books to review math terms.
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Trading Card Creator
3 - 12
Student Interactive
| Organizing & Summarizing
This tool provides a fun and useful way to explore a variety of topics such as a character in a book, a person or place from history, or even a physical object. An excellent tool to for summarizing or as a prewriting exercise for original stories.
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Solving the Math Curse: Reading and Writing Math Word Problems
3 - 5
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Students' reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills add up as they decipher word problems and use what they've learned to solve a crossword puzzle.
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Bringing Economic Vocabulary to Life Through Video Posters
2 - 5
Lesson Plan
| Minilesson
Imagine if vocabulary could come alive with the click of a button! Students create video posters to demonstrate knowledge of new economics vocabulary.
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QARs + Tables = Successful Comprehension of Math Word Problems
3 - 5
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Using census data for an example, students use the question-answer relationship (QAR) strategy to understand and solve word problems that refer to tables and other graphics.
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Celebrate John Venn's Birthday!
K - 12
Calendar Activity
| Historical Figure & Event
Students celebrate the birth of English logician, philosopher, and creator of the Venn Diagram by building community within the classroom by comparing and contrasting likes, dislikes, and characteristics about one another.