What's on the Menu?
Students will practice solving one- and two-step problems in a simulated real-world situation by calculating the costs of different Thanksgiving dinners.
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Tinkering with Remainders
Students will use division to create a remainder scenario using materials provided.
Interpreting Remainders
Students will solve division word problems including problems where they are required to interpret a remainder.
Adding Fractions on a Number Line
Students will work collaboratively in small groups to create number lines, and then use those number lines to model a real-world situation.
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Balancing Act
Students use a pan balance model and manipulatives to identify a total that balances two parts. The use of the pan balance will help to develop the concept of equality. Students will develop the language of equality by reading and identifying the following expressions; balances, is the same as, is equal to, and equal before the symbol for equality is introduced. Students will identify an unknown part in a balance situation. Students will communicate ideas, explain, and justify how they solved problems.
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Math on the Farm
In learning stations, students compose and decompose numbers up to 10, in more than one way, using objects, pictures, story mats, tens frames, and number bond mats.
The Shapes Around Us
Students will make connections between real-world objects and the attributes of two-dimensional shapes.
Students working in their group
Laws of Exponents
Students will discover the laws of exponents using problem-solving skills.
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Rate of Change
The students will determine the rate of change from tables and graphs by using the slope formula. The students will discover and interpret the real-world applications of rate of change.
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Comparing and Representing Teen Numbers
The students will choose a cup with manipulatives and build that number using a tool of choice. The students will compare their number with a shoulder partner using math language or comparative language and will write in their math journal using a sentence stem and drawing their justification.
Open House: Challenger Oaks—Geometry by Design
Teachers will engage their students in classifying 2-dimensional shapes through a real-world experience. Students will review, design, and use technology as they classify figures using common attributes.
Going Beyond with Number Bonds
Students will use number bonds to compose and decompose numbers to 10.
Student working on ten frame
Understanding Multiplication Using Cell Phone Plans
Students will multiply to compare cell phone plans in order to determine the best deal and to connect the standard algorithm to other multiplication strategies and place value in the real world.
Students Discussing the Problem as a Group
Splashing into Addition and Subtraction Problem Situations
In learning stations, students will work independently and collaboratively to solve real-world mathematical problems.
Proving Triangles Congruent Using the Side-Side-Side and Side-Angle-Side Postulates
Students will prove: Two triangles are congruent using the Side-Side-Side (SSS) and Side-Angle-Side (SAS) postulates.
Teacher giving instructions
Demystifying Remainders
This lesson will introduce fourth-grade students to the concept of a remainder and the meaning of a remainder in the context of a word problem.
Running the Race with Equivalent Fractions
Students will relate positions on a relay track to a number line. Through discovery, the students will be able to identify and represent fractions and equivalent fractions on a number line.
Students working in group
Developing Strategies to Multiply by Two-Digit Numbers
Students will use a Three-Act Task structure to collect data, create a frequency table and dot plot, and use the organized information to solve a problem.
Eric's Journey
Students will collaborate to solve a word problem involving rates of change using their prior knowledge and create a graph and/or table showing their work.
Teacher going over vocabulary
Avoiding Common Subtraction Errors
Students will perform an error analysis of common subtraction errors related to the standard algorithm.