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Unit Plan
Cassandra Reigel Whetstone

Farmer McPeepers and His Missing Milk Cows

For Teachers K - 3rd
Pair your reading of Farmer McPeepers and His Missing Milk Cows with the questions and activities provided here. Learners answer questions about the text, create story maps, put together brochures, relate math to the story, practice...
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Measurement Cow

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
After a class discussion that revolves around the measurements that most milk cartons come in, learners dig deeper to understand the mathematical relationships between these units of measurement. A very cute, and quite-effective...
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Lesson Plan
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Come Into my Parlor

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
An interesting cross-curricular lesson on dairy farming awaits your students. Elements of language arts, math, social studies, and agriculture are all present. Many excellent worksheets and a good article on dairy farming are included in...
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Worksheet
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The Price of Beef

For Students 4th - 6th
In this money worksheet, students compare how much someone can earn from selling the weight of an organic cow versus a regular cow. Students complete 4 problems.
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Lesson Plan
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How now Alaska cow?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore where milk products come from and investigate Alaska's dairy industry. They observe phase changes while making butter using heavy whipping cream and jars. The butter is eaten on crackers and bread.
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Time

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
An interesting lesson focuses the growth cycles of plants and animals. Learners look at plants like radishes, peas, and apples, and compare their growth cycles to those of dairy cows. Some very good worksheets are included in this plan...
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2-D Shapes Show

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
As the green squares are removed, a little piece of the puzzle is revealed. What is it? A square, a triangle, a cow? Have your class guess their way to identifying five different plane shapes.
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National Dairy Month

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students make ice cream, make lists of dairy products, discuss cows, and more to celebrate National Dairy Month. In this dairy lesson plan, students also sing songs about dairy.
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Activity
Grid Games Galore

Math Games Students Like to Play

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
These may not all be your cup of tea, but you'll likely find some gold in this math games packet. Find brief, easy-to-execute games (like Integer Football) and that are perfect for review or even a substitute teacher plan. 
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Worksheet
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On the Farm - Enrichment 18.1

For Students 4th - 6th
In this square unit worksheet, students read the word problem about the pens Farmer Mathman wants to build for his animals. Students then use the table to guide them. Students draw their answers on grid paper and then answer the four...
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Graphing Dairy Production Statistics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover the total impact of milk on our society by graphing data.  In this statistics lesson, students discover the dirty and sometimes unhealthy road milk travels to get into our bodies.  Students analyze dairy...
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Worksheet
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Use Doubles to Subtract

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this math word problem practice worksheet, students sharpen their math skills as they use problem solving strategies to solve 6 problems.
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Worksheet
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Problem Solving: Create and Solve

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this problem solving practice instructional activity, students sharpen their math skills as they solve 6 leveled math story problems.
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Lesson Plan
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Ranchers and Patterns

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders engage in problem solving. In this patterns activity, 5th graders are presented with a problem regarding ranching that they solve as a class. Students watch a video about how patterns are used in the real world. Students...
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How Many Trees Can You Grow?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students solve a story problem about how many trees can be planted in a given area. Using a map, they gather information about the size of the area and the dimensions of an acre. They use a specific equation to determine the area of...
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Worksheet
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Kindergarten Counting

For Students K
In this counting worksheet, students focus on the number 8. Students use the word problems to draw a picture of the two animals stated and count the total number of legs.
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Activity
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Coo Coo for Counting

For Teachers K - 1st
Students put coconut trees in order from numbers 1 through 10 that appear on each tree. In this ordering numbers lesson plan, students complete this activity after reading the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.
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Worksheet
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Problem Solving: Choose the Operation

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this operations worksheet, students read the math word problems and then choose an operation to solve the problem. Students may use addition or subtraction to solve.
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Worksheet
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Subtract from Numbers to 50

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this subtraction worksheet, students learn to solve subtraction word problems that range in numbers to fifty. Students solve six subtraction word problems.
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Lesson Plan
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Current Currencies

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the nature of money and how foreign exchange rates work. They write reports based on their research.
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Worksheet
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Measurement Word Problems 4

For Students 4th
In this measurement instructional activity, 4th graders complete word problems where they find different measurements of different shapes such as the area of a rectangle, the perimeter of a square, and more. Students complete 15 problems.