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Complexity Madness

For Teachers 5th
Discuss different techniques for finding the area of a geometric shape, with a great visual guide. Using a real life example, learners calculate the area of a rectangle and a square. 
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Self Biography

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Get to know your students with this project. Each individual writes an autobiography that is at least seven pages long with major facts, visual facts, focal stories, and chronology. The lesson includes a point breakdown for the...
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My Body

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Assist your littlest learners in identifying the parts of their bodies. Each slide contains a labeled image of an individual body part. Arms, legs, hands, and feet to mention a few. Tip: Turn this visual presentation into a kinesthetic...
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Fractions: Thirds and Fifths

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Show the class the differences between thirds and fifths. Each slide provides visual information describing what the part whole relationship is for fractions involving thirds and fifths. The last slide encouages learners to identify...
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Color Word Cards - Level 1

For Students K - 6th
Is your Autistic pupil a visual spacial learner? If he is, then flash cards are a great way to build proficiency in object identification. Here is a set of 8 color flash cards for you to print, laminate, and use to reinforce color and...
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Science Jeopardy - The Earth Sciences

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The earth sciences are the focus for this Jeopardy-style review game. Categories include geology, space, scientific investigation, meteorology, and oceanography. Diagrams and pictures are involved with most of the questions, making this...
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Motions and Their Effects

For Teachers 4th - 8th
With a simple blackboard-style appearance, these slides list facts about the reason for the seasons, solstices, and equinoxes. It also touches on Kepler's first law of planetary motion. There are no pictures or graphics to help explain...
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Problem Solving - Draw a Diagram

For Teachers 4th - 5th
There is an excellent strategy for learners to use when faced with a word problem that uses fractions. This presentation shows how to draw a diagram of the fractions in the problem in order to get a visual representation. Although brief,...
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Fill in the Dice: Addition

For Students K - 3rd
Your young scholars aren't too young to balance equations! These simple addition number sentences are represented by dice, and require one part of the equation to be filled in. Learners create dots to complete and balance the math...
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Growing Minds: My Plate

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Examine food choices and the nutritional properties of food groups with this visually appealing whole-class lesson plan. This will take a bit of preparation, but once you do it, you can use the materials for years. Using a food groups...
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Division Word Problems

For Students 3rd - 4th
Use visual aids to help mathematicians who are new to division. They examine a word problem, using a picture for guidance. Because this has the answer explained below, it is ideal as an all-class warm up. Cover up the bottom as the class...
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Multiplication and Division Word Problems

For Students 3rd - 5th
Introduce this multiplication word problem with a question: How long does an average song last? Listen to scholars tell you about especially long and short songs, then give them this as an all-class warm up. There is one question...
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Properties of Operations as Strategies

For Students 3rd - 5th
These multiplication problems give scholars a chance to display their knowledge of math properties. They use the zero property to solve one problem, write a related multiplication fact for a division problem, and complete a final...
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Add and Subtract within 1000 - Independent Practice Worksheet

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Give your mathematicians some practice with three-digit numbers as they complete these addition and subtraction problems. There are six vertically-formatted equations to start, then learners add to and subtract from eight numbers...
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Understanding Visual Fractions

For Students 3rd - 5th
Fractions should be visual for beginners; give scholars a few different approaches through these five problems. First, they examine two shapes with shaded sections, writing a fraction to represent the shaded portion. Next, mathematicians...
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Understanding Visual Fractions

For Students 4th - 5th
Each of these sets of squares represents a fraction: Can your scholars match them correctly to the numeric fraction list? This may be a good way to show learners numerators and denominators, as they will see them in the fractions and...
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Represent Mixed Numbers on a Number Line

For Students 3rd - 5th
See fractions visually with these eight images, each of which has a matching numerical fraction. The images have a row of objects representing the numerator and denominator. This is a nice way to show what a fraction actually means.
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Represent a Fraction on a Number Line

For Students 4th - 6th
Have scholars represent these fractions by drawing a number line for each. They segment the number line based on the denominator, then mark an x based on the numerator. Do one of these together before sending pupils off to do this...
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Represent a Fraction on a Number Line

For Students 4th - 6th
Make fractions easier with a visual representation along a number line. There are eight fractions here for scholars to match to their corresponding number lines. Although this is a good idea, the formatting isn't ideal. Ask kids to...
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Morning Math

For Students 1st - 2nd
Good morning, mathematicians! Use this set of morning math problems to jump-start your scholars' thinking and review past concepts. There are 14 individual warm-ups here including skills such as number sequencing, greater than/less than,...
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Introduce /k/

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Explore the ins and outs of the letter k using these strategies combining pronunciation, letter recognition, and initial phoneme examples. Scholars examine the letter shape and listen to you pronounce the /k/ sound. Use these tips to...
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Picture Collage Book Report: Voltaire's Candide

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Here's an alternative to a traditional book report for your class to demonstrate that they understand and can articulate the main character's evolution and the social themes presented in Voltaire's satirical novel Candide. Your young...
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Pick Apart the Tree

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In only 30 minutes, your class will have increased their rainforest vocabulary. They visualize the things they have seen on a recent trip to a rainforest exhibit. Then, they create sentences for each of the rainforest-related vocabulary...
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K-5 Math Teaching Resources

Angles Template

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Young mathematicians learn to see geometry from different angles with this simple printable resource. Providing multiple visual examples of angles, this simple document can be used as an instructional tool, a skills practice...