Learning Activities

In this learning activity, students will learn to solve multistep problems posed with positive and negative rational numbers in any form (whole numbers, fractions, and decimals), using tools strategically. The students will apply properties of operations to calculate numbers in any form; convert between forms as appropriate, and assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies. This learning activity can be used as a stand-alone activity but is best used as a During Activity, the Before and After Activities can be found in the Notes or Recommendations section.

In this activity, students will create equivalent expressions using an online tool. Students are provided two expressions and asked to find the value of the variable to make the two expressions equal. Then, students are provided an expression and a value of the variable and asked to generate a different expression equal to the original expression. Through the online digital tool, students are able to substitute values and develop strategies for creating equivalent expressions. This provides a great opportunity for students to investigate how to solve problems using multiple methods.

Balancing Act Student Response Page

In this activity, the students will practice one to one correspondence by counting the objects on the picture cards, regardless of their configuration, and practice sequential ordering of numbers 0-20.

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

Students will review collecting data and bar graphs by watching a BrainPOP video. After a digital read-aloud of the book Insect Pollinators digital book, students will choose which insect that he/she thinks would make the best pollinator. Students will represent the data collected by creating and drawing a bar graph.

This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

In this activity, the students will play a game called "Scramble, Scramble" to understand that a number represents a quantity. The students will indicate the number of students in each group or set.

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

This activity should be used at the end of a lesson or unit on the division of whole numbers. This activity should be used as an exit slip to check students' understanding of how to find quotients of larger numbers using strategies based on place value. 

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

The learning activity What the "f of x"? will be used during the lesson on function notation to evaluate functions for inputs in their domains and interpret statements that use function notation in terms of a context.

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

Students will watch a video on the history of the quilters of Gee's Bend, Alabama. After watching the video and discussing the lifestyle of the citizens of Gee's Bend, the students will create a classroom quilt that reflects their personalities and lifestyles. The class will have to use factor pairs to decide the best way to assemble the quilt. 

This activity was created as a result of the Arts COS Resource Development Summit.

In this learning activity, students will watch a video to review right, acute, and obtuse angles.  Students will create various angles using strips of construction paper.  Finally, students will measure their newly created angles with a protractor.

This activity was created as a result of the Arts COS Resource Development Summit.

In this activity, students will use a digital device to access the "Add to Ten" from ABCya, use input devices (mouse, touch screen, and/or keyboard), and Google Sheets in order to demonstrate finding the number that makes ten for any number from one to nine.

"Add to Ten" from ABCya provides a fun and educational interactive game that helps students demonstrate finding the number to make ten for any number given between one and nine. "Add to Ten" is very visual, provides feedback, and scaffolds instruction when students answer incorrectly. 

The Google Sheets template, "Count to 10 - Decomposing Numbers" will allow students to apply their skills of finding a number to make ten for any number given between one and nine. The Google Sheets template provides immediate feedback for students.

The application activities will allow students to demonstrate the mathematical skills as well as digital literacy skills of using input devices, locating letters and numbers on a keyboard, and using digital devices both independently and collaboratively.

This activity was created as a result of the DLCS Resource Development Summit.

This learning activity is designed to activate students thinking about perimeter and area. Students will work together to answer writing prompts about a rectangle that has an area of 36 inches.

In this learning activity, students will learn to add or subtract two vectors. The activity will teach the students how to add and subtract vectors in 2D. Vectors can be represented by line segments with a specific length (magnitude) and directions. Students will use this information to help visualize vector addition and subtraction. The scope of this learning activity will only consider vectors in two dimensions; however, the methodology described can be extended to vectors in three or more dimensions. The teacher will recall that a unit vector is a vector with a magnitude equal to 1 and that the unit vectors in the 𝑥- and 𝑦-directions are denoted by  ⃑𝑖 and ⃑𝑗 respectively. This learning activity can be used as a core lesson activity. 

Students will be working with a partner to generate benchmark numbers (to the nearest ten, hundred, or thousand) for number cards.  They will use the benchmarks to round the number using place value understanding.  The students will be standing at the front of the class to create an embodied number line using teacher and peer support.

This activity requires students to solve a subtraction problem within 1,000, then show their computation strategy on a number line. The activity includes a parallel task. The parallel task uses the same word problem with different number magnitudes (within 1,000, within 100, and within 25). The students will be allowed to choose the word problem with the magnitude level with which they are most comfortable.

This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

Cutting Up With the Unit Circle is a Google Doc tool that allows the student to study the Unit Circle and the different parts that make up the Unit Circle such as reference angles, radian measure, trigonometric ratios, and angle measurements. The student will use reference angles on the unit circle to construct a sine curve. This allows the student to visualize where the graph originates.

This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

This game builds on student knowledge of what fractions are, the size of various fractions, and how this relates to placing fractions on a number line.

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

In this lesson, students will use the distance formula and dynamic geometry software to compute the perimeter and area of polygons. Students will use the distance formula to calculate the length of each side of the given polygon.  Students will then compute the perimeter and area of each polygon.  All computations will be verified using a Geogebra applet.

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

This learning activity will be used during a lesson on Algebraic Expressions. Students will work in pairs to translate between words, tables, symbols, and area representation of algebraic expressions.

This learning activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

Students will identify modes of transportation in the target language so that they can answer the question “How do you arrive at school?”

This activity was created as a result of the World Languages COS Resource Development Summit.

Students will write a narrative essay in past tense in the target language about a holiday that they celebrated.

This activity was created as a result of the World Languages COS Resource Development Summit.

The teacher will introduce students to the word syllable and demonstrate to students how to count syllables in words using the digital tool. Next, the teacher will read a haiku poem to students and have the students count the syllables in the haiku using the strategy demonstrated in the video clip. Lastly, the teacher and students will read a variety of haiku poems, with the teacher encouraging the students to identify the syllable pattern in each poem using non-locomotor movements. The students will use mental math to calculate the number of syllables present in each line of a haiku poem and describe how this pattern supplies rhythm in a haiku. 

This activity was created as a result of the Arts COS Resource Development Summit.

The students will analyze the heart rate data they recorded during exercises to compare and contrast aerobic and anaerobic exercises. They will create a double bar graph to visually represent the data. The students will reflect on their performance of the exercises. Finally, they will develop an appropriate workout plan with balanced aerobic and anaerobic exercises.

This learning activity was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science (GEMS) Resource Development Project, in partnership with Dothan City Schools.

In this learning activity, students will apply their knowledge to distinguish the differences between proportional and non-proportional situations or relationships using graphs, tables, and equations. This Difference Between Proportional and Non-Proportional Relationships Practice Quizizz game has 25 questions to test the understanding of distinguishing the difference between proportional and non-proportional relationships and is intended to be used as an after-activity. Quizizz allows the teacher to conduct student-paced formative assessments through quizzing, collaboration, peer-led discussions, and presentation of content in a fun and engaging way for students of all ages. The students will work on this learning activity individually. To get the most from this activity, students should know that linear relationships can be represented as words, tables, graphs, and equations. 

This learning activity can be used as a stand-alone activity or as an After Activity.

This activity should be used as extra practice or an assessment after students have already been introduced to measuring with a ruler and line plots. In this learning activity, students will measure the lengths of pencils to the nearest half-inch and record the data on a line plot. 

In this activity, students will be assessed on decomposing a given number less than 10 into at least two pairs of smaller numbers and record their solutions using a number bond and number sentence.

This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

This activity has students practicing matching numerals to sets of objects by using drag and drop on a computer device. Students will match a numeral to the correct object set that represents the numeral. 

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

In this free interactive math learning activity from Math is Fun, students gain an understanding of adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers by “playing” with an interactive tool. 

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

In this activity, the teacher will introduce a number path to help students rote count from any number other than 1. Number paths are used at this point because on a number path each box holds its own number. The unit being counted is easy to recognize and reinforces the one-to-one correspondence that younger students need to master. 

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

Students will view a video that describes the relationship between multiplication and division. The video provides several illustrations that demonstrate this relationship. After viewing the video, the students will draw illustrations and corresponding math equations to show their understanding of this mathematical relationship.

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.

This activity is intended for students to see how the study of languages can have a positive impact on their futures. Students will research ways to utilize language in their personal lives as well as in the future careers. The final product will be a video from each student discussing their research findings.

This activity was created as a result of the World Languages Course of Study Resource Development Summit.

This interpersonal activity is geared toward level one World Language classes. Students will use the target language to interview and gather basic information about others at the novice-mid to novice-high level.

This activity was created as a result of the World Languages COS Resource Development Summit. 

This measurement menu is comprised of 11 interactives teachers can use with students to practice converting within the customary and metric systems of measurement. Students practice converting measures of length, weight, and capacity, as well as determining which unit of measurement is appropriate for a given object. The interactives are available to be played in relaxed mode or timed mode for an additional challenge. 

This activity results from the ALEX Resource Gap Project.

In this activity, the teacher will present students with the video Partitioning Circles and Rectangles. The teacher will introduce and define the math terms whole, equal shares, partition, halves (half of), thirds (third of), and fourths (fourth of). The teacher will use the Google Slide presentation to build and activate students' background/prior knowledge of circles, and rectangles while expanding students' knowledge of the math terms.

This resource was created in partnership with Dothan City Schools.

In this learning activity, students will learn how to rewrite algebraic expressions by combining like terms. The students will apply properties of operations to add, subtract, factor, and expand linear expressions. The lesson offers a teaching video and additional problems for partner work to check for understanding. 

This learning activity can be used as a stand-alone activity but is best used as a core lesson activity. 

The Illuminations tool, Product Game, is an excellent resource for students to gain a deeper understanding of factors and multiples. This tool challenges students to make offensive and defensive moves to obtain four products in a row by selecting factors ranging from one to nine. The challenge comes when one of the factors must be from your opponent’s last move. Students can either play against the computer or with a partner in their class.

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Product Game Reflection