Students will construct arrays when given the number of rows and columns. The students will generate an equation to match their array model. This activity is designed to fit into the explain portion of a 5E formatted lesson plan.
This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
In this learning activity, students will use Cuisenaire rods to decompose fractions. Students will explore fractional decompositions using these concrete materials. Students will show how a whole can be broken into parts and use an equation to represent the decomposed fraction.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
In this lesson, students will use the concept of finding the probability of an offspring having more than one genetic trait simultaneously. They will use a shortcut method to find the probability and they will use a Punnett square calculator to check their answers. This lesson can be used to teach genetics in a science classroom or a practical "real world" application of probability calculations in a math classroom.
This activity was created as a result of the GAP Resource 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.
This Google slideshow has six images to help students represent adding up to 10 using objects. Each slide will prompt students to determine how many more of the displayed object is needed to make ten. This activity is used to activate student thinking and student engagement.
This formative assessment can be used to determine if students understand addition or subtraction with numbers up to ten. The activity allows students to explain how they represent addition up to 10 by using pictures, numbers, or words.
This read-aloud will engage students and get them thinking about grouping hundreds, tens, and singles to make numbers. The students in Earth Day Hooray! have the challenge to collect 5,000 aluminum cans. At the end of each day, they have to add to their previous totals. They do this by adding hundreds first, then tens, and then the ones. The teacher will stop the video after each day and ask questions that will make the students mentally add and subtract numbers.
This activity is intended to be used as an assessment of students' ability to solve problems with three addends. The assessment includes a word problem and a performance task. The problems provide an opportunity for students to demonstrate an understanding of the properties of addition.
Students will work with manipulatives to explore the concept of division and represent concrete models with division equations.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
This activity is a digital entry ticket for students. Students will share real-life applications of polygons while completing this activity. The purpose of this activity is to develop student interest in the properties of polygons.
This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
This second-grade engagement activity uses Quick Images in a Number Talk format to begin to build a conceptual understanding of compensation, which is the underlying concept behind the "Make it Friendly" addition strategy.
This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
In this activity, the students will look at concrete representations, followed by pictorial representations of arrays. Students will write equations, using repeated addition, to determine the total number of objects in a rectangular array.
This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
This learning activity will be used at the beginning of a unit on graphing conic sections to help engage the student. The student will create graphs of conic sections, including parabolas, hyperbolas, ellipses, and circles.
This activity results from the ALEX 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 authentic learning task students are designing a rectangular patio using 40 patio stones. This task will have many answers, but students will choose the design they like best. Students will use that design to determine the perimeter in part two of the problem.
In this learning activity the students will be using different amounts of color tiles to discover rectangles that have the same area but different perimeter, have the same perimeter but a different area and have the same area and same perimeter.
This activity is a performance task where students design a locker with a specific volume. They must create two different rectangular prisms with the same volume and record the length, width, and height of each one. They must also choose which dimensions are the most appropriate for a locker and use reasoning to support their choice.
In this learning activity, the students will watch a video about the number pairs that make up the number 5. The students will sing along with the video and perform the hand movements making number pairs for the number 5.
This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
In this activity, students will watch a short video clip that displays how quickly past viruses have spread and how deadly they are. This will activate students' prior knowledge about rates of growth and provide the context for the simulation activity they will engage in during the next activity.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
This is a free learning activity from Illustrative Mathematics. In this learning activity, students will read a headline about Giantburger restaurants, solve the real-world problem presented, and justify their reasoning.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
This is an interactive game where students will add a two-digit number and a one-digit number by rolling a number cube and adding a given number. Students will be given directions on what to do when they roll a specific number. Then, use a counter to cover the number on the gameboard.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
This learning activity Let's Experiment With Graphs of Functions Using Technology! will be used during a lesson on identifying the effect on the graph of replacing f(x) by f(x) + k, k f(x), f(kx), and f(x + k) for specific values of k using technology, finding the value of k given the graphs, and recognizing even and odd functions from their graphs and algebraic expressions for them.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
Seesaw is an online portfolio that allows students to document their learning. Students can use Seesaw to add artifacts throughout the year. This activity is to have students solve a word problem and explain it within Seesaw.
This activity was created as a result of the DLCS COS Resource Development Summit.
This activity is an interactive online tool that allows students to explore and apply the order of operations to solve and evaluate algebraic expressions.
This activity was created at the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
The teacher will demonstrate the relationship between multiplication and division by projecting the fact family worksheets to an interactive whiteboard or document camera. Students will work in small groups or individually to complete their own fact family worksheets.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
Students will look at a number and determine how many rows and columns it creates in a Lego brick to create equal shares.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Gap Project.
This online game requires students to save seven members of a Royal Family from prison by using their order of operation skills to build stairways leading to their secret cells.
This learning activity was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science University, GEMS-U Project.
In this action-packed math lesson, students will embark on an exciting adventure. The students will be introduced to a thrilling comic strip where brave heroes face off against a formidable foe, using their knowledge of the greatest common factor (GCF) and the least common multiple (LCM) as a weapon. Through interactive activities and challenges, students will reinforce their understanding of GCF and LCM while enjoying an engaging storyline.
This learning activity was created as a result of the ALEX - Alabama Virtual Library (AVL) Resource Development Summit.
In this learning activity, students will learn how to distinguish the differences between proportional and non-proportional situations or relationships using graphs, tables, and equations. The lesson includes vocabulary, dialogue, teaching material, practice, and re-teaching material. 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 a During/Explore Activity. The Before and After activities can be found in the Notes or Recommendations section.
This whole group activity will allow students to notice patterns as they orally count by ones and tens up to 100.
This learning activity is a teacher-led introduction to solving word problems involving situations of taking from and comparing. The read-aloud and the activity will provide opportunities to review subtraction. Also, it will provide opportunities for a rich discussion about solving story problems. The students will use different strategies including drawings, objects, and equations to learn how to solve story problems. It is helpful to share students' responses to increase understanding of solving story problems.
This activity results from the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
This learning activity will be used to introduce adding and subtracting vectors and is intended as an introduction or engagement activity. The students will watch the Adding and Subtracting Vectors video to learn how to add and subtract vectors. This activity will lead to learning how to add vectors end-to-end, component-wise, and by the parallelogram rule, determine the direction of their sum, represent vector subtraction graphically by connecting the tips in the appropriate order, and perform vector subtraction component-wise.
This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
In this learning activity, students are introduced to the concept of adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers through an animated free math video from GCFLearnFree.org. In the video, a bird demonstrates how to move up and down the number line based on the operation and integers in the equation. It is a clever way to remember which direction to move based on the positive and negative numbers in the equation. Students then practice the tricks they learned using an interactive game.
This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
Students will be introduced to arrays in this second-grade engagement activity. As students examine real-world examples of arrays, they will use terms such as rows and columns to describe the array. In a whole group discussion, the teacher will use student observations to highlight the different attributes of arrays that make them a useful model for repeated addition.
This activity was created as a result of the ALEX Resource Development Summit.
In this learning activity, students will make a comparison of Deviations – Mean Absolute vs. Standard –
This learning activity allows a brief review of the Mean Absolute Deviation compared to the Standard Deviation. The expectation is for the students to understand they are related.
