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Skills: Collaborate and use the "language" of math Model with mathematics and attend to precision Practice adding and subtracting multi-digit whole numbers (integers) using the standard ...

Description: Have fun teaching, reviewing or assessing addition & subtraction of multi-digit numbers with this interactive and engaging 1 hour lesson.  Your 4th graders will:

• Collaborate and use the "language" of math
• Model with mathematics and attend to precision
• Practice adding and subtracting multi-digit whole numbers (integers) using the standard algorithm
• Demonstrate their understanding by playing a dice/card game
• Complete an exit slip to help you determine next instructional steps

CCSS: 4.NBT.4, MP6

Skills: Collaborate with peers and practice the "language" of math Practice telling time Measure elapsed intervals of time using a number line Tell & write time ...

Description: Practice telling time with this engaging, lightly scripted 1 hour lesson.  Your 3rd graders will:

• Collaborate with peers and practice the "language" of math
• Practice telling time
• Measure elapsed intervals of time using a number line
• Tell & write time to the nearest minute
• Demonstrate their understanding by completing an "exit" ticket to help you plan next instructional steps

CCSS: 3.MD.A.1,MP. 4,SL.3.4

Skills: Work in collaborative partnerships Practice key math vocabulary Attention to precision by constructing arguments and critiquing of reasoning Utilize a number line to represent fractions ...

Description: Learning concepts in different ways allows our 3rd graders multiple "pathways" to discover and understand.  Grab this engaging, lightly-scripted 1 hour lesson for a quick option to reteach fractions.  Your students will:

• Work in collaborative partnerships
• Practice key math vocabulary
• Attention to precision by constructing arguments and critiquing of reasoning
• Utilize a number line to represent fractions
• Explain their understanding using an exit ticket to help inform your next instructional steps

CCSS: 3.NF.A.2, MP.6, MP.3, SL.3.1.D

Skills: Collaborate with peers to practice the "language" of fractions Attend to precision identify by identifying that  comparisons are valid only when the two fractions refer ...

Description: Presenting 4th graders will multiple opportunities to interact and practice with fractions helps them "cement" their understanding that fractions represent equal parts of a whole.  In this interactive, engaging and lightly scripted bundle of 2 lessons (30-60 minutes each), your students will:

• Collaborate with peers to practice the "language" of fractions
• Attend to precision identify by identifying that  comparisons are valid only when the two fractions refer to the same whole
• Compare two fractions by creating common numerators or common denominators
• Generate equivalent fractions with a common denominator or numerator using multiplication
• Record fraction comparisons using <, >, or =
• Illustrate and justify fraction comparisons using visual models
• Demonstrate their understanding of this skill by compare two fractions with different numerators and/or different denominators while playing the game "Compare the Pair"
• Complete an exit slip to help you determine next instructional steps

CCSS: 4.NF.A.2

Skills: Collaborate with peers to practice the language of place value and take notes Review and practice multiplying whole numbers using the area model (up to ...

Description: Have fun reviewing, introducing or formatively assessing multi-digit multiplication with this interactive, engaging and lightly scripted bundle of 2 lessons (30-60 minutes each).  Your 4th graders will:

• Collaborate with peers to practice the language of place value and take notes
• Review and practice multiplying whole numbers using the area model (up to 4 digits by 1 digit  and 2 digit whole numbers and partial products)
• Demonstrate their understanding by playing the game "Multiplication Jump Around" to practice multiplying a whole number of up to four digits by one-digit whole numbers or a two-digit number by another two-digit number

CCSS: 4.NBT.5