Subject: Geometry

Skills: Math, Holiday, 2D Shapes/ 3D Shapes, Fractions, Sorting/Categorizing

Description: A hands on activity sorting candy by shape and/or attributes. The lesson can be differentiated by practicing 2D shapes, 3D shapes, and fractions.

Skills: Work in collaborative partnerships Practice key math vocabulary Participate in an introduction to the concepts of area Recognize area as an attribute of a plane ...

Description: 3rd grade math standards can be very "heavy" with multiple skills embedded in "1" standard.  This engaging, lightly scripted 1 hour lesson provides multiple opportunities for your students to practice the concept of solving for area.  They will:

• Work in collaborative partnerships
• Practice key math vocabulary
• Attend to precision, ask and answer questions
• Participate in an introduction to the concepts of area
• Solve for area using square units of measurement
• Complete exit slips to provide instructional next steps

CCSS: 3.MD.C.5, MP.6, SL.3.1.C

Skills: Work in collaborative partnerships Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification Practice key math ...

Description: Grab this "real-life" application lesson for solving area with square units.  In this engaging, interactive, lightly scripted 1 hour lesson your 3rd graders will:

• Work in collaborative partnerships
• Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification
• Practice key math vocabulary
• Recognize area as an attribute of a plane figures and understand concepts of area measurement
• Design their own dream home using square unit measurements
• Model with mathematics
• Complete exit slips to provide instructional next steps regarding your students' understanding of recognizing area to design space

CCSS: 3.MD.C.5, MP4, SL.3.6

Skills: Collaborate with peers to practice the "language" of math in cubic units, attend to precision and reason abstractly & quantitatively Create solid shapes using counting ...

Description: Explore volume in a concrete and interactive way with this 1 hour lesson.  Use this lesson as an introduction, review or formative assessment.  In this 1 hour scripted lesson, your 5th graders will:

• Collaborate with peers to practice the "language" of math in cubic units, attend to precision and reason abstractly & quantitatively
• Create solid shapes using counting cubes with specific volumes.
• Calculate volume of a shape by counting cubes.
• Practice volume creation and calculations (stacking cubes and creating landmarks or buildings using cubes)
• Complete an exit slip to help you determine instructional next steps

CCSS: 5.MD.3, MP1, MP2, & MP4

Skills: Collaborate with peers and practice visualization as well as the "language" of math Classify shapes and specifically quadrilaterals by their attributes Practice in groups/partners and ...

Description: Practice classifying quadrilaterals with your 3rd graders in this engaging, interactive and scripted 1 hour lesson.  Your students will:

• Collaborate with peers and practice visualization as well as the "language" of math
• Classify shapes and specifically quadrilaterals by their attributes
• Practice in groups/partners and then individually
• Demonstrate their understanding by completing an "exit" ticket to help you plan next instructional steps

CCSS: 3.G.A.1

Skills: Collaborate, use the "language" of math by discussing and playing with the "why" of fractions... split a whole into equal parts, identify which wholes are ...

Description: Teaching the concept of fractions to 6 year olds can be challenging!  In this  fully scripted bundle of 2 math lessons (45-60 minutes each) your 1st graders will:

• Collaborate, use the "language" of math by discussing and playing with the "why" of fractions... split a whole into equal parts, identify which wholes are equally split in half, draw lines to divide shapes in half, shade ½ of an object.
• Demonstrate their understanding by drawing shapes and dividing and decomposing them into equal parts

CCSS: 1.G.A.3