Knowledge in Action! Today you will find out if the students are understanding the idea of decomposing and composing shapes with pattern blocks.
1, 2, 3,... Students will demonstrate their counting ability as they count sets of objects between 40-60.
Today you will get an opportunity to conduct an assessment interview that will look at how well your students are measuring with inch tiles.
SWBAT use strategies to identify rational numbers on a number line.
What do you know about expressions! Show time!
Students will identify the attributes of 3D shapes and measure the edges in inches and centimeters. This lesson contains a detailed plan and videos of students engaged in the activity.
Students will identify the attributes of shapes and use those attributes to draw and describe shapes. This lesson contains a detailed plan, pictures of student work, and videos of the lesson in action.
The connection between subjects is an important one to establish for students. Communicating across subjects is part of the Common Core expectations.
Students create number lines to represent benchmark fractions.
Do your students know what objects are bigger than a foot? In this lesson, students will need to go beyond memorizing 12 inches in a foot by using that information in measuring larger objects.
Second grade students are asked to apply two complementary processes: counting and grouping. The conceptual understanding of the place value of a number and combining/separating numbers using place value, are critical aspects of mathematical thinking.
Using a broken ruler requires students to turn to addition and subtraction skills in order to determine measurements.
What is a budget? How do we use it and why is it important? Students work on these questions in the context of the College Project.
Analyzing the work of others to determine if it meets the criteria for building a nest box.
What do students love more than building? Building with marshmallows! In this lesson, students get to build shapes with marshmallows and toothpicks. Included are an extensive lesson plan, a video showing examples, a worksheet, and ideas for centers.
SWBAT create a number using groups of tens and extra ones.
SWBAT count a set of up to 20 objects by 1's. SWBAT use number names and written numbers to label the quantities they represent. SWBAT order a set of numbers and quantities up to 12.
Students will be able to use strategies to solve real-world problems involving area and perimeter.
Students will be able to use strategies to solve real-world problems involving area and perimeter.
Students use data to create a tally chart and make a bar graph. This lesson includes a detailed plan, videos of students engaged in the lesson, and printable worksheets.