Pre-K-2, 3-5
This kinesthetic lesson involves using models to practice
regrouping and to reinforce place value understanding. Students work together
to play games involving bases 10 and 5. Students will also interpret models as
numbers.
Pre-K-2
In this lesson, students work at stations where they
practice counting large numbers by grouping herds of cows into tens and
leftover ones, developing a deeper understanding of place value. The activities
involve the use of manipulatives, ten-frames, and the Illuminations online activity
Grouping and Grazing. Pre-K-2, 3-5
In this lesson, students learn to compose and decompose
numbers into the hundreds place as they move from standard form to expanded form and back again.
Students explore composing and decomposing numbers using base ten blocks and
place value cards.
3-5, 6-8
In this lesson, students use their previous knowledge of
multiplication to identify factors and form products. Students will use Illuminations’
Times Table to identify various patterns in a multiplication table. They will then
play the Multiple Factors Game and Times Square to reinforce their
understanding of factors and multiples.
6-8, 9-12
In this lesson, students will explore reflections,
translations and rotations. Students participate in a modeling activity where
they will learn the rules for translations and reflections. Then students
will practice using these transformations, as well as explore the rules for
rotations, in the game
Flip-n-Slide on Calculation Nation®.
6-8
This lesson
integrates finding probability and strategic play in the Calculation Nation
®
game, Prime Time. Students will work in groups to determine the best
movement option, rolling a die, spinning a spinner or flipping a coin, for
their first move of the game. Students will calculate the probability of events
and use that information as well as logic and reasoning to defend their choice
for the best movement option for their first turn in Prime Time.
3-5
“Where’s
the math?” This is a question that can be answered by students as they examine
pictures from a virtual math trail. Expanding a student’s awareness of the
world is emphasized throughout this activity. As students share thoughts and
verbally express ideas, they are able to grow and communicate with other mathematically.
3-5
In this lesson students create rectangular arrays to
represent sizes of chocolate boxes. They find all of the factors of each number
up to 36 and learn the difference between prime and composite numbers. Then
they play an online game to practice finding factors for each product up to 36.
3-5
In this lesson, students use fraction bars to explore
how to compare sizes of fractions. They conclude with an online Calculation
Nation
® game
called Fraction Feud.
3-5, 6-8
Students discover the
relationships between area and perimeter as they prep for playing Square Off, a
wonderful Calculation Nation
®
game. This lesson helps students understand the math of area and perimeter, which
will help to maximize their scores when playing the game. Creating human-sized
rectangles and working with geoboards provide concrete experiences before
moving on to pictorial and abstract work with area and perimeter of rectangles.
