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Goody Bags Remix

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This is a remix of Goody Bags from Illustrative Mathematics, https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/tasks/1113.  This lesson is about about counting a set of objects and writing the number.  The purpose of this task is to give students practice counting 20 or fewer objects orally and writing the number that matches how many they count from each bag or bucket to support sol K.1a and K.1b.  Students will play Count the Room game with a partner.  I often have my students work with a partner because it encourages more engagement and increases individual achievement compared to students working alone.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Game

Author: Tina Fuller

Which number is greater? Which number is less? How do you know? Remix

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This is a remix of Which number is greater?  Which number is less?  How do you know? from Illustrative Mathematics,  https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/tasks/1210.The lesson supports sol K.2a.  The purpose of this activity is for students to explain how they know one quantity is greater or less than another quantity.  The teacher demonstrates whole group before students play with partners and encourages student talk. 

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Tina Fuller

Comparing Numbers Remix

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This is a remix of Comparing Numbers from Illustrative Mathematics, https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/tasks/1102.The purpose of this game is for students to practice comparing 3-digit and 4-digit numbers, use the appropriate vocabulary, and symbol to support sol 3.1c.  Games are a great way to have students practice a skill and my students love to play them.  Students work with a partner to compare two numbers, discuss how they know if the first number is greater than, less than, or equal to the second number, and write the symbol. This game would be played after students are familiar with comparing numbers, the vocabulary, and symbols.     

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Game

Author: Tina Fuller

India's Bathroom Tiles Remix

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This is a remix of India’s Bathroom Tiles from Illustrative Mathematics, https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/3/MD/C/7/tasks/1990.The purpose of this activity is for students to explore different ways to find area to support sol 3.8b.  Students are presented with a real-world problem.  How many tiles will India need to buy for her bathroom? Problems of this type give students a better understanding of why they need to learn about area. 

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Tina Fuller

Polygons Remix

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This is a remix of Polygons from Illustrative Mathematics, https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/tasks/1506.The purpose of this lesson is for students to define and practice identifying polygons to support sol 3.12a and 3.12b.  The lesson starts with a discussion about four polygons (triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, and hexagons).  Next, students play a game called 4 corners.  By incorporating movement games and activities in my classroom, the attention and behavior of my students have improved.    

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Game, Lesson

Author: Tina Fuller

Start-Stop Counting Remix

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This is a remix of Start-Stop Counting from Illustrative Mathematics, https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/tasks/361.  The purpose of this activity is to give students practice on counting to 100 to support sol K.3a.  Counting skills are essential components of the development of number ideas.  For some Kindergarten students, it is a difficult skill that requires a lot of practice.  This counting activity is like the game Duck Duck Goose except there is no chasing to get a spot.  This fast-paced game will keep your students’ attention because it is so fun!  Also, I have added a 100-chart partner activity for counting to 100.  

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Game

Author: Tina Fuller

Alike or Different Game Remix

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This is a remix of Alike or Different Game from Illustrative Mathematics, https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/tasks/515.  The purpose of this activity is to give students practice classifying objects according to one attribute to support sol K.12.  The teacher gives each student an object.  They travel the room with their hand raised to find another student to compare their object with.  They compare to see if the object is alike or different and how (color, size, shape, thickness).  They trade objects and travel the room to find someone else to compare with. 

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Game

Author: Tina Fuller

Color Week Remix

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This is a remix of Color Week from Illustrative Mathematics, https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/tasks/1110.   The purpose of this activity is to give students practice in collecting data and answering questions related to the gathered data that is displayed in a picture graph to support sol K.11a and K.11b.  Students wear a different color shirt each week to represent the color of the week, collect the data by coloring a shirt, place it on the graph, and count how many were worn of that color. 

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Tina Fuller

Fractions Shoot Game

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I created this game as a review for my students.  It’s an engaging way to practice sol 3.2a, name and write fractions (proper and improper) and mixed numbers represented by a model, sol 3.2b, represent fractions and mixed numbers with models and symbols, and sol 3.5, add and subtract fractions.  In this 5-round game, students work in small groups cooperatively.  After each round is completed, the student takes the recording sheet to the teacher to be checked.  Students shoot a small ball into a trash can, laundry basket, or bucket from lines taped on the floor to earn points for their team.  Team games such as this one motivates my students to learn and helps them take responsibility for their learning. 

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Game

Author: Tina Fuller

Multiplication Cupcake Walk

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I created this game to give my students a fun way to practice multiplication!  3rd grade students should participate in meaningful activities to develop an understanding of multiplication and become fluent with their multiplication facts.  This activity supports sol 3.4c, demonstrate fluency with multiplication facts of 0, 1, 2, 5, and 10 and sol 3.4a, represent multiplication and division through 10 × 10, using a variety of approaches and models.  The students make a big circle around the room and play a cakewalk style game and draw pictorial models.  This game should be played after students have had experiences in the classroom working with manipulatives to practice the different approaches and strategies for multiplication.  Movement is an effective way for students to learn and I can easily assess them while they play the game.  My students love this game and ask to play it all the time!   

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Game

Author: Tina Fuller

What do you notice?

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I created this activity to review proper fractions and whole numbers.  Also, it is a beginning lesson for improper fractions and mixed numbers.  This activity supports sol 3.2b, represent fractions and mixed numbers with models and symbols.  This activity begins in small groups of 2-4 students.  The teacher gives 4 cards to each group, one each of proper fraction, whole number, improper fraction, and mixed number and a recording sheet.  The teacher directs the students to work together to write characteristics about the numbers on the cards and draw any models they can but does not tell them the names of improper fractions and mixed numbers.  Activities like this one gives students opportunity for productive struggle by allowing them to collaborate without too much help from the teacher, it is more rigorous, and the result is students have a deeper understanding. 

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Tina Fuller

Roll the Money Game

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Counting money is an important life skill.  I created this game to give my students hands on practice with counting money.  This activity supports sol 3.6a, determine the value of a collection of bills and coins whose total value is $5.00 or less.  This game has three recording sheets so that you can differentiate based on the needs of your students.  Students play with a partner to roll a die, write the number under each column, and put coins on the work mat to count.  Before playing this game, we sorted coins and talked about their characteristics.  Students need to be able to recognize the coins and know their value to be able to count money.  While students play the game, I walk around to help students as needed and to assess their counting ability.  This helps to guide my instruction for future lessons.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Game

Author: Tina Fuller

Find Your Partner

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I created this game to use in a place value lesson.  This activity supports sol 3.1a, read, write, and identify the value of each digit in a six-digit whole number, with and without models.  Before this lesson, my students identified digits, placement of commas to form large numbers, and read numbers written in standard form. The focus of this lesson is to read numbers written in standard form and word form.  The teacher gives the students a card with a standard form or word form number.  They travel the room to find their partner.  Then, students tell the class how they know they are partners.  Student talk is incorporated into the lesson.  This is vital and allows students to develop thoughts and convey ideas about what they are learning.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Game

Author: Tina Fuller

It's My Party

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Students will use a hands-on activity in a real life situation to help them determine that a glass can be misleading.  Students will discover a larger glass does not necessarily equate to more volume.  Students will discover in a hands-on fashion the meaning of volume.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Ruthie Kinker

How Heavy? ( Remix)

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This resource is a remix from Illustrative Mathematics (https://goopenva.org/courses/3-md-how-heavy). This resource encourages student collaboration and allows students to have a mathematical dialogue as express their understanding of units of measure. Teachers can use objects found around the house to demonstrate mathematics in the real world. I like how this resource adds flexibility in instruction, as it allows teachers to creatively add diverse manipulatives or real-life items on the balance scale. This activity scaffolds the learning process allowing students an opportunity to experience active hands-on learning to strengthen their understanding of mathematical concepts, which provides a diverse learning experience. This resource is a valuable part of building background when introducing units of measure or equations in the early elementary years of mathematics education as it provides students a concrete example of building an equation with concrete objects.  Suggested Modification - A student recording sheet with illustrations has been added to the resource to allow all different types of learner to learn from a concrete idea to strengthen conceptual learning about building an equation. 

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan

Author: Sandy Chalke

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