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With this activity, students will identify shapes, build 3-D shapes, and practice describing shapes with a partner.

shape models

Shape Models

Geometry is a core of mathematics in the early years. Help students recognize and draw shapes given specific attributes such as the number of corners and sides. This lesson can be a stand-alone activity of paired with 2-D Shapes!

sides corners and more oh my

Sides, Corners, and More, Oh My!

Students will learn out how to partition a rectangle using by partitioning shapes with rows and columns.

how many squares

How Many Squares?

It’s pizza time! Students will be introduced to the concept of partitioning shapes to create fractions that demonstrate halves, fourths, and eighths. This lesson is the first of two lessons that address second grade fraction concepts.

slice it up part one

Slice It Up! (Part One)

Go to any length to test your students' understanding of perimeter calculations. Students will use their understanding of the perimeter of rectangular shapes to create rectangles that have different side measurements but equal perimeters.

perfect perimeter

Perfect Perimeter

Slice those pieces and mix it up! In this lesson that follows “Slice It Up! Part One,” students will begin recognizing different ways to create equal shares in whole shapes, creating a fraction poster by the end of the lesson.

slice it up part two

Slice it Up! (Part Two)

Help your students use rulers in the classroom with this lesson! Encourage them to measure items around them using centimeters to understand shapes and sizes.

the smaller they come

The Smaller They Come

Provide students with an opportunity to identify the wholes that are correctly divided into halves, thirds, and fourths (equal shares). Use this activity alone as a support lesson or alongside Cookie Fractions Fun.

equal shares

Equal Shares

Use this lesson to introduce the concepts of capacity and volume with young learners. This hands on lesson can be used as a scaffolded pre-lesson to Capacity Comparison. 

exploring capacity

Exploring Capacity

This tasty lesson will teach second graders about fractions using cookies. 

cookie fractions fun

Cookie Fractions Fun!

Get your students excited to learn about fractions with this hands on lesson. Working in groups will help students learn from each other and share ideas.

parts of a set fractions

Parts of a Set: Fractions

Students will begin to calculate volume of different rectangular prisms using base ten cubes and then transition to using the formula V = L x W x H. Students will then practice using the legendary fifth grade activity, Cootie Catchers. 


calculating volume using the formula l x w x h

Calculating Volume Using the Formula (L x W x H)

Teach your students to find the perimeter of polygons using real world examples. They will make polygon pictures using tangrams and practice finding the perimeters of the polygons in their masterpieces.

polygon perimeters with tantalizing tangrams

Polygon Perimeters with Tantalizing Tangrams!

Ready, set, fractions! In this hands-on lesson, your students will familiarize themselves with common fractions using concrete materials to practice splitting items into halves, thirds, and quarters.

fractions of a whole

Fractions of a Whole

Want to strengthen your student’s multiplication and division skills? This lesson uses fact families to help students practice those skills.

guess the operation

Guess the Operation

Refresh students on the relationship between decimals and fractions when they multiply to find the area! They will find the area of a location in a picture by converting mixed numbers to a decimals and then using the area equation.

area with decimals and fractions

Area with Decimals and Fractions

Perpendicular, intersect, parallel! In this lesson, students work in teams to complete a Frayer Model on each of these terms to become masters of geometry vocabulary. Teach this lesson on its own or as support to the lesson What's My Line?

geometry vocabulary lines

Geometry Vocabulary: Lines

Let’s travel across the United States! In this city-themed lesson that integrates reading and social studies, students explore the culture and history of the cities in the United States.

piecing together us cities

Piecing Together U.S. Cities

Introduce your students to multiplying multi-digit numbers with this lesson that gives them plenty of practice and has them play a game with a partner that makes the lesson fun!

multiplying multiples

Multiplying Multiples

In this lesson, students will develop an understanding of communities and will learn how to locate their communities on a map. 

my community and i

My Community and I

This support lesson provides students the opportunity to use two different tools to measure the length of familiar objects while introducing content specific vocabulary words. Use alone or alongside the lesson How Big is the Playground?

many measurement tools

Many Measurement Tools

In this support lesson, your students will use sentence frames and short texts to make inferences about a character's feelings in order to understand their perspective.

making inferences about feelings

Making Inferences About Feelings

Use this lesson to teach your students how to determine if they should use addition, subtraction, or both operations to solve a word problem by following four simple steps.

stepping through addition and subtraction word problems

Stepping Through Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

Strengthen your students' understanding of cubic units and volume! They'll solve a realistic problem and explain key ideas about volume. Use this lesson on its own or use it as support for the lesson Volume and a Building.

various volumes solution

Various Volumes Solution

Help your students learn the standard measures of length and foster critical thinking with this engaging lesson. Use alongside The Smaller They Come or as a stand-alone activity.

exploring metric units of length

Exploring Metric Units of Length

This lesson helps your students become confident mathematicians when it comes to representing fractions visually in a variety of ways. Use this lesson as a pre-lesson to Fraction Hunt or teach it independently.  

fraction visuals

Fraction Visuals

Build on students' understanding of the power of ten within multiplication to understand its effect within division. Use this as a standalone lesson or as support to the lesson Dividing Decimals by Powers of 10.

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