All Lessons

This number sense lesson focuses on using pictures to add fractions. The lesson includes research-based strategies and questions that help prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students represent the sum of the fractions by shading the number of equal parts. Then, they add fractions by using the pictures (keeping the common denominator and finding the numerator by adding the number of equal parts). In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This number sense lesson focuses on using pictures to subtract fractions. The lesson includes research-based strategies and questions that help prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students represent the difference of the fractions by shading the number of equal parts. Then, they subtract fractions by using the pictures (keeping the common denominator and finding the numerator by subtracting the number of equal parts). In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This number sense lesson focuses on writing decimal numbers as fractions. The lesson includes research-based strategies and questions that help prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify the digit in the lowest place value and read the decimal number aloud. Then, they write the decimal number as a fraction and interpret the decimal number and the fraction. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This number sense lesson focuses on identifying mixed numbers on a number line. The lesson includes research-based strategies and questions that help prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students identify the mixed numbers on the number line and determine which two whole numbers the mixed number is between on the number line, and identify the fraction of the mixed number between the two whole numbers. Finally, students interpret their results. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This number and operations--fractions lesson teaches students how to generate equivalent fractions. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will create equivalent fractions. This lesson focuses on changing a fraction to another. Students are provided a variety of strategies and support to visualize the equivalence. Real-world examples are also provided.

Solve word problems involving multiplication of a fraction by a whole number, e.g., by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem. For example, if each person at a party will eat 3/8 of a pound of roast beef, and there will be 5 people at the party, how many pounds of roast beef will be needed? Between what two whole numbers does your answer lie?

Express a fraction with denominator 10 as an equivalent fraction with denominator 100, and use this technique to add two fractions with respective denominators 10 and 100.* For example, express 3/10 as 30/100, and add 3/10 + 4/100 = 34/100.

This measurement and data lesson requires students to solve problems by applying the area and perimeter formulas for rectangles. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students are taught the formulas for area and perimeter and then are given word problems and diagrams and asked to find the perimeter and/or area. Students are also required to read a word problem and determine whether they need to solve for area or perimeter based on the given information.

This measurement and geometry lesson focuses on finding the perimeter of a rectangle. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the problem to find the rectangle's length and width. Then, they substitute the rectangle's length and width into the perimeter formula and compute the perimeter. Finally, they label the answer with the correct unit of measurement. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This measurement and geometry lesson focuses on using a property of quadrilaterals to solve for unknown angles. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students list the given angle measurements, then solve for the unknown angle by adding the given angle measurements and subtracting the sum from 360 degrees. Finally, they interpret the measurement of the angle. In addition to the lesson, there are five pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This measurement and geometry lesson focuses on using a property of triangles to solve for unknown angles. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students list the given angle measurements, then solve for the unknown angle by adding the given angle measurements and subtracting the sum from 180 degrees. Finally, they interpret the measurement of the angle. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.