All Lessons

This number sense lesson focuses on showing common decimal numbers as percents. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the question and change the decimal number into a fraction with a denominator of 100 using a place value chart. Then, they change the fraction into a percent and interpret the result. In addition to the lesson, there are four pages of Independent Practice and review with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This algebra and functions lesson focuses on solving problems involving rates. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the problem, identifying the given rate and the given and unknown quantities of the other rate. Then, they set up the proportion and solve it by cross-multiplying. Finally, they interpret the solution. 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 calculating a percent of a quantity. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students read the question and identify the percent and quantity. Then, they calculate the percent of a quantity by changing the statement into a multiplication problem and multiplying the quantity by a percent. Finally, they interpret the percent of the quantity. In addition to the lesson, there are ten pages of Independent Practice and Periodic Reviews with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This number system lesson teaches students how to add and subtract multi-digit decimals. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will solve multi-digit addition and subtraction problems. The focus of this lesson is correctly arranging problems based on place value before performing the standard algorithms for addition or subtraction. This lesson also includes a variety of real-world examples and word problems for students to complete.

This number system lesson teaches students how to find the greatest common factor of two whole numbers. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students find the greatest common factor of two whole numbers by finding all the factors of both numbers and comparing them.  This lesson also includes real-world word problems for students to solve.

This number system lesson teaches students how to represent quantities using positive and negative numbers. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students expand their knowledge of positive and negative numbers. Students will plot given real-world values on a number line and explain their meaning.  This lesson should be taught after lesson 6.NS.6.1 Describe positive and negative numbers.

This number system lesson teaches students how to identify opposite numbers on the number line. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will identify numbers and their opposites on number lines. This is intended to expand upon students’ knowledge of positive and negative numbers.

This number system lesson teaches students how to identify the location of an ordered pair. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will identify the location of ordered pairs on the coordinate plane. This lesson includes plotting numbers on all four quadrants of the coordinate plane.

This number system lesson teaches students how to describe positive and negative numbers. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will be introduced to negative numbers. Students will begin to develop a sense of what negative numbers mean.

This number sense lesson focuses on ordering fractions and mixed numbers on a number line. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students place each fraction or mixed number (from a group of four) on the number line one at a time by reading each number aloud, determining the sign and value of the whole number or fraction, and determining the denominator and numerator. Finally, they order the numbers from least to greatest or greatest to least using the number line. In addition to the lesson, there are sixteen pages of Independent Practice and Periodic Reviews with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This number sense lesson focuses on determining the greatest common factor of two numbers. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students determine the prime factorization of the two numbers and write the numbers as a product of prime factors. Then, they determine the greatest common factor by identifying the prime factors both numbers share and find the product of the shared factors, if necessary. Finally, they read the statement with the greatest common factor. In addition to the lesson, there are five pages of Independent Practice and Periodic Reviews with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items.

This number sense lesson focuses on reducing fractions. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students find the factors of the numerator and denominator. Then, they identify the greatest common factor (GCF) and write it down. Finally, they reduce the fraction by dividing the numerator and denominator by the GCF and interpreting the reduced fraction. In addition to the lesson, there are five pages of Independent Practice and Periodic Reviews with questions modeled after current adaptive testing items and 10 flashcards for reduced fractions.

This geometry lesson covers how to plot an ordered pair on a coordinate plane. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will learn how to determine the x-coordinate and the y-coordinate, and then plot the coordinates on the grid.

This expressions and equations lesson teaches students how to write numerical expressions using exponential form. The lesson includes research-based strategies and strategic questions that prepare students for assessments. In this lesson, students will use the exponential form to represent different values. Students will also relate exponents to place value and develop other conceptual understandings of what exponents are. This lesson does not cover evaluating expressions with exponents.