Math Lesson Plans

Food Fractions: What are the Odds?

Use a sweet treat to help students do hands-on math! Students will practice their addition skills in this yummy activity.

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Wonderful World of Worms

Wonderful World of Worms Lesson Plan Wonderful World of Worms

Squirm with worms! In this interactive lesson, students will work with live worms to learn about measurement and living things.

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Comparing Numbers: Marshmallow Math

Comparing Numbers: Marshmallow Math Lesson Plan Comparing Numbers: Marshmallow Math

Comparing numbers is sweet with this yummy lesson. Students use cereal as a hands on manipulative to compare numbers 0–10. A sweet treat remains for a job well done!

Kindergarten Lesson Plan

Scavenger Hunt Addition

Scavenger Hunt Addition Lesson Plan Scavenger Hunt Addition

Get your students moving with this activity that helps them practice their addition skills while having fun hunting for their next problem.

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How Big Is It?

How Big Is It? Lesson Plan How Big Is It?

Your young scientists will have tons of fun visiting measurement stations and using tools to measure various objects. They'll even be able to create posters at the end of the activity.

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Matching Numbers

Matching Numbers Lesson Plan Matching Numbers

Teach your class about the relationship between numbers and quantities with this lesson that has students use their counting skills to match a number of objects with their written value.

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Estimating Length

Estimating Length Lesson Plan Estimating Length

Advance your students from relative measurements to learning about standardized units with this lesson that teaches them about inches and feet by using common classroom objects.

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Know Your Shapes!

Know Your Shapes! Lesson Plan Know Your Shapes!

In this lesson, your students will become familiar with shapes by identifying them in real life. Your students will love identifying how many sides shapes have by drawing and counting them!

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Number Jump!

Number Jump! Lesson Plan Number Jump!

Help your class “jump” into number recognition with confidence! In this lesson, students will write numbers on sticky notes, place them in sequential order, and “jump” on the numbers while counting.

Kindergarten Lesson Plan

Catch Those Fish!

Catch Those Fish! Lesson Plan Catch Those Fish!

Catch those fish before they get away! In this lesson, students will be challenged to order and count the total number of fish. This lesson focuses on the crucial skills of ordering numbers and recognizing one-to-one correspondence.

Kindergarten Lesson Plan

Categorize It!

Categorize It! Lesson Plan Categorize It!

By sorting and categorizing different objects, young learners will build important foundational skills. Your students will enjoy playing with different toys and competing some fun worksheets.

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Counting Hours: What Time Is It?

Counting Hours: What Time Is It? Lesson Plan Counting Hours: What Time Is It?

Give first graders a sense of time by introducing them to telling time by the hour. Students who have mastered the numbers 1 to 12 will be eager to keep the class on a time schedule.

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Double Trouble: Subtraction Practice

Double Trouble: Subtraction Practice Lesson Plan Double Trouble: Subtraction Practice

Double-digit trouble? No problem! Your students will practice their decomposing and regrouping skills in this lesson.

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Math With Bears

Math With Bears Lesson Plan Math With Bears

This bear-y fun lesson will help your students understand addition and subtraction and reward their efforts with a sweet treat!

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Tricky Time Telling

Tricky Time Telling Lesson Plan Tricky Time Telling

We all know how tricky telling time can be for our students. This terrific time lesson will have your students understanding analog clocks in no time!

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Math Mind Magic

Math Mind Magic Lesson Plan Math Mind Magic

Every student can be a magician after this lesson in mentally adding and subtracting by 10. No previous magic training required!

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2-D Shapes

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Shape up your students' understanding of geometrical attributes with this hands-on math lesson. Students will gain a better understanding of how to describe a shape by the number of edges and vertices it has, rather than by its name.

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Break It Down

Break It Down Lesson Plan Break It Down

What exactly does the number 97 mean? How about 454? In this lesson, students explore how two-digit numbers are made up of tens and ones. Then they use this understanding to subtract numbers within 1000.

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Up, Up, and Array

Up, Up, and Array Lesson Plan Up, Up, and Array

In this lesson, your students will use repeated addition to find the total number of objects in arrays. This lesson will help your students build upon the skills needed to learn multiplication.

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Bar Graphs: Interpreting Data

Bar Graphs: Interpreting Data Lesson Plan Bar Graphs: Interpreting Data

In this lesson, students will make bar graphs and interpret data using real-life data from other students. They will get practice writing and answering survey questions.

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Act it Out!

Act it Out! Lesson Plan Act it Out! Connect addition with real-world problem solving as students analyze and solve story problems. Kindergarten Lesson Plan

Mystery Numbers

Mystery Numbers Lesson Plan Mystery Numbers This mysterious math lesson introduces young learners to teen numbers and math vocabulary. Kindergarten Lesson Plan

Adding Cards

Adding Cards Lesson Plan Adding Cards Use a fun card game to practice adding numbers in this fun hands-on addition lesson! Lesson Plan

Comparing Strategies for Three-Digit Addition

Comparing Strategies for Three-Digit Addition Lesson Plan Comparing Strategies for Three-Digit Addition

This lesson helps students develop an ability to compare and contrast as they explore two strategies to solve three-digit addition problems. This EL Math lesson can be used alone or alongside Three-Digit Addition Strategies Review.

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Caps For Sale!

Caps For Sale! Lesson Plan Caps For Sale!

In this lesson, students will listen to a story and answer literacy questions throughout. They will then complete a math activity to go along with the story!

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Shapes for Kindergarten! Lesson Plan Shapes for Kindergarten!

Identifying shapes and colors will come easily to students after listening to songs, playing bingo, and coloring a worksheet!

Kindergarten Lesson Plan

What's My Area?

What's My Area? Lesson Plan What's My Area?

Young mathematicians will enjoy demonstrating their skills with this lesson on finding area. It addresses the concepts of length, width, and square units.

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Let's Play Equivalent Fractions!

Let's Play Equivalent Fractions! Lesson Plan Let's Play Equivalent Fractions!

Fractions can be tricky, but looking at them visually can help your students understand them. This lesson will help students with equivalent fractions, number lines, and making real world connections.

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Base-Ten Block Party

Base-Ten Block Party Lesson Plan Base-Ten Block Party

Help your students practice place value with this fun, hands-on base-ten block game. Neighborhood block teams compete to win points as they work together to show expanded numbers.

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Math Lesson Plans

Trying to find new, entertaining ways to spark an interest with your students in mathematics? Math is a subject that can be difficult to master, but easy to understand once made enjoyable. Use Education.com's engaging math lesson plans to create a strong foundation in counting numbers, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, geometry, and more.

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