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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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Finding Perimeter

Finding Perimeter

In this lesson, students will find the perimeter of figures using cheese crackers. Next, they'll design a floor plan for their cheese cracker dream house, to help them practice and retain the formula for finding perimeter.

3rd grade

Math

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Divisibility Rules

Divisibility Rules

Introduce your students to divisibility rules with a lesson that encourages deep thinking and meaningful math talk between peers.

4th grade

Math

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All About Angles

All About Angles

In this lesson, students will use a multi-sensory approach by engaging in a hands on activity with toothpicks to create, explore, and learn about the properties of four different types of angles.

4th grade

Math

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Fractions in Action

Fractions in Action

Have your "whole" group get a "piece" of fun in this sweet and tasty math game!

3rd grade

Math

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Heavier or Lighter?

Heavier or Lighter?

Fill ‘em up! This lesson teaches students to compare how much different containers can hold. Get ready for some overflowing fun!

Kindergarten

Math

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Factors Over the Rainbow

Factors Over the Rainbow

Make math colorful! Teach your students to find the factors of a number using the factor rainbow strategy.

4th grade

Math

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Subtraction with Regrouping

Subtraction with Regrouping

Help your students subtract with confidence by sharing two different strategies. Use this lesson to build on students’ understanding of subtraction and to evaluate this key skill.

3rd grade

Math

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What's the Length?

What's the 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.

2nd grade

Math

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Skip Counting by Twos

Skip Counting by Twos

Make counting fun with colorful counting bears. Students will learn that skip counting is faster than counting by ones. They will also come away from the lesson with ideas of when skip counting can be used.

1st grade

Math

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Multiply Decimals

Multiply Decimals

Teach your students to multiply decimals using the standard algorithm.

5th grade

Math

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Divide it Up!

Make division come to life with this hands-on, introductory lesson on the operation of division! Students will use authentic problems and manipulatives to experience division in action.

3rd grade

Math

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Sort the Thanksgiving Dinner

Sort the Thanksgiving Dinner

Looking forward to Thanksgiving dinner is as American as the apple pie students may sort in this lesson! From red cranberry sauce to orange sweet potatoes, your child will have a blast sorting and categorizing foods.

Preschool

Math

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Simply Symmetry!

Simply Symmetry!

Symmetry is everywhere, but it's often hard to notice. This lesson explores a few ways to identify it. By folding and making mirror images for different shapes, students will discover a new world of symmetrical figures.

4th grade

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What is Volume?

What is Volume?

In this lesson, students will recognize volume as an attribute of solid figures and learn to calculate volume by counting cubes. This is a great introduction to the formula V = L x W x H.

5th grade

Math

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2-D Shapes

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.

2nd grade

Math

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Adding it All Up

Adding it All Up

In this lesson, students will learn how to add a one-digit number to a two-digit number. This will help students build upon the skills needed for regrouping larger numbers.

1st grade

Math

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Know Your Shapes!

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!

1st grade

Math

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Matching Numbers

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.

Preschool

Math

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Counting Coins

Help your students learn to count money with this teacher-approved lesson. They'll love learning how much their favorite things are worth.

2nd grade

Math

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Distributive Property

Distributive Property

Teach your students to recognize and use the distributive property of multiplication.

4th grade

Math

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Fruit and Veggie Mix-Up!

Fruit and Veggie Mix-Up!

Let’s eat! In this food-themed lesson, students will explore categorizing foods such as fruits and vegetables. This lesson can easily be integrated into a unit on food and can be extended to include other types of food.

Kindergarten

Math

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Organize Your Data

Organize Your Data

Collect and graph! In this lesson, your students will practice collecting, organizing, and interpreting data by using real life examples.

3rd grade

Math

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Where is my Fact Family?

Where is my Fact Family?

This nifty lesson helps kinesthetic learners reinforce their knowledge of the commutative property. Students will love the challenge of matching equations with their fact families.

1st grade

Math

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Array Models in Multiplication

Array Models in Multiplication

This lesson allows students to explore the concept of multiplication hands on. Kids will also come to understand why multiplication is important as well as how to solve multiplication problems using array models.

3rd grade

Math

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Comparing Decimals: Decimal War!

Comparing Decimals: Decimal War!

Get your students excited and test their knowledge of comparing decimals with this fun decimal "war" game!

5th grade

Math

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