This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers.  This lesson will involve interviewing classmates about where they would like to spend their summer vacation.  Their choices will be the beach, mountains, time with a relative, or camping.  They will create a picture graph to represent the data collected.This lesson comes with printable materials and clipart for creating a class graph.

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This file contains several tasks assessing standards OA.1 and NBT.5. Each task is a separate attachment with its own materials and scoring rubric. This assessment may be used for instructional or assessment purposes.

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This file contains several tasks assessing standards OA.1 and NBT.6, and MD.8. Each task is a separate attachment with its own materials and scoring rubric. This assessment may be used for instructional or assessment purposes.

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This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers.  In this lesson, students will determine ways to partition a sandwich into two equal parts and determine if the halves are the same size.  Then students will work with partners to determine different ways to partition a sandwich into fourths and prove that the fourths are equal shares. Sample student work and recording sheets are provided within this lesson.Remix this lesson to share extension activities and related math centers.

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers.  In this lesson, students are given a collection of coins to go shopping at the school book fair.  A poster of possible items to purchase is provided.  

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Students are asked to solve a real world problem, show their work using pictures, numbers or words, and record a matching equation. A scoring rubric is included. The task may be used for instructional or assessment purposes.

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In this lesson, students solve a word problem using a strategy of choice and share the strategy to develop the concept of representing and solving problems involving addition and subtraction within 20. This lesson format may be used with any problem type appropriate for the grade.

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In this task, students are faced with a both addends unknown problem. They must find as many solutions as possible using pictures, numbers or words. A scoring rubric is included. The task may be used for instructional or assessment purposes.

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers.In this lesson, students explore the commutative and associative properties of addition as they solve word problems with multiple solutions.  This lesson will help students learn to represent and solve problems with equations that have three addends. This file contains answer keys, student recording pages, and extension problems.

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This is lesson five in a series of six lessons focused around developing a mathematical community at the beginning of the school year. The goal is to promote the idea of persevering while solving problems.

This video demonstrates the functions of the TI-15 calculator. It may be used as a professional development for teachers, or for training students. It is not recommended that the video is shown to students in its entirety. If you scroll down to the comments section under the video, time markers for each function are provided. Click on the time markers to go directly to that specific function.

This video examines tips for solving word problems, especially multi-step word problems. These strategies are appropriate for any grade level.