This lesson is to be used during the unit in which students are working with factors. The standards require that students work with common multiples and factors. This lesson focuses on proper factors of a number and how they can be used to classify numbers. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

Students will play a card game involving addition and reasoning. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

By now students have worked with many strategies to add and subtract numbers. Students will work in pairs. One student will think of an addition or subtraction problem and choose an efficient strategy to solve the problem. Then the student will give the problem to the other student who will solve the problem and explain his/her strategy to the partner. The problem poser will ask questions about the explanation or tell how the strategy matched the strategy he/she used. Students will discuss the benefits of a particular strategy. Then the other student will pose the next problem. The students will keep track of strategies used and try to create problems that will allow them to use more than one strategy. For the last few minutes of the activity the pairs can share out the different strategies they were able to use and explain. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

This task asks students to research data about the sizes of North Carolina landmarks and compare the landmarks to familiar objects by using multiplicative comparisons. Students will create resources to teach others about the landmarks and help others visualize the landmarks through the use of their multiplicative comparisons. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

This activity focuses on the part of the standard that says “Recognize that equal shares of identical wholes need not have the same shape.” Students will use 1 inch square blocks to illustrate this statement. After creating their designs and discussing the fractional representations, they will solve and discuss word problems based on this concept. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

In this lesson students will use wooden shape blocks to create an animal/ then they will write directions to see if another student can rebuild the animal. The students will give each other feedback on how to improve their directions. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

This lesson focuses on real world examples of rectangular arrays as well as a real world problem.  The students creatively search for various examples of real world examples of rectangular arrays and then present their findings to the class using a technology tool.  The students are then posed with a real world task of determining the best arrangement of movie theater seats given the total seats of 50, 100, and 200, respectively.  This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

In this activity, students are introduced to the “Ask Dr. Math” website.  Using strategies they have learned, they will answer math questions (fictional) from students across the state.  This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

Students apply their understanding of calculating volume of right rectangular prisms to find the volumes and various costs of building a neighborhood basketball court. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

Students will apply fourth grade concepts of equivalent fractions, decimals, and symmetry to create artwork. Once all students have created their masterpieces, they will have a conversation to compare and contrast the various pieces.  Through teacher questioning, this conversation will lead to a deeper understanding of equivalent fractions and decimal fractions.  This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

This activity requires that students have an understanding of the impact (x10/÷10) the movement of a decimal left or right has on a quantity. Students explore the standard algorithm for multiplication of decimal numbers as they begin the task by solving various equations that utilize the same digits, which elicits the same digits for a product. The second part of the task involves analysis of a calculation error when adding sales tax. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

In this activity students will measure themselves and compare measurements within one measuring system using paper strips and measuring tools. They will look at the relationships between measurements and make and test hypotheses. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

This activity focuses on the importance of using mathematics to find deals when grocery shopping.  Students will analyze data from local grocery store advertisements and determine the best deals by using multiple strategies.  This task will also require students to find and compare unit rates, which connects the fourth grade concepts of solving problems involving money and using place value understanding to do arithmetic to the sixth grade standard of determining a unit rate.  Once students find which store offers the best deal, they will create a public service announcement teaching others how to find the best deals when grocery shopping. This public service announcement is an opportunity to use precise mathematical language and construct viable arguments.  This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

This task is to be used after students have been taught circles content including parts of a circle, the meaning of pi, circumference and area. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

Find examples of whole number prices in ads in the newspaper or on the internet. Give students a target of $100 to spend. See who can get the closest by choosing 3 or 4 items. Once students have picked a set of numbers to add, ask them to tell how they added the numbers. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

Students construct various buildings using centimeter cubes or inch cubes.  Students cause the buildings to collapse in order to determine the appropriate collapse zone firefighters should mark off for any building in danger of collapse during a fire.  This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

Students will apply fourth grade concepts of fractions to develop a planned community that meets specific requirements.  Throughout this task, students will need to think about fractions as part of a set and part of a whole area.  The will compare fractions, find fraction equivalences, and add fractions with unlike denominators to ensure that the sum is one whole.  Once all students have created the maps of their communities, they will have discussion to compare and contrast the fractional parts of each person’s community.  This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

In this lesson, students will think about all the attributes of a certain shape and then sort those qualities based on how they are alike and different from another shape. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

This task is to be used in a geometry unit after the area and circumference of circles is taught. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

Find real life examples of rectangular arrays and express the total as a sum of equal addends.  May go beyond 5 x 5. Create a museum for all second grade classes to view.  This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.