Teaching the Common Core Math Standards with Hands-On Activities, Grades 3-5

About This Book vAbout the Authors viiAcknowledgments ixSECTION 1: STANDARDS AND ACTIVITIES FOR GRADE 3 1Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 3.OA.1 2Activity: Combining Groups 2Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 3.OA.2 3Activity: Breaking into Groups 3Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 3.OA.3 4Activity: It's a Match 4Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 3.OA.4 8Activity: Equation Tic-Tac-Toe 8Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 3.OA.5 10Activity: Applying Properties 10Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 3.OA.6 13Activity: Number Scramble 13Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 3.OA.7 17Activity: Multiplication and Division Bingo 17Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 3.OA.8 21Activity: Which Equation? 21Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 3.OA.9 24Activity: Color the Multiples 24Number and Operations in Base Ten: 3.NBT.1 27Activity: It's Around ... 27Number and Operations in Base Ten: 3.NBT.2 30Activity 1: Helping Zero Find a Place 30Activity 2: Finding Sums and Differences 31Number and Operations in Base Ten: 3.NBT.3 34Activity: What Does It Equal? 34Number and Operations--Fractions: 3.NF.1 37Activity: Making Fraction Bars 37Number and Operations--Fractions: 3.NF.2 39Activity: Placing Fractions on the Number Line 39Number and Operations--Fractions: 3.NF.3 41Activity 1: Squares and Fractions 41Activity 2: Balancing Fractions 43Measurement and Data: 3.MD.1 45Activity 1: Time to Read 45Activity 2: What Time Is It? 46Measurement and Data: 3.MD.2 47Activity 1: Make a Metric Monster 47Activity 2: A Lot of Water 49Measurement and Data: 3.MD.3 52Activity: Picture Graphs and Bar Graphs 52Measurement and Data: 3.MD.4 54Activity: Hand Spans 54Measurement and Data: 3.MD.5 57Activity: Covering the Area 57Measurement and Data: 3.MD.6 59Activity 1: Measuring Areas 59Activity 2: Measuring Areas with Appropriate Tools 60Measurement and Data: 3.MD.7 63Activity 1: Tiling and Finding Area 64Activity 2: Decomposing Areas 65Measurement and Data: 3.MD.8 67Activity 1: Area and Finding Perimeter 67Activity 2: Perimeter and Finding Area 68Activity 3: Designing a Vegetable Garden 69Geometry: 3.G.1 72Activity: Classifying Quadrilaterals 72Geometry: 3.G.2 75Activity: Decomposing Figures 75SECTION 2: STANDARDS AND ACTIVITIES FOR GRADE 4 81Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 4.OA.1 82Activity: Multiplication Tic-Tac-Toe 82Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 4.OA.2 84Activity: What's the Problem? 84Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 4.OA.3 86Activity: Equations and Problems 86Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 4.OA.4 89Activity: The Prime Challenge 89Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 4.OA.5 92Activity: Number Generator 92Number and Operations in Base Ten: 4.NBT.1 94Activity: Making Models of Place Value 94Number and Operations in Base Ten: 4.NBT.2 97Activity: Expressing Numbers 97Number and Operations in Base Ten: 4.NBT.3 100Activity: Rounding Numbers 100Number and Operations in Base Ten: 4.NBT.4 103Activity: A Numbers Chain 103Number and Operations in Base Ten: 4.NBT.5 106Activity 1: Finding Errors in Multiplication 106Activity 2: Stepping Forward with Multiplication 107Number and Operations in Base Ten: 4.NBT.6 109Activity 1: Demonstrating Division 109Activity 2: Division Puzzles 110Number and Operations--Fractions: 4.NF.1 113Activity: Finding Equivalent Fractions 113Number and Operations--Fractions: 4.NF.2 115Activity: Comparing Fractions 115Number and Operations--Fractions: 4.NF.3 118Activity 1: Decomposing a Fraction 118Activity 2: Mixed Number Game 119Activity 3: Problems, Models, and Equations 120Number and Operations--Fractions: 4.NF.4 127Activity: Complete the Rows 128Number and Operations--Fractions: 4.NF.5 130Activity: Fraction Bingo 130Number and Operations--Fractions: 4.NF.6 134Activity 1: Matching Fractions and Decimals 134Activity 2: Locating Decimals on a Number Line 135Number and Operations--Fractions: 4.NF.7 139Activity: Decimal Battle 140Measurement and Data: 4.MD.1 142Activity: Our Two Units of Measurement 142Measurement and Data: 4.MD.2 144Activity: Word Problems with Measurement 144Measurement and Data: 4.MD.3 147Activity: Measuring Rectangles 147Measurement and Data: 4.MD.4 151Activity: Pencils and Line Plots 151Measurement and Data: 4.MD.5 154Activity: Making an Angle 154Measurement and Data: 4.MD.6 157Activity 1: Measuring Angles Virtually 157Activity 2: Angle Estimate and Measure Game 158Measurement and Data: 4.MD.7 160Activity: Decomposing Angles 160Geometry: 4.G.1 164Activity 1: Drawing Geometric Figures 164Activity 2: Shapes and Structures 165Geometry: 4.G.2 168Activity: Drawing Two-Dimensional Figures 168Geometry: 4.G.3 171Activity 1: Line Symmetry 171Activity 2: Classroom Line Symmetry 172SECTION 3: STANDARDS AND ACTIVITIES FOR GRADE 5 173Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 5.OA.1 174Activity: Evaluating Expressions 174Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 5.OA.2 179Activity: The Expression Game 179Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 5.OA.3 182Activity: Analyzing and Graphing Patterns 182Number and Operations in Base Ten: 5.NBT.1 184Activity: What's My Number? 184Number and Operations in Base Ten: 5.NBT.2 188Activity: Charting Patterns in Powers of 10 188Number and Operations in Base Ten: 5.NBT.3 190Activity: Creating Numbers 190Number and Operations in Base Ten: 5.NBT.4 193Activity: Round the Number 193Number and Operations in Base Ten: 5.NBT.5 196Activity 1: Modeling Multiplication 196Activity 2: Finding Errors in Multiplication 197Number and Operations in Base Ten: 5.NBT.6 200Activity 1: Piecing Together Division 200Activity 2: Modeling Division 201Number and Operations in Base Ten: 5.NBT.7 204Activity 1: Place Value, Addition, and Subtraction of Decimals 204Activity 2: Modeling Multiplication and Division of Decimals 205Number and Operations--Fractions: 5.NF.1 209Activity 1: Adding Parts of a Whole 209Activity 2: Finding a Match 210Number and Operations--Fractions: 5.NF.2 214Activity: Adding and Subtracting Fractions 214Number and Operations--Fractions: 5.NF.3 217Activity: Relating Fractions to Division 217Number and Operations--Fractions: 5.NF.4 219Activity 1: Modeling Multiplication of Fractions 220Activity 2: Tiling Rectangles with Fractions 221Number and Operations--Fractions: 5.NF.5 225Activity: Scaling Numbers for Multiplication 226Number and Operations--Fractions: 5.NF.6 228Activity: Expanding a Recipe 228Number and Operations--Fractions: 5.NF.7 231Activity: Dividing Unit Fractions 231Measurement and Data: 5.MD.1 235Activity 1: Measurement Bingo 235Activity 2: Measurement, Conversions, and Word Problems 236Measurement and Data: 5.MD.2 242Activity: Line Plots and Plant Height 242Measurement and Data: 5.MD.3 247Activity: Building a Rectangular Prism 247Measurement and Data: 5.MD.4 249Activity: Finding Volume 249Measurement and Data: 5.MD.5 251Activity 1: Finding the Volume of a Rectangular Prism 251Activity 2: Using Formulas to Find the Volume of Rectangular Prisms 253Activity 3: Packing Rectangular Prisms 254Geometry: 5.G.1 257Activity: Constructing a Coordinate Plane 257Geometry: 5.G.2 260Activity: Graphing Relationships 260Geometry: 5.G.3 263Activity: Naming Quadrilaterals 263Geometry: 5.G.4 267Activity: A Hierarchy of Two-Dimensional Figures 267INDEX 271