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With these fun math activities for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade, you can get your elementary students practicing everything from addition to geometry. Our free hands-on activities for elementary school students will get your kids' math brains spinning and offer just the practice they need to master different concepts.
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Teach students about the different types of polygons in mathematics, which can be described as flat, closed figures with three or more sides.
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A place-value system is one in which the position of a digit in a number determines its value, and a place-value chart is a way to make sure digits are in the correct places.
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Use this lesson to teach students about rational numbers, including decimals, fractions, and integers.
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Try these 9 summer math activities designed for preventing math summer slide. These are repeatable games and activities appropriate for all children in any grade.
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Use this lesson to teach students about the order of operations: complete operations in parentheses, multiply and divide from left to right, and add and subtract from left to right.
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Try these fun Memorial Day math activities to celebrate the holiday with your students using Memorial Day-themes games, lesson plans, and activities.
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Explore fun 5th grade math games and activities to bring to your math classroom. These include quick warm-ups, complete lesson plans, and ways to ensure all students can become math experts!
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When teaching students about dividend, divisor, and quotient in division, introduce algorithms that will allow them to divide larger numbers.
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Here are three specific ways that teaching math through art from The Met can enhance your students' learning experience.
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Download these 100th Day of School math activities for your classroom. These printables are suitable for students in Grades 2-5 and beyond.
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Celebrate 100 days of school with a free 100th Day of School gumball machine template. Explore projects, games, and activities.
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Try these fun 3rd grade math games and activities in your classroom! These 8 games, activities, and puzzles will help your students love learning math and see how 3rd grade math ideas show up in the real world.
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In a special Olympic edition of the Math at Work web series, paired with activities based on the Olympic Games, students will learn how important math is to the world of sports.
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Read about an entrepreneur on the Oregon Trail and download a free activity to help kids make a business plan.
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Explore HMH's Math at Work web series to hear insights from industry experts about jobs that involve math and more.
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Learn about the role of mathematics in fashion design with the "Math Meets Fashion" episode of HMH's Math at Work web series.
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Explore how math meets homebuilding with this Math at Work web series episode answering the question: How do homebuilders use math in their careers?
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Learn about the role of math in cooking in the "Math Meets Culinary Arts" episode of HMH's Math at Work web series.
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How is math used in business? Watch the "Math Meets Entrepreneurship" episode of HMH's Math at Work web series to find out!
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Help students gain understanding of informational text through active reading.
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Help children in Grade 5 strengthen their ability to use operations with whole numbers and sharpen their measurement skills with this activity.
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Empower students in Grade 4 to sharpen their multiplication, division, and measurement skills, and better understand decimals and fractions, with instructional resources ideal for at-home learning.
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Help children in Grade 3 understand the role that mathematics plays in running a business, and how fractions apply to the U.S. monetary system.
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Use this lesson to teach students array multiplication, array division, along with other visual aids to show the relationship between multiplication and division.
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By teaching multiplication with arrays in math, you can help students better understand multiplication concepts by enabling them to visualize the computation process.
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Teach students about graphing along the x and y axis on coordinate graphs as a visual method for showing relationships between numbers.
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With this two-part blog series, teachers can incorporate learning Braille with math through creative scenarios, historical details, and fun puzzles.
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With this two-part blog series, teachers can incorporate learning Braille with math through creative scenarios, historical details, and fun puzzles.
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