Teaching the Common Core Math Standards With Hands-On Activities, Grades 3-5 (94 page)

2. Obtuse triangle:
A triangle that has one angle with a measure of greater than
.

3. Parallelogram:
A quadrilateral whose opposite sides are parallel and congruent.

4. Polygon:
A closed plane figure with straight sides.

5. Quadrilateral:
A polygon that has four sides and four angles.

6. Rectangle:
A parallelogram that has four right angles.

7. Rhombus:
A parallelogram whose sides are congruent.

8. Right triangle:
A triangle that has one angle of
.

9. Square:
A rectangle that has four congruent sides.

10. Trapezoid:
A quadrilateral that has exactly one pair of parallel sides.

11. Triangle:
A polygon that has three sides and three angles.

Index

A

Activities: geometry (Grade 4); geometry (Grade 5); measurement and data (Grade 4); measurement and data (Grade 5); number and operations– fractions (Grade 3); number and operations– fractions (Grade 4); number and operations– fractions (Grade 5); number and operations in Base Ten (Grade 3); number and operations in Base Ten (Grade 4); number and operations in Base Ten (Grade 5); operations and algebraic thinking (Grade 3); operations and algebraic thinking (Grade 4); operations and algebraic thinking (Grade 5)

Adding and Subtracting Fractions activity (Grade 5)

Adding Parts of a Whole activity (Grade 5)

Addition: equivalent fractions used for fractions with unlike denominators; fluently add and subtract within 1,000; fraction equivalence used to solve work problems involving; multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm; multiplication thought of as; place value, addition, and subtraction of decimals; relate areas to the operations of; solving volume problems by relating volume to multiplication and; word problems involving time intervals in minutes

Algebraic thinking.
See
Operations and algebraic thinking

Analyzing and Graphing Patterns activity (Grade 5)

Angle Estimate and Measure Game activity (Grade 4)

Angle Instruction Sheet form (Grade 4)

Angle measurement: Angle Estimate and Measure Game activity for; Decomposing Angles activity for; Measuring Angles Virtually activity for;
n
degree; “one-degree angle”; protractor used for.
See also
Measurement units

Angles: Angles form (Grade 4); classifying two-dimensional figures based on presence of; draw and identify in two-dimensional figures; “one-degree”

Applying Properties activity (Grade 3)

Area and Finding Perimeter activity (Grade 3)

The Area of the Sums form (Grade 3)

Areas: formula for finding a rectangle; measured by counting unit squares; measurements and conversion of measurements for rectangle; partitioning shapes into parts with equal; recognized as an attribute of plane figures; relate to multiplication and addition; relate to operations of multiplication and addition; solving problems involving perimeters of polygons; tiling to find areas of rectangles

Areas and Perimeters of Rectangles form (Grade 3)

Arithmetic.
See
Multi-digit arithmetic

B

Balancing Fractions activity (Grade 3)

Bar graphs (Grade 3)

Bean Plant Growth Class Data form (Grade 5)

Bean Plant Growth form (Grade 5)

Breaking into Groups activity (Grade 3)

Build a Problem form (Grade 5)

Building a Rectangular Prism activity (Grade 5)

C

Charting Patterns in Powers of 10 activity (Grade 5)

Classifying Quadrilaterals activity (Grade 3)

Classroom Line Symmetry activity (Grade 4)

Color the Multiples activity (Grade 3)

Combining Groups activity (Grade 3)

Comparing Fractions activity (Grade 4)

Complete the Rows activity (Grade 4)

Completion Cards form (Grade 4)

Composite numbers: more than two factors of; that are less than

Constructing a Coordination Plane activity (Grade 5)

Conversion Bank form (Grade 5)

Coordination system: four quadrants of; represent problems by graphing points in first quadrant of; use perpendicular number lines (axes) to define

Covering the Area activity (Grade 3)

Creating Numbers activity (Grade 5)

D

Data representation and interpretation: hand spans used for; line plots used for (Grade 3); line plots used for (Grade 4); line plots used for (Grade 5); picture graphs and bar graphs used for

Decimal Battle activity (Grade 4)

Decimal Battle Cards form (Grade 4)

Decimals: compare two decimals to hundredths by reasoning about their size; decimal notation for fractions with denominators 10 or 100; modeling multiplication and division of; place value, addition, and subtraction of; read, write, and compare decimals to thousandths using place value; understood for fractions and comparing decimal fractions

Decomposing a Fraction activity (Grade 4)

Decomposing Angles activity (Grade 4)

Decomposing Areas activity (Grade 3)

Decomposing Figures activity (Grade 3)

Demonstrating Division activity (Grade 4)

Designing a Vegetable Garden activity (Grade 3)

Directions for Constructing a Coordinate Plane form (Grade 5)

Dividends: definition of; Demonstrating Division activity to find; Dividends and Quotients form on; Division Puzzles activity to find; Finding Dividend, Divisors, and Quotients form; Piecing Together Division activity on

Dividends and Quotients form (Grade 4)

Dividing Unit Fractions activity (Grade 5)

Division: apply properties of operations as strategies for; combining whole number groups using; determining the unknown whole number in equation; finding whole-number quotients and remainders using; fluently multiply and divide within 100; matching word problems with equations, diagrams, and answers; modeling multiplication and division of decimals; relate area to operations of multiplication and; representing and solving problems involving; to solve word problems involving multiplicative comparison; understood as an unknown-factor problem

Division Puzzles activity (Grade 4)

Division– Unit Fraction Cards, I form (Grade 5)

Division– Unit Fraction Cards, II form (Grade 5)

Drawing Geometric Figures activity (Grade 4)

Drawing Geometric Figures form (Grade 4)

Drawing Two-Dimensional Figures activity (Grade 4)

E

Equation Bank form (Grade 3)

Equation Tic-Tac-Toe activity (Grade 3)

Equations: determining the unknown whole number in; finding whole-number quotients and remainders using; interpreting multiplication equation as a comparison; matching word problems with; multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers using; Problems, Models, and Equations activity (Grade 4); solving word problem by using visual fraction models or; Two-Step Equations

Equations and Problems activity (Grade 4)

Estimating, Adding, and Subtracting Fractions form (Grade 5)

Evaluating Expressions activity (Grade 5)

Expanding a Recipe activity (Grade 5)

Expressing Numbers activity (Grade 4)

The Expression Game activity (Grade 5)

Expression Game Cards form (Grade 5)

Expressions for Evaluation, I form (Grade 5)

Expressions for Evaluation, II form (Grade 5)

Expressions for Evaluation, III form (Grade 5)

F

Fact Cards form (Grade 3)

Factors: find all factor pairs for a whole number in the range 1– 100; multiplication and division understood as unknown-factor problem; multiplication as comparison between the product and its; Multiplication, Division, and Factors, I form; Multiplication, Division, and Factors, II form

Figures and Diagonals form (Grade 5)

Figures form (Grade 4)

Finding a Match activity (Grade 5)

Finding a Match Problem Cards (1 Set per Game) [Grade 5]

Finding a Match Problem Cards (2 Sets per Game) [Grade 5]

Finding Dividend, Divisors, and Quotients form (Grade 5)

Finding Equivalent Fractions activity (Grade 4)

Finding Errors form (Grade 4)

Finding Errors in Multiplication activity (Grade 4)

Finding Errors in Multiplication activity (Grade 5)

Finding Sums and Differences activity (Grade 3)

Finding the Volume of a Rectangular Prism activity (Grade 5)

Finding Volume activity (Grade 5)

5-Inch Square form (Grade 3)

Four Squares (Grade 3)

Fraction Bars form (Grade 4)

Fraction Bingo activity (Grade 4)

Fraction Bingo form (Grade 4)

Fraction Cards and Comparison Symbols form (Grade 4)

Fraction equivalence: compare two fractions and different numerators/denominators; Finding Equivalent Fractions activity on; as strategy to add and subtract fractions; visual fraction models to explain

Fraction Problem Bank form (Grade 4)

Fraction Triangles, I form (Grade 4)

Fraction Triangles, II form (Grade 4)

Fraction Word Problems form (Grade 4)

Fractions: build fractions from unit fractions; compare two fractions and different numerators and different denominators; decimal notation for fractions with denominators 10 or 100; decimal notation to compare decimal fractions; decimal notation to compare two decimals to hundredths by reasoning about their size; develop understanding of fractions as numbers; dividing unit fractions by whole numbers; Grade 3 standards and activities on; interpreting as division of the numerator by the denominator; line plots used to display unit of measurement; multiplication as scaling when working with; multiply a fraction by a whole number; partitioning shapes into parts with equal areas as unit of; Placing Fractions on the Number Line activity; use decimal notation for fractions with denominators 10 or 100; visual fraction models or equations to multiply mixed numbers and

G

Game Cards for Numbers, I form (Grade 5)

Game Cards for Numbers, II form (Grade 5)

Game Problem Clues, I form (Grade 4)

Game Problem Clues, II form (Grade 4)

Geometric Figures form (Grade 3)

Geometric measurement: measure angles in whole-number degrees; measure areas by counting unit squares; recognize area as attribute of plane figures; relate area to operations of multiplication and addition; relate area to the operations of multiplication and addition; solving problems involving perimeters of polygons; understand concepts of angle measurement; understand concepts of volume and relate to multiplication and addition