Implementing the Common Core
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For the past 11 years, I have provided small group math support to children in the second, third, fourth, and fifth grades. During this time I have worked with well over 600 students.
My resources consist of ready-made, turnkey math lesson plans and worksheets. Each lesson plan includes an instructor's guide, which provides a clear explanation for each Common Core Standard covered. A corresponding student worksheets section creates ample opportunity for students to practice and master all required skills.
My materials allow differentiation within the classroom because they have been designed to help instruct children who may be struggling with a particular grade level math concept, and also as enrichment activities.
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4.NBT.B.5 and 5.NBT.B.5 Multiplication of Whole Numbers
1. These Lesson Plans show the multiplication of whole numbers using strategies that increase students' knowledge of place value.
2. These Lesson Plans review the basic skills that students need to have acquired while in the third grade to successfully perform fourth grade multiplication. These third grade skills include:
- Knowing the products of all two one-digit numbers (6 x 4 = 24).
- The use of the commutative, associative, and distributive properties of multiplication.
- The use of
4th - 5th
Basic Operations, Math, Place Value
CCSS
4.NBT.B.5
, 5.NBT.B.5
4.MD.B.4 and 5.MD.B.2 Line Plots Using Mixed Numbers to 1/4 of a Whole
1. These Lesson Plans create line plots using mixed numbers to fractions of 1/4 of a whole.
2. Students practice the addition of mixed numbers by breaking the mixed numbers apart into whole numbers plus fractions and adding each of these parts separately. Students practice the subtraction of mixed numbers by using the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction. (Fourth and Fifth Grade Standards 4.NF.B.3.C and 5.NF.A.1).
3. These Lesson Plans include templates that allow te
4th - 5th
Fractions, Math, Measurement
CCSS
4.MD.B.4
, 5.MD.B.2
, 4.NF.B.3c
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3.NBT.A.2 and 4.NBT.B.4 Subtraction by Using Addition
1. This fourth set of Lesson Plans for Standards 3.NBT.A.2 and 4.NBT.B.4 covers the subtraction of whole numbers by using the inverse or opposite relationship between addition and subtraction. In other words, third grade students will count up when solving a subtraction problem. (Third Grade Standard 3.NBT.A.2).
For example, in solving 523 - 384, students will create the following addition problem and solve by counting up:
384 + ? = 523
2. Third grade students will use charts, model t
2nd - 4th
Basic Operations, Math, Order of Operations
CCSS
2.NBT.B.8
, 3.NBT.A.2
, 4.NBT.B.4
4.NF.C.5 Addition of Decimal Fractions
1. These Lesson Plans explain different ways to read, write, and represent decimals. These representations include drawing a picture, using a number line, using words, using a place value chart, using the expanded decimal form, using the expanded fraction form, as decimal fractions, and by using base-ten pieces.
2. Students will practice breaking decimals into a sum of smaller parts. For example:
0.35 = 1 tenth plus 25 hundredths.
3. Students will model fractions in tenths and find th
4th
Decimals, Fractions, Math
CCSS
4.NF.C.5
4.NBT.B.6, 5.NBT.B.6, and 6.NS.B.2 Division of Whole Numbers
1. These Lesson Plans explain the division of whole numbers using strategies that increase students' understanding of place value.
2. These Lesson Plans review the basic skills that students need to have acquired while in the third grade to successfully perform fourth and fifth grade division. These third grade skills include:
- Knowing that the answer to a division problem can be found by arranging objects into equal groups or rows.
- Knowing the products of all two one-digit numbers (6
4th - 6th
Basic Operations, Math, Place Value
CCSS
4.NBT.B.6
, 5.NBT.B.6
, 6.NS.B.2
4.NBT.A.1 Place Value Comparisions
1. These Lesson Plans explain that a digit in one place has ten times the value of the same digit in the place directly to its right.
2. Students will create and use charts and equations to explore the relationships between the places. For example, a two in the hundreds place has a value (200) that is 10 x 10 or 100 times the value of a two in the ones place (2).
3. Students will learn that base-ten pieces can be used to represent digits in any three adjacent places, because base-ten pie
4th
Math, Place Value
CCSS
4.NBT.A.1
4.NBT.B.5 How to Create an Area Model Using Base-Ten Pieces
1. These Lesson Plans describe how to create area models by arranging base-ten pieces.
2. Students will create area models for one-digit by two-digit (example: 8 x 14) and two-digit by two-digit (example: 21 x 16) multiplication problems.
3. This skill can be utilized by fourth and fifth grade students in both the multiplication and division standards. Students will also create equations and use the partial products method of multiplication to find their solutions.
4. These Lesson
4th - 5th
Basic Operations, Math, Place Value
CCSS
4.NBT.B.5
, 4.NBT.B.6
, 5.NBT.B.5
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3.NBT.A.2 and 4.NBT.B.4 Addition by Adding Each Place
1. This first set of Lesson Plans for Standards 3.NBT.A.2 and 4.NBT.B.4 covers the addition of whole numbers using a strategy that increases students' understanding of place value.
2. Third grade students add whole numbers by expanding each number and adding each place separately. (Standard 3.NBT.A.2) For example:
348 + 236 =
300 + 200
40 + 30
8 + 6
= 500 + 70 + 10 + 4 = 584
3. Fourth grade students use the traditional method of addition, but should be familiar methods used in t
3rd - 4th
Basic Operations, Math, Place Value
CCSS
3.NBT.A.2
, 4.NBT.B.4
3.NBT.A.2 and 4.NBT.B.4 Subtraction by Counting Down
1. This third set of Lesson Plans for Standards 3.NBT.A.2 and 4.NBT.B.4 covers the subtraction of whole numbers using a strategy that increases students' understanding of place value.
2. Third grade students subtract whole numbers by expanding the lower number and then counting down from the higher number incrementally. (Third Grade Standard 3.NBT.A.2).
For example: 237 - 56 =
237 - 50 = 187 (Students can count down as 227, 217, 207, 197, and 187)
187 - 6 = 181
3. Third grade stu
2nd - 4th
Basic Operations, Math, Place Value
CCSS
2.NBT.B.8
, 3.NBT.A.2
, 4.NBT.B.4
4.NF.B.3.D and 5.NF.A.2 Benchmark Fractions
1. These additional Lesson Plans for Standards 4.NF.B.3.D and 5.NF.A.2 provide practice for students in comparing fractions to benchmark fractions.
2. Benchmark fractions can be easily compared to other fractions and include 1/10, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, and 1/1. Knowledge of these fractions can be used to see if a solution to a fraction word problem makes sense.
3. Students will model the fractions using both pictures and number lines.
4th - 5th
Fractions, Math
CCSS
4.NF.B.3d
, 5.NF.A.2
4.NBT.A.2 and 4.NBT.A.3 Read, Write, Compare, and Round Whole Numbers
1. These Lesson plans explain different methods used to represent whole numbers. These methods include locating the number on a number line, using words, writing on a place value chart, using the expanded form, and as an expression.
2. Students will compare whole numbers by showing their work on both a number line, on a place value chart, and by providing a written explanation based on their understanding of place value.
3. Students will round whole numbers by using a number line. They
4th
Math, Place Value
CCSS
4.NBT.A.2
, 4.NBT.A.3
4.NF.B.3.D Word Problems Involving the Addition and Subtraction of Fractions
1. These Lesson Plans solve word problems involving the addition and subtraction of fractions with like denominators. The definition of "like" denominators has been extended to include fractions where one denominator is the multiple of the other denominator.
For example:
1/2 + 5/6
2. Students will create equations and model their solutions using both pictures and number lines. Students will check to see if their solutions make sense using their knowledge of benchmark fractions.
3. Th
4th
Fractions, Math, Other (Math)
CCSS
4.NF.B.3d
3.NBT.A.2 and 4.NBT.B.4 Addition by Counting Up
1. This second set of Lesson Plans for Standards 3.NBT.A.2 and 4.NBT.B.4 covers the addition of whole numbers using a strategy that increases students' understanding of place value.
2. Third grade students add whole numbers by expanding one of the numbers and then counting up from the other number incrementally. (Third Grade Standard 3.NBT.A.2).
For example: 87 + 55 =
87 + 50 = 137 (Students can count up as 97, 107, 117, 127, and 137)
137 + 5 = 142
3. Third grade students will m
2nd - 4th
Basic Operations, Math, Place Value
CCSS
2.NBT.B.8
, 3.NBT.A.2
, 4.NBT.B.4
3.MD.C.7.A and 3.MD.C.7.B Finding the Area of Rectangles by Using Multiplication
1. These Lesson Plans explain that the area of a rectangle can be found by multiplying the length by the width. Students create equations and explore both the commutative and distributive properties of multiplication. For example:
4 x 8 = 8 x 4 - Commutative Property
4 x 8 = (2 x 8) + (2 x 8) - Distributive Property
2. Students will solve three different categories of real world problems where either the area, one, or both of the side lengths is the unknown.
3. These Lesson Plans can
3rd - 4th
Math, Measurement, Other (Math)
CCSS
3.MD.C.7
, 3.MD.C.7a
, 3.MD.C.7b
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5.NF.A.2 Word Problems Involving the Addition and Subtraction of Fractions
1. These Lesson Plans for Standard 5.NF.A.2 solve word problems involving the addition and subtraction of fractions with unlike denominators.
2. Students will create equations, find equivalent fractions, and model their solutions using both pictures and number lines. Students will check to see if their solutions make sense using their knowledge of benchmark fractions.
3. These Lesson Plans also (a) review the addition of fractions in the fourth grade using pictures and number lines (Stan
4th - 5th
Fractions, Math, Other (Math)
CCSS
4.NF.B.3d
, 5.NF.A.2
4.NF.B.3.B Subtraction of Mixed Numbers
1. In this second set of Lesson Plans for Standard 4.NF.B.3.B, students explore the "inverse" or opposite relationship between addition and subtraction. Mixed numbers with like denominators are subtracted by (a) counting up from the lower mixed number and (b) using improper fractions.
2. Students will model both types of solutions using number lines that are provided.
3. Students will practice addition skills learned in the earlier grades such as "counting up by tens" and using increment
4th
Fractions, Math
CCSS
4.NF.B.3
, 4.NF.B.3b
, 4.NF.B.3c
4.NF.B.3.B Addition of Mixed Numbers
1. In this first set of Lesson Plans for Standard 4.NF.B.3.B, students explore the associative and commutative properties of addition by breaking mixed numbers apart and then adding the parts separately. The commutative and associative properties state that it does not matter how the numbers are grouped or in what order they are added, the sum (answer) will always be the same.
2. Students also add mixed numbers by using improper fractions.
3. Students will model both types of solutions u
4th
Fractions, Math
CCSS
4.NF.B.3b
, 4.NF.B.3c
4.NF.C.6 Decimals on a Number Line
1. These Lesson Plans use number line diagrams to tenths and hundredths to represent decimals in both the decimal and equivalent fraction forms and can be utilized by both fourth and fifth grade students.
2. Students will solve word problems using a meter stick and practice counting incrementally by tenths and hundredths along a number line.
3. These Lesson Plans include templates that allow teachers to modify and create additional practice problems for students.
4th - 5th
Decimals, Fractions, Math
CCSS
5.NBT.B.7
, 4.NF.C.6
4.MD.B.4 and 5.MD.B.2 Line Plots Using Decimal Fractions
1. These Lesson Plans create line plots using decimal fractions to 1/10 of a whole.
2. Students will practice using the inverse relationship between multiplication and division to convert fractions from a denominator of hundredths to tenths, plot the data set, create and solve expressions, and find the range of the data.
3. These Lesson Plans include templates that allow teachers to modify and create additional practice problems for students.
4. These Lesson Plans can be used in bo
4th - 5th
Fractions, Math, Measurement
CCSS
4.MD.B.4
, 5.MD.B.2
, 4.NF.C.5
4.NF.C.7 Comparing Decimals
1. These Lesson Plans compare decimals to the hundredths place using both a number line and a place value chart.
2. Students explain their comparisons based on their knowledge of decimal place value.
3. These Lesson Plans include templates that allow teachers to modify and create additional practice problems for students.
4th - 5th
Decimals, Math, Place Value
CCSS
5.NBT.A.3b
, 4.NF.C.7
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About the store
Experience
For the past 11 years, I have provided small group math support to children in the second, third, fourth, and fifth grades. During this time I have worked with well over 600 students.
My resources consist of ready-made, turnkey math lesson plans and worksheets. Each lesson plan includes an instructor's guide, which provides a clear explanation for each Common Core Standard covered. A corresponding student worksheets section creates ample opportunity for students to practice and master all required skills.
My materials allow differentiation within the classroom because they have been designed to help instruct children who may be struggling with a particular grade level math concept, and also as enrichment activities.
Teaching style
Engage students within a small group setting.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Magna Cum Laude, Boston College,
Beta Gamma Sigma, National Business Honor Society
My own education history
Carroll School of Management, Boston College
Additional biographical information
15-year career in business and finance prior to working as a math instructor.
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