About This Book v
About the Authors vii
Acknowledgments ix
Section 1: Standards And Activities For Grade 3 1 Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 3.OA.1 2Activity: Combining Groups 2
Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 3.OA.2 3Activity: Breaking into Groups 3
Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 3.OA.3 4Activity: It's a Match 4
Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 3.OA.4 8Activity: Equation Tic-Tac-Toe 8
Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 3.OA.5 10Activity: Applying Properties 10
Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 3.OA.6 13Activity: Number Scramble 13
Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 3.OA.7 17Activity: Multiplication and Division Bingo 17
Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 3.OA.8 21
Activity: Which Equation? 21
Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 3.OA.9 24Activity: Color the Multiples 24
Number and Operations in Base Ten: 3.NBT.1 27Activity: It's Around 27
Number and Operations in Base Ten: 3.NBT.2 30Activity 1: Helping Zero Find a Place 30
Activity 2: Finding Sums and Differences 31
Number and Operations in Base Ten: 3.NBT.3 34Activity: What Does It Equal? 34
Number and Operations-Fractions: 3.NF.1 37Activity: Making Fraction Bars 37
Number and Operations-Fractions: 3.NF.2 39Activity: Placing Fractions on the Number Line 39
Number and Operations-Fractions: 3.NF.3 41Activity 1: Squares and Fractions 41
Activity 2: Balancing Fractions 43
Measurement and Data: 3.MD.1 45Activity 1: Time to Read 45
Activity 2: What Time Is It? 46
Measurement and Data: 3.MD.2 47Activity 1: Make a Metric Monster 47
Activity 2: A Lot of Water 49
Measurement and Data: 3.MD.3 52Activity: Picture Graphs and Bar Graphs 52
Measurement and Data: 3.MD.4 54Activity: Hand Spans 54
Measurement and Data: 3.MD.5 57Activity: Covering the Area 57
Measurement and Data: 3.MD.6 59Activity 1: Measuring Areas 59
Activity 2: Measuring Areas with Appropriate Tools 60
Measurement and Data: 3.MD.7 63Activity 1: Tiling and Finding Area 64
Activity 2: Decomposing Areas 65
Measurement and Data: 3.MD.8 67Activity 1: Area and Finding Perimeter 67
Activity 2: Perimeter and Finding Area 68
Activity 3: Designing a Vegetable Garden 69
Geometry: 3.G.1 72Activity: Classifying Quadrilaterals 72
Geometry: 3.G.2 75Activity: Decomposing Figures 75
Section 2: Standards And Activities For Grade 4 81 Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 4.OA.1 82Activity: Multiplication Tic-Tac-Toe 82
Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 4.OA.2 84Activity: What's the Problem? 84
Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 4.OA.3 86Activity: Equations and Problems 86
Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 4.OA.4 89Activity: The Prime Challenge 89
Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 4.OA.5 92Activity: Number Generator 92
Number and Operations in Base Ten: 4.NBT.1 94Activity: Making Models of Place Value 94
Number and Operations in Base Ten: 4.NBT.2 97Activity: Expressing Numbers 97
Number and Operations in Base Ten: 4.NBT.3 100Activity: Rounding Numbers 100
Number and Operations in Base Ten: 4.NBT.4 103Activity: A Numbers Chain 103
Number and Operations in Base Ten: 4.NBT.5 106Activity 1: Finding Errors in Multiplication 106
Activity 2: Stepping Forward with Multiplication 107
Number and Operations in Base Ten: 4.NBT.6 109Activity 1: Demonstrating Division 109
Activity 2: Division Puzzles 110
Number and Operations-Fractions: 4.NF.1 113Activity: Finding Equivalent Fractions 113
Number and Operations-Fractions: 4.NF.2 115Activity: Comparing Fractions 115
Number and Operations-Fractions: 4.NF.3 118Activity 1: Decomposing a Fraction 118
Activity 2: Mixed Number Game 119
Activity 3: Problems, Models, and Equations 120
Number and Operations-Fractions: 4.NF.4 127Activity: Complete the Rows 128
Number and Operations-Fractions: 4.NF.5 130Activity: Fraction Bingo 130
Number and Operations-Fractions: 4.NF.6 134Activity 1: Matching Fractions and Decimals 134
Activity 2: Locating Decimals on a Number Line 135
Number and Operations-Fractions: 4.NF.7 139Activity: Decimal Battle 140
Measurement and Data: 4.MD.1 142Activity: Our Two Units of Measurement 142
Measurement and Data: 4.MD.2 144Activity: Word Problems with Measurement 144
Measurement and Data: 4.MD.3 147Activity: Measuring Rectangles 147
Measurement and Data: 4.MD.4 151Activity: Pencils and Line Plots 151
Measurement and Data: 4.MD.5 154Activity: Making an Angle 154
Measurement and Data: 4.MD.6 157Activity 1: Measuring Angles Virtually 157
Activity 2: Angle Estimate and Measure Game 158
Measurement and Data: 4.MD.7 160Activity: Decomposing Angles 160
Geometry: 4.G.1 164Activity 1: Drawing Geometric Figures 164
Activity 2: Shapes and Structures 165
Geometry: 4.G.2 168Activity: Drawing Two-Dimensional Figures 168
Geometry: 4.G.3 171Activity 1: Line Symmetry 171
Activity 2: Classroom Line Symmetry 172
Section 3: Standards And Activities For Grade 5 173 Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 5.OA.1 174Activity: Evaluating Expressions 174
Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 5.OA.2 179Activity: The Expression Game 179
Operations and Algebraic Thinking: 5.OA.3 182Activity: Analyzing and Graphing Patterns 182
Number and Operations in Base Ten: 5.NBT.1 184Activity: What's My Number? 184
Number and Operations in Base Ten: 5.NBT.2 188Activity: Charting Patterns in Powers of 10 188
Number and Operations in Base Ten: 5.NBT.3 190Activity: Creating Numbers 190
Number and Operations in Base Ten: 5.NBT.4 193Activity: Round the Number 193
Number and Operations in Base Ten: 5.NBT.5 196Activity 1: Modeling Multiplication 196
Activity 2: Finding Errors in Multiplication 197
Number and Operations in Base Ten: 5.NBT.6 200Activity 1: Piecing Together Division 200
Activity 2: Modeling Division 201
Number and Operations in Base Ten: 5.NBT.7 204Activity 1: Place Value, Addition, and Subtraction of Decimals 204
Activity 2: Modeling Multiplication and Division of Decimals 205
Number and Operations-Fractions: 5.NF.1 209Activity 1: Adding Parts of a Whole 209
Activity 2: Finding a Match 210
Number and Operations-Fractions: 5.NF.2 214Activity: Adding and Subtracting Fractions 214
Number and Operations-Fractions: 5.NF.3 217Activity: Relating Fractions to Division 217
Number and Operations-Fractions: 5.NF.4 219Activity 1: Modeling Multiplication of Fractions 220
Activity 2: Tiling Rectangles with Fractions 221
Number and Operations-Fractions: 5.NF.5 225Activity: Scaling Numbers for Multiplication 226
Number and Operations-Fractions: 5.NF.6 228Activity: Expanding a Recipe 228
Number and Operations-Fractions: 5.NF.7 231Activity: Dividing Unit Fractions 231
Measurement and Data: 5.MD.1 235Activity 1: Measurement Bingo 235
Activity 2: Measurement, Conversions, and Word Problems 236
Measurement and Data: 5.MD.2 242Activity: Line Plots and Plant Height 242
Measurement and Data: 5.MD.3 247Activity: Building a Rectangular Prism 247
Measurement and Data: 5.MD.4 249Activity: Finding Volume 249
Measurement and Data: 5.MD.5 251Activity 1: Finding the Volume of a Rectangular Prism 251
Activity 2: Using Formulas to Find the Volume of Rectangular Prisms 253
Activity 3: Packing Rectangular Prisms 254
Geometry: 5.G.1 257Activity: Constructing a Coordinate Plane 257
Geometry: 5.G.2 260Activity: Graphing Relationships 260
Geometry: 5.G.3 263Activity: Naming Quadrilaterals 263
Geometry: 5.G.4 267Activity: A Hierarchy of Two-Dimensional Figures 267
Index 271
Teaching the Common Core Math
Standards with Hands-On
Activities, Grades 3-5
JUDITH A. MUSCHLA has over twenty-five years of experience as a mathematics educator in South River, New Jersey. As a team leader, she wrote several math curriculums and conducted workshops for teachers and parents. GARY ROBERT MUSCHLA taught in Spotswood, New Jersey, for more than twenty-five years; his specialties include mathematics at the middle school level, reading, and writing. Judith and Gary have coauthored several very successful math activity books, including The Algebra Teachers Activities Kit, Hands-On Math Projects with Real Life Applications, The Math Teachers Book of Lists, and Math Starters . ERIN MUSCHLA-BERRY teaches mathematics at Monroe Township Middle School in Monroe, New Jersey and has collaborated with Judith and Gary on four previous math books, including Teaching the Common Core Math Standards with Hands-On Activities, Grades 6-8 and Math Starters, Second Edition .
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