Franklin County Schools: Investigative Math Lesson Plans

Investigative (Engaging) Math Lesson Plans
Kindergarten	Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4	Grade 5
Compare Shapes using My First Book of Shapes	Apple Measuring	Probability with Venn Diagram	Money Counts	Data Analysis and Statistics	Learning to budget money
Compare Shapes using My First Book of Shapes	Apple Measuring	Probability with Venn Diagram	Froot Loop Problems	Data Analysis and Statistics	Angles
Sharing equally between 2 people using The Doorbell Rang	Kinesthetic Center Activity with Shapes	Combining Figures to Make Shapes	Introduction to Multiplication	Multi-step problems involving time	Geometry/Measurement
Sharing equally between 2 people using The Doorbell Rang	Kinesthetic Center Activity with Shapes	Combining Figures to Make Shapes	Introduction to Multiplication	Multi-step problems involving time	Chickens and Dogs
Estimating with The Biggest Pumpkin Ever	Making Models of Shapes	Monster Math Problems	Measurement	Distribution of data using median, range and mode	Classroom Store Graph
Estimating with The Biggest Pumpkin Ever	Making Models of Shapes	Monster Math Problems	Introduction to Division	Distribution of data using median, range and mode	Place Value: I Am The Greatest
Positional Words with a Santa theme	Estimating Size	Symmetry and congruence	Using a geometric model to make an array	Graphing Lesson	Angles of Plane Figures
Positional Words with a Santa theme	Estimating Size	Symmetry and congruence	Using a geometric model to make an array	Coordinate Graphing	Properties and Shapes of Polygons
Food Group Graphs	Line Plot with Dice	Tell Time to 5 Minutes	Capacity	Coordinate System	Kinesthetic Activity on Sequencing of Graphing Ordered Pairs
Comparing Attributes	Time	Shoe Pictograph	Time/Schedules/Charting	Geometric Properties of Figures
TV Logs
TV Logs	Shoe Graph	Predict and Estimate	Number Sentences +/-	Probability with permutations and combinations	Area and Perimeter
Days of the week	Measuring with rods and tiles	Place Value	Birthday Graph	Line of Symmetry
Rounding
Patterns	Least and Most Likely	1s, 10s, 100s	Capacity 2	Number Sentences
Whole Number Place Value
Snack Sorting	Certain/Impossible		Symbols and Unknown Quantities	Problem Solving Flexibility
Multiplying Decimals
Estimating	Probability: A		Missing Terms, Repeating Patterns	Perimeter
Compare and Order Decimals
Number Recognition	Probability: B		Place Value	Perimeter and area

Estimation	Venn Diagram: Dr. Seuss		Place Value	Candy Bar Graph

Estimating Jack-O-Lanterns	Sort by 2 attributes			Compare Sets

Counting 1-10	Comparing using <>			Food, capacity and fractions

	<, >, =			Order of Operations

				Median, Mode, Mean, Range

				Estimating, rounding