Use these directions to make the seven tangram pieces as a measurement activity for your students. Measuring lengths to find midpoints and following directions make this a nice hands-on activity with the end product being each student has their own set of tangrams to use the rest of the year.
Added July 08
Telling Time With A Broken Clock. Learn to tell time with just the hour hand. A nice introductory lesson in telling time with a clock that has no minute hand. A clock with only an hour hand can be read with reasonable accuracy. Use lots of approximate language. This version includes worksheets and internet links for extension activities.
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notebook lesson that simply describes the steps to create the Gorilla
Gallon. The making of the Gorilla Gallon is the learning process and
the understanding of the relationships between cups, pints, quarts, and
gallon. Submitted 01 Jan 08 by Harvey Almarode
A novel way to teach money using concrete examples that illustrate the relationship of the coins to their value as well as color, pictures, and name. Email me for masters to create paper manipulatives for your students