Trading for a Wigwam
Learn about how the Ojibwe lived by customizing a wigwam with the points you earned from Making Camp.
Objectives Students will extend their understanding of fraction equivalence and ordering through a lesson delivered from a slideshow presentation, video resources, and Fish Lake educational math game that focuses on fractions. Background Knowledge Fourth and fifth grade students should already know how to identify a fraction verbally, in writing, or by drawing fraction representations. Grade…
Standard: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.NF.A.1 Number & Operations – Fractions: Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b. Lesson Time: 50 minutes This 20-minute activity introduces students in Grades 3-5 to fractions…
Standard: DATA & MEASUREMENT Grade Levels: GRADE 2, GRADE 3 GRADE 2 STANDARDS COVERED: Measure and estimate lengths in standard units. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.MD.A.1: Measure the length of an object by selecting and using appropriate tools such as rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, and measuring tapes. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.MD.A.2: Measure the length of an object twice, using length units of…
This learn at home activity is a favorite of parents and children alike. It teaches measurement and computation of perimeter.
Standards CCSS Standard:Find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to four-digit dividends and one-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models. Lesson time 30 minutes Summary This lesson plan introduces the…
Making Camp: Ojibwe Hunting and Multiplication
Do a math tic-tac-toe game to practice multiplication with rabbits and snares. Learn why rabbits were important to the Ojibwe, and what else was in the Ojibwe diet.