Video: Buffalo Hunter

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Becoming a Buffalo Hunter in Native American Culture How did you learn to hunt buffalo? How old did you have to be? This video features Library of Congress photography as primary resources along with historical paintings by non-indigenous artists depicting artistic renditions of Native Americans.  Related Resources Video: Becoming a Buffalo Hunter in Native American…

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Lesson: Multiplication and Red River Carts

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Standards Summary This lesson is just a final review of multiplication before heading on to division. Our last lesson was all Ojibwe history. For a little variety we combined social studies and math today. Did you know you can also play Making Camp offline on your tablet or phone? Well, you can. You can play…

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What are Fractions?

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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…

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teaching equivalent fractions using fish

Equivalent Fractions

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Standards CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.NF.A.2Understand a fraction as a number on the number line; represent fractions on a number line diagram. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.NF.A.3.BRecognize and generate simple equivalent fractions, e.g., 1/2 = 2/4, 4/6 = 2/3. Explain why the fractions are equivalent, e.g., by using a visual fraction model. Lesson Time 30 minutes  Technology Required Device with web-browser–Chromebook, laptop, or…

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Video: Visualizing the Exact Fish Problem

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Standards Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division. CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.NF.B.3Interpret a fraction as division of the numerator by the denominator (a/b = a ÷ b). Solve word problems involving division of whole numbers leading to answers in the form of fractions or mixed numbers, e.g., by using visual fraction models or equations to represent the problem.  Visualizing the…

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