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Geography of the Number Line Lesson PlanGeography of the Number Line Lesson Plan
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Education Development Center
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5th - 8th
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Math
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Year
2014
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Geography of the Number Line

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It's more than just numbers on a line, its an organizational, mental math machine to help learners understand the value of numbers. The tool is handy when introducing positive and negative integers to see their values and relationships. Full of worksheets and thinking strategies, young minds will line up to get started!

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

integers, addition integers, comparing integers, consecutive integers, dividing integers, multiplication integers, negative integers, positive integers, integer exponents, subtraction integers, number lines, mental math

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Use the following resource in the series to go into micro number lines to discuss decimals

Classroom Considerations

  • The material is just a sample from the original and does not contain all the items listed in the table of contents
  • The second in a series of 12 related resources

Pros

  • Encourages logic and visual understanding

Cons

  • While explanations are provided, the answer keys are not

Common Core

6.NS.C.6.a 7.NS.A.1.a 7.EE.B.3 MP2

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