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Features

A score table with totals and how much each game was won by
Goals plus assists make points, then season totals to 1,000
A bar graph of goals to read
A lacrosse field drawn to scale, 110 by 60 yards
Balls in arrays, and team rosters as equal groups
Every page in color and in black and white
Answer keys included

Skills Covered

Add and subtract within 100
Add and subtract within 1,000
Read a bar graph

Solve measurement word problems
Write arrays as multiplication
Solve equal group word problems

About lacrosse

Lacrosse comes from the stick-ball games of the Haudenosaunee and other Native nations of North America. The Haudenosaunee call it the Creator's Game, and World Lacrosse honors them as its originators. Haudenosaunee communities play it today, and the Haudenosaunee Nationals play against other countries at world championships. A men's field is 110 yards long and 60 yards wide, with the goals 80 yards apart; each goal is 6 feet wide and 6 feet tall. The scores and teams on these pages are made up for the problems.

How to Use This Pack

Five pages of 2nd and 3rd grade math from lacrosse. Page 1 fills in a score table (each game's total goals and how many it was won by), then four stories within 100. Page 2 adds goals and assists into points, then four stories with numbers to 1,000. Page 3 reads a bar graph of six games. Page 4 uses a lacrosse field drawn to scale for six measurement stories in yards and feet. Page 5 writes arrays of balls as multiplication and solves team stories with equal groups. The first story on each page is a worked example.

In the Classroom

Talk about where lacrosse comes from before starting: the Haudenosaunee and other Native nations played it long before it became a school sport, and they still do. On page 4, have students find the 15, 80 and 15 yards that make the 110 yard field.

At Home

If your family watches or plays a sport, keep score together for a game and work out the total and how much the winners won by.

Tips for Success

Total goals means add both teams' goals
Won by means subtract the smaller score from the bigger one
Points are goals plus assists
Read the bar's top across to the numbers on the side
Around the field means all four sides

Common Core Standards Alignment

This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

2.OA.C.4 Use adding to find the total in an array with at most 5 rows and 5 columns, and write it as repeated addition.
2.NBT.B.5 Add and subtract to 100 fluently with place-value strategies, properties of addition, or the link between adding and subtracting.
2.NBT.B.7 Add and subtract to 1,000 with models and place-value strategies, working hundreds, tens and ones separately and regrouping tens or hundreds as needed.
2.MD.D.10 Make picture and bar graphs (one unit per square or picture) for up to four categories, and answer joining, separating and comparing questions from them.
2.G.A.2 Cut a rectangle into a grid of equal squares and count how many squares it holds.
3.OA.A.1 Understand a product as the total in equal groups, such as 4 × 6 meaning 4 groups with 6 in each.
3.OA.A.3 Solve story problems about equal groups, arrays and measurements by multiplying or dividing within 100, using drawings and equations.
3.OA.D.8 Solve two-step story problems with +, −, × and ÷, using a letter for the missing amount, and check answers by estimating or rounding.
3.NBT.A.2 Add and subtract to 1,000 fluently using place-value strategies and written methods, properties of addition, and fact-family relationships.
4.MD.A.2 Solve story problems on distance, time, liquid volume, mass and money with any operation, simple fractions or decimals and unit changes, using number-line diagrams.

Lacrosse Math

2nd – 3rd Grade

Math from lacrosse, the game of the Haudenosaunee and other Native nations, who still play it today. Students add and subtract game scores and season totals, read a bar graph of goals, measure a lacrosse field and count balls and teams in equal groups.

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What’s Included

5 worksheets in color and in black and white, with answer keys (15 pages)
Score and points tables, a bar graph and a field to scale
Word problems within 100 and 1,000, and equal groups

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