Welcome to Island Time MATH! I'm a special education middle school math teacher. I love combining math and technology, and in fact I have a masters in educational technology. I'm always looking for new ideas to engage my students.
Looking for a low-prep math activity for your students to practice writing and solving two-step equations from word problems?? Well, your search is over!! This engaging stations activity:⭐ is low-prep - just print out the stations and the recording sheet, then hang up the stations around your classroom ⭐ each page is a different word problem that students must write a two-step equation for and then solve Why you'll love this:🩷 Students love working on an activity that allows them to
Looking for a low-prep, hands-on math activity for your students to practice combining like terms (CLT)?? Well, your search is over!! Card sorts are super engaging ways to practice a skill! And they’re great for building critical thinking, mathematical reasoning and communication skills! This card sort is a great first exposure to the concept of combining like terms. With this card sort:✅ students will practice sorting like terms ✅ there are 24 cards to be sorted ✅ students can work individ
Looking for a low-prep math activity for your eighth grade students to practice classifying rational and irrational numbers?? Well, your search is over!! Card sorts are super engaging ways to practice a skill! And they’re great for building critical thinking and communication skills! What's included:⭐ 15 cards with rational and irrational numbers to be sorted ⭐ sorting mat⭐ worksheet to record student findings and reasoning Directions:✅ I suggest laminating the number cards before cutting
Looking for a low-prep, self-checking math activity for your 7th or 8th grade students to practice writing and solving two-step equations from word problems?? Well, your search is over!! With this deck of 10 Boom™ Cards:✅ students will write a two-step equation based on each scenario, and then solve it ✅ they should use x for the variable ✅ under each fill-in-the-blank box is the type of term that should be entered ✅ dollar signs can be entered when appropriate, but are not required for the
Students can use this color-coded graphic organizer to keep their work organized when adding & subtracting fractions with unlike denominators. How students use it:✅ Write the original fractions to be added or subtracted in the blue boxes. ✅ Write the “1-fraction” that each fraction must be multiplied by to create 2 new fractions with common denominators in the pink boxes. ✅ Multiply across to get your new fractions with common denominators and write your answers in the green boxes. ✅ Add or su
Looking for a complete unit on the laws of exponents for your 8th graders? This resource includes everything you need ( notes, practice, homework, activities, assessments) to teach exponents, just print and go! What's included:✅ 67+ total student pages of notes, practice, homework and check-ins!! ✅ guided notes for students ✅ animated Google Slides that follow along with the students’ notes ✅ practice worksheets ✅ homework worksheets ✅ activities for additional reinforcement ✅ formativ
Looking for a low-prep, self-checking math activity for your 8th grade students to practice using the product & quotient rule for multiplying and dividing exponents?? Well, your search is over!! Scavenger hunts are super engaging ways to practice a skill! And they’re self-checking, freeing up valuable teacher time to help struggling students! With these 16 stations: ✅ students will practice multiplying and dividing exponents with coefficients✅ there are positive and negative coefficien
Looking for a low-prep math activity for your students to practice simplifying proper fractions?? Well, your search is over!! Mazes are a great way to practice a skill! What's included:✅ printable PDF student worksheet ✅ digital version for use with Google™ Slides ✅ answer key With this maze:⭐ students can choose which format they prefer to practice with - a worksheet or online Google Slides ⭐ the problems are the same in both formats⭐ all answers will be proper fractions (no improper fractio
Grab this bundle to get some of your prep time back! Here's 4 different math activities for your students to practice solving basic two-step equations: ⭐ Two-Step Equations Maze⭐ Two-Step Equations Scavenger Hunt⭐ Two-Step Equations Boom™ Cards⭐ Writing and Solving Two-Step Equation Word Problems🩷 My students love all of these engaging activities! I like to give them a choice of how they would like to practice a skill before an upcoming assessment, and these 4 activities are a great mi
Grab this set of 9 laws of exponent rules posters plus a bonus matching student reference sheet! Hang them up in your classroom for easy reference while students are doing classwork, then send them home with the reference sheet for homework! What's included:✅ 9 exponent rules posters with the name of the rule, a verbal explanation, the generic rule, and two examples, one with variables and one with numbers Parts of a PowerPower of ZeroPower of OneNegative ExponentsProduct RuleQuotient RulePow
Grab this bundle to get some of your prep time back! Here's 3 different activities for your students to practice finding the percent of a number: ⭐ Percent of a Number Maze - perfect for independent practice ⭐ Percent of a Number Word Problems Scavenger Hunt - gets students up and moving while solving ⭐ Percent of a Number Boom™ Cards - digital and interactive for easy review Why you'll love this:🩷 My students love all of these engaging activities! I like to give them a choice of how they
Looking for guided notes on the laws of exponents for your 8th graders? This set of exponent rules notes comes with matching Google Slides to save you valuable time!Topics included:⭐ Exponent basics⭐ Negative exponents⭐ Product Rule⭐ Quotient Rule⭐ Power RuleWhat's included:✅ guided notes for students✅ animated Google Slides that follow along with the students’ notes✅ answer keysWhy you'll love this:🩷 perfect for 8th grade teachers, homeschool parents, and special education classrooms!🩷 design
Grab this bundle to get some of your prep time back! Here's 7 different activities for your students to practice converting between fractions, decimals and percents: ⭐ Fractions, Decimals & Percents Worksheet Bundle⭐ Converting Fractions & Decimals Mazes⭐ Converting Decimals to Fractions Scavenger Hunt⭐ Converting Decimals & Percents Mazes⭐ Converting Percents to Decimals Scavenger Hunt⭐ Converting Fractions & Percents Mazes⭐ Converting Percents to Fractions Scavenger Hunt🩷 My students
Grab this engaging Easter & Spring color-by-number math activity for your 8th-9th grade students to practice writing the equation of a line on a graph in slope-intercept form!What's included:✅ worksheet with 12 problems ✅ 3 different pictures for students to choose from ✅ answer key and samples of finished products Why you'll love this:🩷 low prep - just print and go 🩷 students love to choose which picture they color - let them pick which one they prefer 🩷 the one worksheet works with either
Grab this engaging, low-prep, GROWING multi-step equations activity bundle now and save in the future! Such a fun way for your 8th graders to practice solving multi-step equations! The 8 resources included now are: ⭐ One-Step Equations Maze ⭐ Two-Step Equations Maze ⭐ Variables on Both Sides (VOBS) Equations Maze ⭐ One-Step Equations Scavenger Hunt ⭐ Two-Step Equations Scavenger Hunt ⭐ Combining Like Terms (CLT) Equations Scavenger Hunt ⭐ Variables on Both Sides (VOBS) Equations Scav
Looking for a low-prep, self-checking digital math activity for your 6th or 7th grade students to practice the using the percent proportion?? Well, your search is over!! With this deck of 15 Boom™ Cards:✅ students will fill in the parts of the percent proportion and then fill in the final answer to the question ✅ they must use x as the variable for the missing part ✅ some answers will be decimals but do not need to be rounded ✅ when the percent is the part missing, the answer must include th
Grab this bundle to get some of your prep time back! Here's 14 different math activities for your students to practice all things fractions: ⭐ Common Denominator Add & Subtract Fractions Graphic Organizer⭐ Adding Fractions w/ Unlike Denominators Maze⭐ Adding Fractions w/ Unlike Denominators Scavenger Hunt⭐ Subtracting Fractions w/ Unlike Denominators Maze⭐ Subtracting Fractions w/ Unlike Denominators Scavenger Hunt⭐ Multiplying Fractions Maze⭐ Multiplying Fractions Scavenger Hunt⭐ Divid
Grab this engaging Easter and spring color-by-number math activity for your 5th or 6th grade students to practice order of operations (PEMDAS)!What's included:✅ worksheet with 12 problems ✅ 3 different pictures for students to choose from ✅ answer key and samples of finished products Why you'll love this:🩷 low prep - just print and go 🩷 students love to choose which picture they color - let them pick which one they prefer 🩷 the one worksheet works with either of the 3 pictures 🩷 answer key
Looking for a low-prep, self-checking math activity for your students to practice converting between scientific notation and standard form?? Well, your search is over!! With this deck of 18 Boom™ Cards, students will: ✅ convert scientific notation to standard form ✅ convert standard form to scientific notation ✅ adjust the decimal point and exponent in order to write numbers in proper scientific notation on some problems Boom™ Cards are like interactive digital task cards. They’re a great w
Save your valuable prep time with this ready-to-go bundle of worksheets and an assessment for converting between fractions, decimals and percents! With this bundle, each of the first 6 worksheets has 20 problems focusing on a single type of conversion: ⭐ fractions to decimals ⭐ decimals to fractions ⭐ percents to decimals ⭐ decimals to percents ⭐ percents to fractions ⭐ fractions to percents Also included are 2 practice tables of the most common fractions, decimals and percents, and a "mini
Welcome to Island Time MATH! I'm a special education middle school math teacher. I love combining math and technology, and in fact I have a masters in educational technology. I'm always looking for new ideas to engage my students.
My own education history
BS in computer science
Certified in K-5, special education, middle school math and english
Masters in educational technology
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