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{Geology Earth’s History Geological Time Scale} Includes assignment version appropriate for online instruction. Students often have misconceptions about the geological times scale for significant events in Earth’s history. This project uses a calendar year to demonstrate the positioning of the 14 significant events in Earth’s history. Using proportions students are able to calculate the ‘date’ for the event and can then visualize where it lies within relation to the calendar year. This is a

Factoring. Prime Factorization. Greatest Common Factor. Least Common Multiple. This is a series of worksheets designed to assist students in achieving mastery in calculation skills for factoring using prime factor ladders. If you are not teaching factoring using this methodology you want this package. Students grasp this method quickly and they quickly master factoring. The skills progress from factoring composite numbers, to calculating Least Common Multiple, Greatest Common Factor and Squar

Integer Operations Unit. Add, subtract, multiply and divide positve and negative numbers. Teach student to add, subtract, multiply and divide with integers using this series of worksheets designed to assist students to achieve mastery with calculation skills. The skill development progresses from integer concepts, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division with two digits to operations with strings. Application exercises for integer operations are also included. The package includes

Math Vocabulary. Math Vocabulary Graphic Organizers. Math Vocabulary Cut and Pastes. Save 25% by buying the bundle. This bundle of 15 different Math Term and Definitions match-ups will get your students thinking. I used to have my students copy required vocabulary into their notebooks, but when I tested for comprehension, I was less than satisfied with the results. I switched to term and definition match-ups over 2 years ago and I am thrilled with the results. When I begin new units, I start

Percent. Applications of Percent. Applications of Percent Vocabulary Cut and Paste, Foldable, Worksheets and Keys. This is a series of worksheets designed to assist students in achieving calculation skills with percent applications. The skills progression is from writing percent statements to calculations with sales tax, discount, mark-ups, commission, interest and percent change. The product features a vocabulary cut and paste and a foldable that gives step by step instructions. Worksheets

Decimals. Decimal Operations. Add and Subtract Decimals. Multiply and Divide Decimals. Order of Operations with Decimals. This is the sequence of worksheets I use to develop calculations skills for decimal operations. All worksheets are formatted to allow students to work on the page showing their work. It is my experience that my students develop excellent understanding and skills from the sequencing of skills in this package. The package includes Homework Criteria Rubric Common Mathematical

Ratios and Rates. Ratio and Rate Worksheets and Keys. Ratio and Rate Vocabulary Match-up and Foldable. This is a series of worksheets designed to assist students in achieving competency with ratios, Rates, unit rates, unit prices and proportions. Each worksheet is followed by a quiz for formative assessment. Two summative assessments are included. The package includes Marking Criteria for Homework Vocabulary Cut and Paste Vocabulary Quiz and Key Foldable for Ratios/Rates/Proportions Explori

Percent. Applications of Percent Vocabulary. This Cut and Paste Vocabulary Activity is included in my complete unit on Percent available in my store. Math Term and Definitions match-ups will get your students thinking. I used to have my students copy required vocabulary into their notebooks, but when I tested for comprehension, I was less than satisfied with the results. I switched to term and definition match-ups over 2 years ago and I am thrilled with the results. When I begin new units, I

Integers. Integer Games. I just love grid puzzles and students do too. What is beneficial about using grid puzzles in the classroom is all students are simultaneously engaged. I have students complete the puzzles in pairs. These puzzles cover the 4 integer operations separately and then in mixed practice. They are designed to be a quick activity at the beginning of class to be used as formative assessment. The questions are selected to encourage mental computation. In my own classroom, I aw

Fractions. Decimals. Percents. Ratios. Format Conversions. Worksheets. Here is a practical and useful package for teaching format conversions between ratios, fractions, decimals and percent. Included is a table for introducing the converting of common fractions to decimals. The next six tables assist students to build mastery in converting back and forth between different formats. All answers keys are included.

Anthropology. Formulas. Measurement. Keep them active in middle school math. Here is a great activity for measuring height using a formula developed by anthropologists for determining height of skeletal remains when very few bones are present. The inquiry question for this activity is 'Why is measurement important to society?' Students will first produce 2 estimates of their height using centimeters and feet and inches. Following that, they take the measure of two bones using the metric system

Central Tendencies. Median, Mean, Mode, Range. Central Tendencies Vocabulary and Definitions Cut and Paste. Math Term and Definitions match-ups will get your students thinking. I used to have my students copy required vocabulary into their notebooks, but when I tested for comprehension, I was less than satisfied with the results. I switched to term and definition match-ups over 2 years ago and I am thrilled with the results. When I begin new units, I start with the vocabulary match-up. Stud