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Want to make place value hands-on and interactive? This printable and digital chart will have your students moving and manipulating numbers to help them gain a better understanding of their place value all year long!  There are printable student versions and digital copies in Google Slides for individual use. With both a printable and digital version at your fingertips, you have options!  You can have students use the large chart on a wall, bulletin board, or whiteboard in conjunction with in

Use visual models along with the standard algorithm to quickly and effectively teach your students how to divide fractions with this comprehensive digital and printable resource pack. Using visual models, students will have a more hands-on approach to “see” what it looks like when dividing unit fractions by whole numbers and dividing whole numbers by unit fractions in addition to using the standard algorithm.  It’s great for kinesthetic learners as well as students that may struggle with mem

Use visual models along with the standard algorithm to quickly and effectively teach your students how to add and subtract decimals using this digital and printable resource pack. Students will have a hands-on approach to “see” what it looks like to add and subtract decimals and connect this method to the standard algorithm.  It’s great for visual & kinesthetic learners as well as students that may struggle with memorizing algorithms. This resource is complete, comprehensive, and easy to f

This project is the perfect final assessment for your volume unit.  Volumeville will have your students out of their seats, working together, and showing their creativity to create a 3D city/village.  This is perfect for incorporating interdisciplinary skills! Volumeville has students tasked with creating a 3D community. They will be challenged to use nets to create both rectangular prisms as well as composite rectangular prisms to build their city.  They will have to calculate the volume of the

Do you want an engaging summative assessment for your geometry unit?  This project has your students designing a space using only quadrilaterals. They must use each of the following quadrilaterals: parallelogram, rectangle, square, rhombus, and trapezoid. Once they create the design, they have to make a key for it, consisting of each shape and its properties, along with symbols and labels for each of the parts of their design that would be categorized with each shape. **Digital version in Goog

Want to make place value hands-on? Are you looking for interactive ways to teach various place value skills with your students?  This digital & printable chart and activities bundle is jam-packed with resources to teach and review place value and numbers in base ten.  Whether you're teaching with technology in the classroom or virtually from home, this resource will help your students interact with numbers and gain a better understanding of their place value all year long! Most of the acti

Have your students practice adding and subtracting decimals with visual models and the standard algorithm with these sets of task cards. Two versions are included: a printable version and a digital version in Google Forms - perfect for distance or remote learning! Printable Version What You Get:Two sets of task cards (adding and subtracting) EACH including:12 task cardsstudent recording sheetanswer keyTypes of questions in each set: a visual model is provided and students create the matching

Use visual models along with the standard algorithm to quickly and effectively teach your students how to multiply decimals with this comprehensive printable and digital resource pack. Students will have a more hands-on approach to “see” what it looks like to multiply decimals by whole numbers and multiply decimals by decimals with models and the standard algorithm, as well as area models.  They will also be able to connect the visual models to the standard algorithm.  It’s great for kinesthet

Use visual models along with the standard algorithm to quickly and effectively teach your students how to add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators as well as like denominators using this comprehensive printable and digital resource pack. Using visual models, students will have a more hands-on approach to “see” what it looks like when adding and subtracting fractions in addition to using the standard algorithm.  It’s great for kinesthetic learners as well as students that may strugg

Use visual models and area models along with the standard algorithm to quickly and effectively teach your students how to multiply fractions and multiply mixed numbers using this comprehensive digital and printable resource pack. Using visual models and area models, students will have a more hands-on approach to “see” what it looks like when multiplying fractions and mixed numbers in addition to using the standard algorithm.  It’s great for kinesthetic learners as well as students that may

Want to make place value hands-on and interactive?  This digital chart will have your students moving and manipulating numbers to help them gain a better understanding of their place value all year long!   You have options!  The chart comes in multiple versions and place value lengths.  You can display one of the charts on a Smartboard for whole group instruction while students can have their own digital copy in Google Slides on a device.  Students can also use the charts during independent

Want to make place value hands-on? Are you looking for interactive ways to teach various place value skills with your students?  This digital & printable chart and activities bundle is jam-packed with resources to teach and review place value and numbers in base ten.  Whether you're teaching with technology in the classroom or virtually from home, this resource will help your students interact with numbers and gain a better understanding of their place value all year long! They’re low-pre

This quiz pack contains 10 paper quizzes and 10 digital quizzes that are aligned to the Georgia Standards of Excellence Unit 4: Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, and Dividing with Fractions. It is also aligned with Common Core. What You Get10 printable quizzes with answer keys10 digital quizzes - answer keys are in the questions on the formStandards included: 5.NF.1, 5.NF.2, 5.NF.3, 5.NF.4, 5.NF.5, 5.NF.6, 5.NF.7, 5.MD.2 This resource can also be purchased in a: Unit 4 Paper Quiz PackUnit 4

This Thanksgiving math activity gives students practice with adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing decimals. There is a printable version as well as a digital version included (great for remote learning). ***Check out the last page of the preview file for a free page*** Georgia Standards of Excellence and Common Core Standards: 5.NBT.7 Add, subtract, multiply, divide decimals. 6.NS.3 Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for eac

Teach your students how to classify polygons, specifically quadrilaterals and triangles, into a hierarchy by understanding and identifying their attributes.  This comprehensive digital & printable resource pack provides everything you need to teach 5th Grade Geometry (2D Shapes):  mini-lessons, practice, task cards, formative and summative assessments, as well as project-based learning. Begin the unit by reviewing polygons as well as types of lines and angles. Then, introduce the attributes o

Use visual models along with the standard algorithm to quickly and effectively teach your students how to add and subtract decimals using this digital resource pack. Students will have a digital hands-on approach to “see” what it looks like to add and subtract decimals and connect this method to the standard algorithm.  It’s great for visual learners as well as students that may struggle with memorizing algorithms. This resource is complete, comprehensive, and easy to follow with a clear for

Teach your students every single 5th grade math standard (Common Core and the NEW Georgia Mathematics Standards) for the entire year with this comprehensive printable resource pack.  It has everything you need to teach each skill, including notes, practice, exit tickets, and quizzes. This resource bundle includes 23 resource packs, each filled with mini-lessons that will make planning a breeze.  You’ll also receive a printable curriculum map to help with planning out the timing of each unit.  A

Use visual models along with the standard algorithm to quickly and effectively teach your students how to multiply decimals with this comprehensive digital resource pack. Students will have a more hands-on approach to “see” what it looks like to multiply decimals by whole numbers and multiply decimals by decimals with models and the standard algorithm, as well as area models.  They will also be able to connect the visual models to the standard algorithm.  It’s great for kinesthetic learners as

Are you looking for a fun and challenging decimal review activity that will also get your students into the Christmas Holiday spirit?  Santa’s Christmas Shopping Spree will have your students calculate the cost of Santa’s trip to deliver toys to good boys and girls all over the world!  This engaging activity has students show their understanding of decimal operations. Students will be adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimals to solve various problems. A digital and printable v

Get your students engaged with this fun, interactive project that will have your students practice plotting and locating ordered pairs on a 1 or 4-quadrant coordinate grid. They will do this by plotting the entire alphabet along with popular punctuation symbols onto either a 1-quadrant or 4-quadrant coordinate plane. They will then plan a secret message to send to a friend and write out the entire message in coordinate code using their grids. Their friend will have to solve their message usin