Amy van Loon

This is a fun review—and real life, activity for students who have been practicing adding fractions with like denominators. You can adjust this recipe to suit the size of your group as needed. Included in the download are 2 recipe variations I used for a group of 10 and 6. **Updated 4/22/14 to include an extended version

This is a game I created to help my middle school students practice solving word problems in a fun and engaging way. The bonus is that students like this game and truly enjoy playing it. In addition to the game questions included, I have also used this game with packets where students decided which problem to solve rather than draw a card. In this case you could use any type of math problem at any level.

In this activity students create a divisibility rules flip book and then use it as a tool to complete the accompanying worksheets to "practice" and "test" out these new rules.

This is a fun activity to use to introduce students to the concept of borrowing when subtracting fractions with like denominators. The use of a concrete example is helpful in getting students to see the relationship between 1 whole and 5/5. Note-you can use a small Hershey bar in place of the gum if you prefer

This is a collection of activities to complete with students to show the correlation between ratios, proportions, fractions, percents, and decimals. Students really enjoy the hands on application of these activities, plus it gives them real life examples in which to transfer these skills.

This activity is designed to allow students an opportunity to use their decimal skills with real life examples. In this 4 day lesson students will select a career (money coming in), plan a grocery list, and make other decisions about where they will live, what they drive and if they went to college. The activity ends with students balancing their checkbooks.

This is a fun introductory activity that you can use prior to introducing the concepts of fractions to your class. Please note this activity requires Jelly beans for each student or group so plan accordingly.

This is an interactive activity I designed to give students a visual, as well as an understanding for working with negative exponents. I find that a lot of students forget the rule for working with negative exponents because they never understood the concept to begin with. What is nice about this activity is that it begins by showing students how the math works before telling them the shortcut rule.

This game is a fun and engaging way for students to practice their multiplication, addition, and subtraction skills. The best part is that with minor modifications it can be tailored to meet the skill and level of all students.