Ben Corey

A fun activity that will help your students develop proportional reasoning, understand ratio, and make use of equivalent fractions.

This document leads students through the steps of developing a charity. It asks the group to determine the board of directors, develop a purpose, plan events to raise start-up money, establish a long term funding plan, and create a logo to help people identify the important work their charity accomplishes.

Number Talks are a fun and engaging way to bring conversation and creativity to your math lessons. This Number Talk asks students to use their reasoning, as well as their skills of subtraction and grouping, to determine how many chickens Farmer Bill has on his farm.

The ability to compare the relative value of fractions is essential! Fractional Dominoes is a fun way to practice any of the strategies a student can use to do just that. With printable paper dominoes included, this game can be played between students, between teacher and student, or even at home. A summative assessment is included!

A super fun game in which kids make brand new words out of Greek and Latin affixes and root words, determine a definition, and then swap with a neighbor to see if they come up with the same definition. You'll have a classroom full of neoheliophonologists and protostellavisonomists by the end of the day! Comes with a summative assessment and lesson plan.

A prompt asking students for two poems, one from the perspective of an animal who appreciates living in a zoo, one from the perspective of animal who resents being in a zoo. This is a great augmentation to an opinion unit on whether zoos are good or bad, as well as being an interesting component of a poetry unit.