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Hi! I'm Angela, a STEM teacher in Las Vegas, Nevada. I've been teaching for 20 years and love making useful, intentional STEM, technology and math resources to help make your life easier as a teacher!
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Preview of Solving Unit Rate Problems Boom Cards

Solving Unit Rate Problems Boom Cards

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Engage your 6th graders with this interactive deck of 20 Unit Rate Boom Cards designed to build confidence and fluency with real-world ratio and rate problems! Students will practice finding unit rates in a variety of contexts, such as: - Miles per hour (speed and distance word problems) - Cost per item (shopping and budgeting situations) - Pages per minute/hour (reading and work-rate problems) - Cups per recipe/item (cooking and baking scenarios) - Miles per gallon, ounces per dollar, and more
Preview of Identify Equivalent Ratios Boom Cards

Identify Equivalent Ratios Boom Cards

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Engaging, self-checking digital task cards on Boom Learning that reinforce the skill of identifying equivalent ratios. Features: - Auto-graded, immediate feedback; unlimited practice attempts. Learning Targets:- Identify equivalent ratios - Choose equivalent ratios from a set - Complete a blank in a ratio equivalency problem Teacher notesNo printing required. Boom cards require a Boom Learning account (free preview available). Works on computers, tablets, and interactive whiteboards.About Boom
Preview of Ratio Concepts to Solve Problems Boom Cards Bundle

Ratio Concepts to Solve Problems Boom Cards Bundle

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A comprehensive, self-checking bundle of 9 Boom Learning decks covering every component of “Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems.” Scaffolded practice, instant feedback, auto-grading, and actionable reports. Boom Cards are ideal for lessons, homework, warm-ups, quick assessments, or review—use the memorization deck to prepare learners before tackling calculation-focused decks for greater speed and accuracy. About Boom Cards:To use Boom Cards, you must be connected
Preview of Calculating Percents Boom Cards

Calculating Percents Boom Cards

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A self-checking deck of 20 interactive Boom Cards that build mastery with percent as a rate per 100. Students find a percent of a quantity and solve for the whole, given a part and a percent, including real-world contexts like discounts, taxes, tips, increases/decreases, and simple interest. Skills Covered:- Interpret percent as per 100 - Find a percent of a quantity (e.g., 25% of 60) - Find the whole when given a part and percent (e.g., 40% is 32 → whole = 80) - Apply percent to real-life conte
Preview of Equivalent Ratios on Coordinate Planes Boom Cards

Equivalent Ratios on Coordinate Planes Boom Cards

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Engaging, self-checking digital task cards on Boom Learning that guide students to create tables of equivalent ratios, find missing values, plot ordered pairs on a coordinate plane, and use tables to compare ratios. Features: - Auto-graded, immediate feedback; unlimited practice attempts. - Interactive inputs: number entry, drag-and-drop point plotting, multiple-choice comparisons. - Scaffolding: starts with simple ratios, progresses to multi-step and comparison tasks. - Real-world contexts (rec
Preview of Finding Unit Rate Boom Cards

Finding Unit Rate Boom Cards

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Engage your 6th graders with this interactive deck of 25 Unit Rate Boom Cards designed to build confidence and fluency with real-world ratio and rate problems! Students will practice finding unit rates in a variety of contexts, such as: - Miles per hour (speed and distance word problems) - Cost per item (shopping and budgeting situations) - Pages per minute/hour (reading and work-rate problems) - Cups per recipe/item (cooking and baking scenarios) - Miles per gallon, ounces per dollar, and more
Preview of Understanding Basic Ratios Boom Cards

Understanding Basic Ratios Boom Cards

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Help students develop a foundational sense of ratios with this ready‑to‑assign deck. The set begins with two concise review pages that model key concepts and notation, then offers 23 interactive, self‑checking practice cards. Students count objects in images and read data from charts to determine part‑to‑part and part‑to‑whole ratios, and practice writing ratios three ways: using a colon (a:b), the word “to” (a to b), and as a fraction. Instant feedback supports independent learning while Boom
Preview of Metric and Customary Conversions Boom Cards Bundle

Metric and Customary Conversions Boom Cards Bundle

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This bundle includes four complementary digital task card decks that build measurement fluency. Students will practice both memorizing and applying their conversion skills! What's Included:Memorize Metric ConversionsMemorize Customary ConversionsConvert Metric UnitsConvert Customary UnitsBonus PDF to quickly import all four decks into your Boom Learning LibraryBoom Cards are ideal for lessons, homework, warm-ups, quick assessments, or review—use the memorization deck to prepare learners before t
Preview of Understanding Equivalent Ratios Boom Cards

Understanding Equivalent Ratios Boom Cards

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Build students’ fluency with equivalent ratios using 20 ready‑to‑assign Boom Cards. This set includes varied item types—complete ratio tables, find-the-missing-number, determine whether two ratios are equivalent, choose the missing value in equivalent ratios, and select all equivalent ratios from a group. Self‑checking cards provide immediate feedback and Boom Learning records student progress and scores for easy tracking. Low prep and classroom‑ready for whole‑class, small‑group, or independent
Preview of Multiply with Fractions Real World Word Problems Boom Cards

Multiply with Fractions Real World Word Problems Boom Cards

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Build student fluency multiplying fractions with 12 ready‑to‑assign Boom Cards featuring realistic, everyday word problems. Cards mix answer formats (fill‑in‑the‑blank and multiple choice) and two task focuses: solve the problem or select the correct equation that models it. Self‑correcting cards give immediate feedback to students while Boom Learning records scores and progress for easy teacher tracking. Low prep and highly engaging—great for whole‑class digital practice, centers, interventions
Preview of Multiply Decimals Using the Standard Algorithm Boom Cards

Multiply Decimals Using the Standard Algorithm Boom Cards

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Give students targeted practice using the standard algorithm to multiply 2–4 digit whole or decimal numbers by 2-digit whole or decimal numbers. Each of the 20 digital task cards: Presents a multiplication problem requiring the standard algorithm (regrouping occurs frequently).Provides a visible workspace and a designated area to record regrouping (tens/hundreds carry work).Requires students to place the decimal point correctly in the final answer.Includes immediate feedback (Boom format) so st
Preview of Telling Time Dominoes Math Center | Analog & Digital Time Matching Game

Telling Time Dominoes Math Center | Analog & Digital Time Matching Game

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Make practicing telling time fun and hands-on with this Telling Time Match Dominoes Center Game. Students match analog clock faces to digital times as they build a domino chain, giving them repeated, meaningful practice in a playful format. This low-prep math center is perfect for reinforcing telling time skills, partner work, small groups, or early finisher activities. Just print, cut, and play! ⭐ Skills Practiced Reading analog clocksMatching analog clocks to digital timePracticing telling
Preview of 5th Grade Decimal Place Value Unit Supplement Bundle

5th Grade Decimal Place Value Unit Supplement Bundle

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The decimal place value resource you have been looking for is finally here! Each toolkit includes a teacher’s guide with lesson ideas and pacing, guided notes, practice pages, task cards, a choice board, a center, and multiple assessment choices. These decimal resources can supplement your current math curriculum or stand on their own to help you teach targeted, standards-based math lessons to your students.  Toolkits Included: → Read and Write Decimals → Rounding Decimals → Comparing Decimals
Preview of Multiply and Divide by Powers of Ten Unit Supplement

Multiply and Divide by Powers of Ten Unit Supplement

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This supplemental unit will help you teach students to multiply and divide whole numbers and decimals by powers of ten. It is the perfect way to introduce your students to the decimal place value concept of the shifting values of the digits in numbers with multiplication and division by the powers of ten. The unit supplement includes guided notes, practice, a choice board, a center, task cards, and an assessment to help you teach your students key skills for multiplying and dividing deci
Preview of Comparing Decimals Unit Suplement - 5th grade

Comparing Decimals Unit Suplement - 5th grade

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Comparing Decimals is easy to teach using this helpful math toolkit. It is the perfect way to introduce your students to the decimal place value concept of comparing and equivalent decimals. The unit includes guided notes, practice, a choice board, a center, task cards, and an assessment to help you teach your students to compare decimals. These resources provide extra practice and other tools for your students as you teach them to compare decimal numbers and understand decimal place value
Preview of Rounding Decimals Unit Supplement  - 5th grade

Rounding Decimals Unit Supplement - 5th grade

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Rounding Decimals is easy to teach using this helpful math toolkit. Are you tired of running out of activities or dealing with convoluted math problems that come in the textbook? If you are, this is the perfect way to introduce your students to the decimal place value concept of rounding. This teacher's toolkit for rounding decimals with and without a number line includes guided notes, practice, a choice board, a center, task cards, and assessment to help you teach your students to round
Preview of Read & Write Decimals Unit Supplement - 5th grade

Read & Write Decimals Unit Supplement - 5th grade

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Decimal Place Value is easy to teach using this helpful math toolkit. It is the perfect way to introduce your students to decimal place value concepts with decimals to the thousandths place. This teacher's toolkit for reading and writing decimals includes guided notes, practice, a choice board, a center, task cards, and assessment to help you teach your students to read and write decimal numbers. Throughout this unit, students will work with decimals to the thousandths place to: → Model
Preview of Converting Customary Units of Measurement | Notes, Worksheets, Practice and Test

Converting Customary Units of Measurement | Notes, Worksheets, Practice and Test

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Help your students master converting customary units of measurement with this complete, low-prep math unit. This resource includes guided notes, practice pages, a choice board, task cards, a math center, and differentiated assessments—everything you need to teach, practice, and assess customary unit conversions in one place. Students will practice converting larger units to smaller units and smaller units to larger units using length, capacity, and weight in the U.S. customary system. Perf
Preview of Convert Metric Units | 5th Grade | Notes, Practice, Centers and Assessment

Convert Metric Units | 5th Grade | Notes, Practice, Centers and Assessment

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Do your students struggle with converting metric units but your math book doesn't provide enough practice and support? This teacher's toolkit includes guided notes, practice, a choice board, a center activity, task cards, and an assessment to help you teach your students to convert metric units of length, capacity, and mass. These resources provide you with the tools and extra practice for your students as you teach them to understand measurement conversion concepts. Teacher toolkits pro
Preview of Classify Figures Math Unit - 5th grade - Notes, Activities, Assessment

Classify Figures Math Unit - 5th grade - Notes, Activities, Assessment

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Classifying geometric figures isn't always as easy as it may seem! Students need to practice with a variety of figures and learn the definitions and attributes of each polygon to master this skill! This teacher's toolkit includes guided notes, practice, a choice board, a center, task cards, and assessment to help you teach your students to classify quadrilaterals and triangles and arrange the figures into a hierarchy. These resources provide you with extra practice and other tools for your stude
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Hi! I'm Angela, a STEM teacher in Las Vegas, Nevada. I've been teaching for 20 years and love making useful, intentional STEM, technology and math resources to help make your life easier as a teacher!

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As a STEM teacher, it's all about problem-solving and teamwork.

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My own education history

I received a Bachelors Degree from the University of Nevada, Reno in Human Development and Family Studies. I also received my teaching certificate from UNR. I have my Masters Degree in Educational Technology from Lesley University.

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I'm the mother of a high schooler and my husband is a Physical Education teacher. We love to swim, read, and play games. Our latest passion is taking cruises as a family before my daughter goes off to college!