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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 5th Grade Fractions Digital Exit Tickets | Distance Learning

5th Grade Fractions Digital Exit Tickets | Distance Learning

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Use Google Forms or Google Classroom to quickly assess your students' understanding of the fraction skills you have been teaching! This set includes 44 different exit tickets you can use and covers all 5th grade fraction standards! What Are Digital Exit Tickets?These exit tickets are a collection of Google Forms that can be assigned through Google Classroom or shared via a link with students. They are self-grading and fully editable. What Skills are Covered in this Product?See the product previ
Preview of Volume of Rectangular Prisms Boom Card Bundle

Volume of Rectangular Prisms Boom Card Bundle

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Four sets of Boom Cards to help students practice finding the volume of rectangular prisms and composite figures made of rectangular prisms. Also includes a set containing real world word problems. Problems begin at an entry-level that allows students to count the unit cubes to find volume. Then, as students work through the various decks, the problems increase in difficulty. Addresses all 5th grade common core volume standards. Boom Cards live in the cloud. They can't be printed. They play on
Preview of Volume of Rectangular Prisms Real World Problems - Boom Cards| Distance Learning

Volume of Rectangular Prisms Real World Problems - Boom Cards| Distance Learning

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Students will solve real world problems involving the volume of rectangular prisms including single rectangular prisms and the volume of composite figures made of rectangular prisms. All sides of the rectangular prisms in this set are whole numbers. Answer choices are multiple choice and fill in the blank. Addresses Common Core Standards: 5.MD.C.5b - Apply the formulas V = l × w × h and V = b × h for rectangular prisms to find volumes of right rectangular prisms with whole-number edge lengt
Preview of Fractions as Division - Boom Cards | Distance Learning

Fractions as Division - Boom Cards | Distance Learning

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Students practice identifying division as a fraction with this set of 22 Boom Cards. Tasks include interpreting a division problem as a fraction or a mixed number, telling which two whole numbers the quotient will lie between, telling whether each quotient will be more or less than one, and solving a variety of word problems. Answer choices vary between multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank written responses. Get a Sneak PeekSelect "Preview" to access a clickable link to a live preview of these
Preview of Add & Subtract Fractions Word Problems - Boom Cards | Distance Learning

Add & Subtract Fractions Word Problems - Boom Cards | Distance Learning

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Students practice solving one- and two-step word problems that require addition and subtract of fractions with unlike denominators using these 12 Boom Cards. Tired of printing, laminating, and cutting task cards? Looking for a tool that is self-grading, able to give students immediate feedback, able to be used on tablets, computers, and interactive whiteboards? Want something to post for your students on Google Classroom? Boom Learning is an amazing tool to help solve these problems! To use Boo
Preview of 4th Grade Weekly Math Homework

4th Grade Weekly Math Homework

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Math homework choice board for fourth grade. This year long set includes NO PREP weekly math homework activities for 36 weeks of school. All 4th grade math common core state standards are covered in this bundle. Each weekly homework topic includes a grid of 9 activity choices for one side of the page and math problems, geometric figures, a graphic organizer, or numbers to be used in math problems on the back. Topics Included in the Bundle:• Read and write whole numbers • Multiply by ten • Compar
Preview of Daily Math Warm Up - 5th Grade

Daily Math Warm Up - 5th Grade

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36 weeks of daily math warm up exercises and weekly quizzes for fifth grade math. Each daily activity is presented on one slide with a weekly quiz for the end of each week. The weekly quiz focuses on one skill that was practiced during the week. Features- Daily activities labeled with letters to be flexible during short school weeks - Quizzes each focus on a single standard or skill - ideal for standards-based grading practices - Skills are introduced at a beginner level. If you haven't taught t
Preview of Convert Metric Units Task Cards

Convert Metric Units Task Cards

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Convert metric units of all types with these 4 sets of differentiated task cards. This set will help you teach conversions within the metric system and assign differentiated practice to your groups. Students will complete simple metric conversions, two-step problems, word problems, and find perimeter, then convert the units. Since this collection of task cards is made up of four distinct sets, it makes the perfect addition to your collection of practice centers! With these task cards, you can ea
Preview of Multiply with Fractions Word Problem Task Cards

Multiply with Fractions Word Problem Task Cards

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Set of 24 task cards to practice solving word problems that involve multiplying fractions. These story problems help students solve and identify real-life situations involving the multiplication of fractions and whole numbers by fractions. Also included are four bonus cards for fast finishers and extension activities. Common Core Standard 5.NF.B.4 - Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication to multiply a fraction or whole number by a fraction. Materials Included - 24 Task Car
Preview of Volume Task Cards Common Core

Volume Task Cards Common Core

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Set of 24 task cards to practice finding volume of rectangular prisms and two non-overlapping rectangular prisms in real-world situations. Common Core Standard 5.MD.C Geometric measurement: understand concepts of volume and relate volume to multiplication and to addition. Materials Included - 24 Task Cards in color - 24 Task Cards in blackline - Answer Recording Sheet - Answer Key Setup Task cards can be printed in a variety of ways depending on your personal preferences and available mater
Preview of Interpreting Fractions as Division Task Cards - 5th Grade CCSS

Interpreting Fractions as Division Task Cards - 5th Grade CCSS

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Help students practice finding the correlation between division problems and fractions through word problems, number sentences, and logical reasoning. Answers can be fractions, mixed numbers, or whole numbers. ⭐ Materials Included- 32 Task Cards in color - 32 Task Cards in blackline - Answer Recording Sheet - Answer Key This task card set addresses the following standard:5.NF.B.3 - Interpret a fraction as division of the numerator by the denominator (a/b = a ÷ b). Solve word problems involving d
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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!