Effective Math Lessons

Sixth Grade Geometry 3 - Areas of Parallelograms, Rhombuses and Trapezoids Powerpoint Lesson is powerful when used as direct instruction in the classroom, on-line or individually. It teaches students how to find the area of the parallelogram, rhombus (2 methods), and the trapezoid. There are 22 effective teaching strategies based on research used in this lesson. For best results, students should have white boards and dry erase markers. For instructions on how to successfully use this po

Fifth Grade Geometry 5 - Volume Powerpoint Lesson is powerful when used as direct instruction in the classroom, on-line, or individually. It teaches students how to use the unit cube to find volume. Then the lesson teaches students how to use the formula length x width x height = volume and how to apply the formula to find the answer. There are 22 effective teaching strategies based on research used in this lesson. For best results, students should have white boards and dry erase marke

Fifth Grade Geometry 4 - Classifying Solids Powerpoint Lesson is powerful when used as direct instruction in the classroom, on-line, or individually. It teaches students 8 different types of polyhedron prisms and their characteristics: triangular prism, cube, rectangular prism, pentagonal prism, pentagonal prism, hexagonal prism, octagonal prism and decagonal prism. Next the lesson teaches students 4 different types of polyhedron pyramids and their characteristics: triangular pyramid, sq

Fifth Grade Geometry 3 - Classifying Quadrilaterals Powerpoint Lesson is powerful when used as direct instruction in the classroom, on-line, or individually. It teaches students 5 different types of quadrilaterals: parallelogram, square, rectangle, rhombus, and trapezoid. The lesson also teaches students how the quadrilateral family is related so that students can see how one type may fit under several categories. There are 22 effective teaching strategies based on research used in this l

Fifth Grade Geometry 2 - Classifying Triangles teaches students 3 different types of triangles based on sides: equilateral, isosceles, and scalene. This is perfect for distance learning on Zoom or similar formats. On top of that it is powerful when used as direct instruction in the classroom. The lesson also teaches students 3 different types of triangles based on angles: obtuse, acute and right. There are 22 effective teaching strategies based on research used in this lesson. For b

Fifth Grade Geometry 1 - Classifying Polygons Powerpoint Lesson is powerful when used as direct instruction in the classroom, on-line or individually. It teaches students how to use the properties of polygons to classify them into groups. Students learn to identify polygons according to the number of sides they have. They also learn to identify which polygons are regular and which are not regular. There are 22 effective teaching strategies based on research used in this lesson. For

Seventh Grade Geometry 6 - Area of Circles - This is perfect for distance learning on Zoom or similar formats. On top of that it is powerful when used as direct instruction in the classroom. Students will learn the formula for finding the area of a circle and use that information to solve problems. In addition, they will learn how to use the formula for finding area to also find the radius and diameter of a circle. This lesson covers Common Core Standard 7.G.4. There are 22 effecti

Seventh Grade Geometry 5 - Circumference teaches students the formula for finding the circumference of a circle and use that information to solve problems. This is perfect for when used as direct instruction in the classroom, on-line, or individually. In addition, students will learn the relationship between the diameter and the circumference and how that information is the basis for pi. This lesson covers Common Core Standard 7.G.4. There are 22 effective teaching strategies based on

Seventh Grade Geometry 4 - Angle Relationships - This is perfect for distance learning on Zoom or similar formats. On top of that it is powerful when used as direct instruction in the classroom. It teaches students to identify and know the properties of vertical, complementary, supplementary and adjacent angles. They will be able to use this knowledge to solve unknown angles. In addition, students will be able to use equations and the knowledge of these angles to solve unknown angles. T

Seventh Grade Geometry 2 - Geometric Drawings - This is perfect for distance learning on Zoom or similar formats. On top of that it is powerful when used as direct instruction in the classroom. Students will learn to draw freehand with ruler and protractor, and with technology geometric shapes with given conditions. They will also be able to construct triangles from three measures of angles or sides, noticing when the conditions determine a unique triangle, 2 triangles or no triangle. T

Seventh Grade Scale Drawings - This is perfect for distance learning on Zoom or similar formats. On top of that it is powerful when used as direct instruction in the classroom. It teaches students how to solve problems involving scale drawings of geometric figures. It includes computing actual lengths and areas from a scale drawing and reproducing a scale drawing with a different scale. This lesson covers the common core standards for 7th grade math 7.RP.1 and 7.RP.2b. There are 22 ef

Sixth Grade Geometry 8 - Surface Area Using Nets Powerpoint Lesson it is powerful when used as direct instruction in the classroom, on-line or individually. It teaches students how to make nets of the following solids: cube, rectangular prism, triangular prism, tetrahedron, square pyramid, and rectangular pyramid. Students then learn to use those nets to find the surface area of each solid. There are 22 effective teaching strategies based on research used in this lesson. For best resul

Sixth Grade Geometry 7 - 3D Figures (Solids) and Their Nets Powerpoint Lesson is powerful when used as direct instruction in the classroom, on-line or individually. It teaches students how to identify the following solids: cube, rectangular prism, triangular prism, tetrahedron, square pyramid, and rectangular pyramid. In addition, students learn to identify the nets of each one of these solids. There are 22 effective teaching strategies based on research used in this lesson. For best r

Sixth Grade Geometry 6 - Polygons in the Coordinate Plane Powerpoint Lesson is powerful when used as direct instruction in the classroom, on-line or individually. It teaches students how to draw polygons in the coordinate plane, find their coordinates and use those coordinates to find the measurement of the sides. With those measurements they solve real world problems such as perimeter and area. If students have not learned how to plot in the 4 quadrants of the coordinate plane I would

Sixth Grade Geometry 5 - Volume Powerpoint Lesson is powerful when used as direct instruction in the classroom, on-line, or individually. It teaches students how to use the formula V=lwh to find the volume of rectangular prisms and cubes that have whole number, decimal, and fractional sides. Students are also shown how to find the number of fractional cubes that will fit inside a container and how that compares with the regular volume. There are 22 effective teaching strategies base

Sixth Grade Geometry 4 - Using Equations to Solve Area Problems Powerpoint Lesson is powerful when used as direct instruction in the classroom, on-line, or individually. It teaches students how to find the missing information in area problems of squares, parallelograms, trapezoids and triangles using equations. There is also a review of the following area formulas: rectangles, squares, parallelograms, rhombuses, trapezoids and triangles. There are 22 effective teaching strategies based on

Sixth Grade Geometry 2 - Area of Rectangles and Squares Powerpoint Lesson is powerful when used as direct instruction in the classroom, on-line or individually. It teaches students how to find the area of rectangles and squares with regular, fractional and mixed numbers. Students are also taught how to find a missing side when the area is known. In addition, students are taught how to find the areas of polygons with multiple combined shapes. There are 22 effective teaching strategies b

Sixth Grade Geometry 1 - Area of Triangles Powerpoint Lesson is powerful when used as direct instruction in the classroom, on-line, or individually. It teaches students how to find the area of a triangle using whole and rational numbers. Students are also given complex shapes where they have to decompose them into simple shapes so that the areas can be found. There are 22 effective teaching strategies based on research used in this lesson. For best results, students should have whit

Sixth Grade Graphing Equations Powerpoint Lesson is powerful when used as direct instruction in the classroom, on-line, or individually. It teaches students how to move back and forth between the t-chart table, the equation, and plotting on the graph. There is a quick review of coordinate plane geometry. There are 22 effective teaching strategies based on research used in this lesson. For best results, students should have white boards and dry erase markers. For instructions on how to

Fifth Grade Coordinate Geometry and Ordered Pairs - This is perfect for distance learning on Zoom or similar formats. On top of that it is powerful when used as direct instruction in the classroom. It teaches students how to identify ordered pairs and how to plot ordered pairs. Students learn the following terms: grid, coordinate grid, x axis, y axis, coordinates, and ordered pair. There are 22 effective teaching strategies in this lesson. For best results, students should have white b