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Are you looking for a creative outlet without sacrificing content? This holiday card activity is the perfect way to blend math and ELA with your students’ artistic talents. They will simply answer each question, then add design elements to a greeting card based on their answers. To connect to writing, you could have students write friendly letters or poems on the inside of the cards. To extend this activity to a community building exercise, you could have students trade cards, give cards to teac

Great for ELL and Newcomer students! This cut and glue activity is a great way to build language foundations in mathematics. The directions are simple. Students will cut the 3 forms of numbers (Spanish, English, and Symbol). Then, students will glue them in rows onto the chart. I like to have students make their own chart in a notebook so they can reference it throughout the year. That part is up to you! If needed, students could use Google Translate to help. I like for students to pract

Rounding on a Number Line This PowerPoint is an excellent tool for introducing rounding or reviewing at the end of the year. I prefer a more conceptual approach, so you will see this reflected in the product. -The PowerPoint begins with an analogy for rounding that students can relate to. -I have also included real-life examples to help students understand why rounding is an important skill. -The majority of the slides are dedicated to rounding using a number line. -I included a few sl

Rounding with a number-line for fourth grade. I made these task cards to meet the rigor of CCSS. I kept coming across rounding practice that only rounds to the leading digit. This resource has a variety of problems- some require students to round to the leading digit and some require students to round within the number. These task cards can be used as a center, whole group activity, cooperative learning, or guided practice. I also love to use these in small groups! I have included 2 opti

This place value product could be used as a cooperative learning activity, partner work, or a math center. All you need to do is print the version(s) you want and pull out your base ten blocks. Students will gather the blocks they need. For example, they might need 22 tens and 8 ones. Then, students determine whether or not they need to regroup. They should see that 22 tens is really 2 hundreds and 2 tens. Then, students write the number in standard form: 228. Each page has a different extens