Eric Jayne

I made this presentation to introduce my students to percents. I use this as part of my lecture to promote classroom discussion and for students to take notes from. The show walks students through the idea of breaking apart the word percent into per and cent, and it leads students through a look at both of those words/affixes. The goal is to get students to understand that percent means out of 100. The next few slides focus on converting both fractions and decimals into percents. They wal

This compound sentences quiz assesses students understanding that a compound sentence is made of more than one simple sentence combined using a coordinating conjunction (and a comma). Students are required to identify whether a sentence is a compound sentence or not, and they are also asked to correctly punctuate the use of conjunctions.

I made this contract to try to hold students accountable for their behavior. It contains a list of daily responsibilities that seem to be typical for disorganized, struggling students. Responsibilities include writing down assignments in their planner, putting papers where they belong, and following directions. I find that getting down your expectations is a good first step in holding students accountable for their behaviors, and this contract serves that purpose.

This is a brochure that outgoing students can make for incoming students (the following year) to read and learn about the grade they're entering. The brochure has areas for students to share what they learned in math, science, social studies, reading, and writing. There are also sections to describe fun activities students might do and advice that the outgoing student has. The brochure can be tri-folded, and students can design a cover, like "Welcome to ___ Grade!" I use this activity during

The common core standards place an increased focus on writing in response to reading. Students need to incorporate ideas from texts with their own ideas to answer questions related to the text. One way to assist students with this task is through the A.C.E. strategy (Answering the Question, Citing Information from the Text, and Explaining and/or Extending their Thinking). This organizer helps students focus on the individual components of A.C.E. It helps them see which areas they need to wor

I made this file to help introduce students to ratios. It's a 6 slide PowerPoint presentation that walks students through what a ratio is, when you use them, and how to write them. This is a great supplement to your ratios teaching. Be sure to view it as a show. By the way, I have another one of these files for proportions.

I made this PowerPoint to introduce students to polygons so that I could focus on quadrilaterals. This is 16-slide show that is intended to be a teaching tool that students can take notes from and a teacher can lead a discussion from. The slides give definitions and examples of polygons, including the different types of quadrilaterals.

This quiz is designed to assess students' understanding of subject and verb agreement in a sentence. There are 11 multiple-choice questions with both singular and compound subjects.

I use this presentation to introduce my students to the commutative, distributive, and associative properties of operations. The lesson starts with defining the terms commute, distribute, and associate. From there it connects those definitions to the properties and gives examples of each property. The show ends with some sample problems that students are encouraged to do mentally by using the properties. You should run this file as a show, as there are custom animations in it.

I made this presentation to help teach divisibility rules and prime and composite numbers. The show starts with a warm-up that requires a hundred chart. Students use the chart to identify composite numbers, and in the process uncover prime numbers. The following slides guide students through a review of multiples and factors and the discovery of divisibility rules.

I've bundled together my 3 ratios and proportions activity. Included in this download are 2 slideshows that can be used to introduce students to ratios and proportions. These shows will assist you in a classroom discussion/lecture on the topics, and they are a great resource for students to take notes from. The last file in this download is an activity requiring students to use the classroom map and its scale (i.e., 1 inch = 500 miles) to figure out the actual sizes and distances of objects o

This PowerPoint can be used to introduce students to graphing linear equations. It should be played as a slideshow, where it steps students through linear equations by starting with the basic idea of graphing a function. The presentation ramps up to focusing on real-life situations that might be represented by a function. The show ends by looking at different graphs and asking students to think of a real-world situation that might match the given graph.

I use this PowerPoint presentation to introduce (or in some cases review) our statistics unit. It starts off with a warm-up where students measure each other to capture some class data on height. Then the slides go through key vocabulary words, like mean, median, mode, range, outlier, data set, and cluster. Each of those slides provides a definition that students can take notes from and an example. At the end of the presentation, students are encouraged to apply these statistical measures to

This slideshow can be used to introduce the concept of comparing fractions. It's a good teaching supplement that gives students pictures and directions for comparing fractions with like and unlike denominators. The teacher can walk students through the show while they take notes off of what they see.

I made this slideshow to use as a multi-media approach to introducing my 4th graders to division. It is intended to promote and be used in conjunction with teacher explanation, class discussion, and student exploration. The show walks students through what division is/means. It progresses through comparing division to other operations, especially multiplication. Lastly, there are slides that are intended to go along with student exploration of manipulatives, so you will want to have counters

I made this activity as a way for students to think about (or realize) things they are thankful for. It's a nice activity to do in those days right before the Thanksgiving break when both teachers and students are beginning to focus on the holiday. The activity requires students to think about things that annoy them and then turn those annoyances into something they are actually thankful for. For example, vegetables annoy me, yet I am thankful for them because they are healthy for my body. In

I made this file to help introduce students to proportions. It's a 4 slide PowerPoint presentation that walks students through what a proportion is, when you use them, and how to solve them. This is a great supplement to your proportions teaching. Be sure to view it as a show.

I made this slideshow to introduce my students to the concept of simplifying fractions. The presentation provides a definition of simplifying fractions, an explanation for greatest common factor (GCF), and shows two methods for simplifying fractions. One method involves using GCF, and the other method involves using any factor. Lastly, there is a slide of practice problems to guide students through.

In the book No Talking, by Andrew Clements, students challenge each other to a day of not talking. They struggle with trying to make it through a school day without saying any words, and as a result of their trials, they learn that not talking can be not only fun but beneficial, as well. This file is for you to have your own NO TALKING day with your students. This PowerPoint file contains language arts activities that your students can do while not talking. One activity involves students com

I made these cards as a way to track good choices students are making. The way it works is you need to print out a sheet of cards and cut out each card. Printing on card stock works best. Laminate each card. Work out a goal for students to work towards (i.e., turning in homework) and give them a card to put their name on. Punch out (with a hole punch) a space in their card each time they make a positive choice towards meeting their goal. When students fill up their cards with punches, you