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Want a convenient way to encourage deep thinking as per Common Core as well as some engaging math activities? The 20 area and perimeter task cards use real life problems about rectangles. If you are looking for digital area and perimeter virtual manipulatives to help you teach remotely, click here. How can I use this product?The cards can be used as a math center. I have used these as prompts for their math journal or in a Scoot game. Students can do two a day for a whole week. How is this p

This hands-on cooperative activity is a great way to introduce parts of a circle. How can I use this product?Using simple paper clips, partners work together and discover the ratios between radius, circumference, and diameter by seeing patterns. Fun, creative activity that also encourages teamwork and cooperation. It's a good math center as well. What is included?1 pdf file with: * 2 pages of complete instructions * 1 page of a student log sheet * 1 answer key See a blog post that shows stude

Using the three square paper rectangle, students fold and bend (along the creases) to match the puzzle shapes. Great for growth mindset, introducing polygons, and a no-tech puzzle for family math night or for a quick math center for early finishers. Note: The Preview shows most of this fun resource! How can I use this product?This can be a fun whole class activity, either on your shared screen or printed. But I also include instructions for self-guided center. Would be an awesome Family Math Nig

** Adapted from my Best Seller ** Want a convenient way to encourage deep thinking and learn essential applicable area skills? The 12 area and perimeter task cards use real life problems. Please note that all questions are about rectangles. The questions are exactly the same as my Area and Perimeter Best Seller, only with metric measurements. How can I use this product?The cards can be used as a math center. I have used these as prompts for their math journal or in a Scoot game. Students can do

A collection of ready to go, engaging, and classroom tested pattern activities and worksheets that help build a strong math foundation by recognizing and understanding the purpose and power of patterns. Perfect for math stations and centers. Different levels of activities to handle a variety of math learners. Most are hands-on! How can I use this product?The collection includes activities to introduce, reinforce, or review patterns in a whole class setting, small groups through centers, as well

Want to introduce the relationships between radius, diameter, and circumference in a hands-on artful activity? Then check out these two activities that help students become familiar with compasses to draw circles, as well as see the relationship between radius and circumference. How can I use this product?These activities can be used as a whole class activity, small groups/partners, as well as a math center. I also had this set up at as Family Math Night Center. The results can be put on a bulle

This game teaches or reinforces multiplication arrays. Players take turns rolling the two dice and then coloring on the grid. The last person to fit their array on wins. The file has complete instructions, one variation, plus a grid to print out. Do you have other products that are related? Please check out all my multiplication activities! Is this available in a bundle? This activity is bundled with Ten Best Selling Multiplication Products for a 20% savings. Common Core Standards: 3.MD.5:

40 Real Life Photos of Array Cards - This set of angle photo cards give your students more experience viewing, estimating, and measuring angles using real life photos. Students will estimate the angle, measure it, and then record the difference. How can I use this product?Printed in full color, this set of task cards can be used for a math center. You can also easily display them through your computer or iPad. I have used these as prompts for their math journal or as a whole group activity. Wh

How can I use this product?This I Have, Who Has game is a fun way for your class to review math geometry terms. The game is engaging, and helps with test prep, listening, fluency, mental math, and cooperation. I use these to start the math class. What is included?This game pack includes 37 cards with geometry terms: 2D, Acute Angle, Area, Circle, Circumference, Compass, Congruent, Diameter, Equilateral triangle, Heptagon, Hexagon, Horizontal Line, Intersecting Lines, Kite, Line Segment, Line, O

This is a fun and engaging activity that has students figuring out how many police officers to secure the perimeter and cover the area of different bank floor plans. Each bank also has different amounts of money in the vault that they need to secure. The students read a page of the procedure manual and then practice using different floor plans. They record the answers in a police log book. My students love this math center! There are mini-police officers if they want to actually place them aroun

These 30 shape (2D to 3D) think sheets (worksheets) can be used to reinforce, review, and challenge fraction knowledge. The collection progresses from basics like squares and other quadrilaterals to challenging decagons and triangular prisms. The sheets review the following: 2D Shapes - quadrilaterals (squares, rectangles, parallelograms, rhombi, trapezoids, kites), circle, triangles (right, equilateral, isosceles/obtuse, scalene obtuse), regular polygons (pentagon, hexagon, heptagon), irregular

This is an area activity that students immediately relate to. How many people can they invite to a slumber party, determined by the amount of floor space and the size of a sleeping bag? Using four different scenarios (increasing in complexity), the students will use grids and scaled down sleeping bags to help figure out the answer. This activity goes beyond figuring out area based on squares, to real life situations using rectangular sleeping bags. My students love this math center! Note: T

You are the boss of Ms. Terra Cotta Tile Company and your students are your designers. You assign each student one of 24 clients and your designers need to make draft designs, order samples from the warehouse, and create the final design and bid. The final design can be made with 1 inch construction squares (you cut). This activity goes beyond figuring out area based on squares, to real life situations using a tile project. My students love this activity. 12/20: Now updated to include a dista

Want a convenient way to encourage deep thinking as per Common Core? The 20 task cards use real life perimeter rectangle problems. Updated with eight more tasks! How can I use this product?The cards can be used as a math center. I have used these as prompts for their math journal. Students can do two a day for a whole week. Uses both US and Metric measurements. What is included?1 pdf file with 16 pages * 3 pages of cover/copyright info * 5 pages with four tasks on each page (landscape) * 1 page

The 12 worksheets will help your students learn about identifying, measuring, estimating angles using engaging and real-life activities. These go beyond the standard boring worksheets and require thinking and problem-solving! Perfect for common core standards 4.MD.5, 4.MD.6, and 4.MD.7. Note: Click the PREVIEW button above to see samples of most worksheets. How can I use this product?Just print and copy a set for each student to have them work through the sheets on their own or in a small group

This product is an excellent tool to use when teaching your students about circles. The PDF file contains two 8 ½ x 11 charts: Parts of a Circle and Circumference Formula, as well as a seven slide/page process explaining the formula for the area of a circle. How can I use this product?They can be used on a anchor chart, bulletin board, as well as put inside a journal. As well as a class discussion on the formula of the are of a circle. The formula for the area of a circle is based upon dividin

This set of number puzzle cards will help your students practice figuring out area and perimeter. They will also need to use algebraic thinking to solve . These cards progress from easier (with grids) to more difficult (rectangular shapes w/o grids). Perfect for distance learning and Google Classrooms. If you are looking for an interactive digital teacher tool to help you teach area and perimeter virtually, click here. How can I use this product?As a math center, you can have these available

Want a convenient way to encourage deep thinking as per Common Core? These 76 task cards use real life area, perimeter, and circumference problems. How can I use this product?The cards can be used as a math center. I have used these as prompts for my students’ math journals. What is included?I bundled all four task card products, which you can view by clicking the links below and see a detailed description of each. 20 Perimeter Task Cards20 Area and Perimeter Task Cards12 Circumference Task Car

Pi Day Bundle - This is a money saving collection of ALL four of my circle products, click on each one to see a preview: * Radius, Diameter, Circumference Ratios Discover using Paperclips ($2 value) 7 pages * Ten Real Life Applicable Circumference Task Cards ($2 value) 5 pages * Circle and Compass Craftivity: Exploring Radius and Circumference ($2 value) 7 pages * Circle Charts: Parts of a circle, Circumference Formula and Area Process Chart ($3 value) 15 pages How do I connect with Evil Mat

Fifty four simple printable cards of geometry terms for a fun class game for review. Just print, cut, and play! There are six blank cards for you to add other terms. Terms included: 180°, 360°, 45°, 90°, Acute angle, Angle, Area, Centimeter, Circumference, Compass, Congruent, Cube, Cylinder, Diameter, Equiangular triangle, Equilateral triangle, Hexagon, Inch Intersection, Isosceles triangle, Line Segment, Lines, Meter, Obtuse angle, Octagon, Parallel, Parallelogram, Pentagon, Perimeter, Perp