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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

** 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

These task cards use real life situations to understand circumference as well as encourage problem solving and deeper thinking. Perfect for 4.OA.5. How can I use this product?The 12 task cards are designed to be a math center. I have used these as prompts for their math journal. One card needs students to have cans, rulers, and string. Students can do two a day for a whole week. What is included?1 pdf file with 10 pages * 3 pages of cover/copyright info/standards * 3 pages with four circumferen

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 a fun and engaging activity that has students measuring the lengths and dimensions of snacks to see if the "snacks" pass inspection and can be put in the snack bag. Students choose from the snacks, measure them with a broken ruler, then record the results on their log. There are three ways to differentiate it. The inspection sheets are for greater than 2 inches, between 1 and 2 inches, or less than 1 inch. Also the snacks come in various sizes: to whole inches, to 1/2 inches, and to 1/4

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

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 is a fun and engaging activity that has students measuring the lengths and dimensions of snacks to see if the "snacks" pass inspection and can be put in the snack bag. Students choose from the snacks, measure them with a broken ruler, then record the results on their log. There are three ways to differentiate it. The inspection sheets are for greater than 5 centimeters, between 3 and 5 centimeters, or less than 3 centimeters. Also the snacks come in various sizes. And finally the broken rul

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

This set of 24 tasks cards reinforce area, perimeter, as well as multiples and factors by asking questions like "If my area is 24 square units, what are all my possible perimeters?" Task cards start easier and work to trickier questions so great for differentiation. How can I use this product?I have used task cards as a math center, journal prompts, whole class Scoot game, class discussions, or even assessments. But warning, the advanced task cards require some major perseverance so I wouldn’t r

These are the exact same as my best-selling task cards only a Google version. The 20 area and perimeter task cards use real life problems about rectangles. Perfect for distance learning or a Google classroom. If you are looking for an interactive teacher tool to help you teach area and perimeter virtually, click here. Example task: A rectangular dining room has a perimeter of 44 feet and the walls are ten feet high. A gallon of paint covers about 350 square feet. What are the possible length

This hands-on activity is a great way for your students to discover attributes of angles and their relationship to triangles, quadrilaterals, and pentagons. How can I use this product?The math center encourages exploration, patterns, and discovery. The final worksheets are a great addition to a math portfolio or math journal. What is included?The PDF file contains: 7 pages of step by step instructions (either printed for a math center or for you as a whole class activity) 2 worksheets 1 answer

This is the exact same as my best-selling task cards only a Google version. 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 usi

Want a convenient way to encourage deep thinking while learning essential perimeter life skills? The 20 task cards use real life perimeter problems. These questions are the same as my other set of perimeter tasks cards, only using metric measurement. 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 just metric measurements. What is included?1 pdf file with 16 pages * 3 pages of

The Angle Kit will help your students learn about identifying, measuring, estimating angles using engaging and real-life activities. All activities are engaging and require deep-thinking and perseverance making for a thorough understanding of angles. 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?The activities are great for introducing angles as a whole class, other activities are

Four area and perimeter activities that uses leaves, to give students hands on experience estimating. How can I use this product?It can be used as a whole class activity, group challenge, partner work or an individual math center. What is included?PDF File contains 11 pages 2 pages - Cover page, copyright information and notes. 1 page - Hands On Activity: Measuring Leaves 1 page - Hands On Activity: Estimating Area 1 page - Activity: Making Shapes from Squares 1 page - Hands On Activity: Leaf