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This fun Halloween-themed worksheet is a great way to sneak in some practice on number series. Use this to practice for the Number Series section of the CogAT or general number patterns practice. There are 4 patterns: an increasing pattern, two ABAB patterns, and an ABCABC pattern. It's good practice to expose students to a variety of types of patterns so they can learn to recognize them. Practice makes perfect, and the more practice you give your child, the more "second-nature" pattern recogni

Students will fill in the missing spots on the ladybugs to follow the pattern. This worksheet is good practice for the Number Series section of the CogAT. Skills: pattern recognition, numbers For more worksheets and activities, check out my store or visit my website at www.expandingmindslearning.com.

Cornell notes with answer key, covering the commutative property, associative property, identity property, inverse property, property of zero, distributive property, reflexive property, symmetric property, and transitive property.

Cornell notes format - how to solve one-step equations - blank copy and key included. Perfect as a refresher in Algebra I or a stand-alone lesson in middle school math.

This game is fantastic whenever you have a lot of fun-size bags of M&Ms on hand (think Halloween or Easter). Sort the M&Ms by color, then create a picture graph showing how many of each color. Then eat them, of course! This is great practice for sorting colors, and a fun and simple introduction to graphing. I've also included some blank sorting and graphing pages for when you have those bags with special holiday colors. For more worksheets and activities, check out my store or visit my websi

I use this worksheet for a warm-up/refresher after studying volume and surface area. It works great as an interactive lesson/class notes too, because the students must list out all the formulas and show all their steps. This packet contains one rectangular prism. -In question 1, students will find the area and perimeter of each face. -In question 2, students will find the surface area two different ways: using a net and using the formula. -In question 3, students will find the volume using t

Over 10 worksheets and activities included in this packet! Block Patterns - cut out the block shapes and put them together to make the given pattern Figure Classification - find the figure that doesn't belong with the others Clockwise and Counterclockwise Cardinal Directions (north, south, east, west) - follow directions on a grid Left and Right from different perspectives Horizontal, Vertical, and Diagonal Tallest vs. Shortest - around the neighborhood theme Less Than - fire engine theme Most

Start working on time concepts with your students. This packet slowly introduces the concepts of time with four activities. 1. introduction to AM vs PM - listing morning and night-time activities 2. ordering events in your daily schedule 3. comparing pairs of times and determining which comes first 4. counting days on a calendar For more worksheets and activities, check out my store or visit my website at www.expandingmindslearning.com.

Practice with the fraction 1/2 (one-half) with this animal-themed worksheet. This worksheet includes 5 fraction model problems plus an answer key. For more worksheets and activities check out my store or visit my website at www.expandingmindslearning.com.

Addition and Subtraction with Models This packet includes 6 different worksheets, all with different themes: cats, apples, fairy tales (Hansel and Gretel), zoo animals, cookies, and rocks. For more worksheets and activities, check out my store or visit my website at www.expandingmindslearning.com.

Our Valentine's Day activity packet includes five fun activities for a variety of ability levels: 1. Addition Fact Families – students write two addition equations given a set of three numbers 2. Valentine’s Word Search – easy difficulty level, so this would be appropriate for a wider range of students 3. Read About Your Heart – a short reading passage about the human heart with a few comprehension questions at the end 4. Valentine Sudoku – a hands-on version of Sudoku using candy hearts (or

Subitizing is the ability to see a quantity and instantly know how many without counting. Your students will build on this skill through elementary school, as it is a foundation for modelling addition and multiplication. Encourage your students to do this worksheet without counting the bears. For more worksheets and activities, check out my store or visit my website at www.expandingmindslearning.com.

This is a great packet for spring break or summer vacation. Included are three beach-themed activities. 1. Sand Art - learn about measuring volume or weight 2. Sorting - find patterns in nature 3. Short Story - read a short story and answer comprehension questions. For more worksheets and activities, check out my store or visit my website at www.expandingmindslearning.com.

We probably all started adding and subtracting using our fingers as a visual. It’s a great and easy way to model addition and subtraction within ten. As your students start learning how to add and subtract, encourage the use of models. This will help them understand the concept, rather than just memorizing facts. Some suggestions for models include using fingers, objects, pictures, tally marks, and much more. This set of worksheets includes a page of addition and a page of subtraction and an an

Cornell Notes over number classifications, real, rational, irrational, integers, whole, and natural numbers

Practice using ordinal numbers (first, second, third, etc) by lining up the ducks in the correct order. Students will also get to work on scissor skills and practicing colors. Materials Needed: scissors glue or tape For more worksheets and activities, check out my store or visit my website at www.expandingmindslearning.com. Don't forget to leave me some feedback and a great rating if you're happy with my products!

Cornell Notes over Distributive Property - definition and lots of examples

The Money Game is a fun way for kids to learn about coins and their values and to practice sorting, counting, and skip counting. I play this at home with my kids and tutoring students, but it would work well in a classroom too. We dump out our piggy bank then sort the coins by type. I encourage the kids to say the name of each coin as they put it in the correct pile, especially if they are just learning about coins. For younger students, we just count the coins. For more advanced students, w