Joyce Talbott

Decomposing Rectangles to Find Area: Page 1) Cut apart six 3x4 rectangles to cover figures to show how area can be determined by actually (or mentally) breaking apart figures; Page 2) Area is the same in equally sized and divided rectangles if same portion is chosen. Page 3) Determine and choose numerical expressions of area of figures marked with measurement of sides (not square units) using multiplication and addition. Page 4) Determine numerical expressions of area of composite rectangles an

Real World Relationship Tables – 20 Word Problems   20 (STAAR 3.5.E) Word Problems using number pairs and tables to represent real world relationships. These are word problems connecting to function tables that use the relationship between multiplication and division. These 20 (newly revised and written) problems have students draw models and relate multiplication and division concretely in order to solve.   (3.5) Algebraic reasoning. The student applies mathematical process standards to analyze

Students who struggle with rounding often have trouble with the abstract nature of using place value to determine rounding solutions. Number lines offer a more concrete approach that makes more sense to some students. Being able to fluently round to tens and hundreds is a basic skill. Students should plot where each number is located and then circle the ten or hundred to which it is closest. On the first page, 2 examples are given for rounding to tens and hundreds, 10 problems are provided w

FREEBIE! These 7 bar graphs have been especially designed to address a type of questioning used on the Texas STAAR tests where students are required to find the “missing bar” by reading and adding the existing bars together and subtracting that sum from the total. There are several of these on released versions of the STAAR 2013 and 2014. Copyright © 2014 Joyce Talbott All rights reserved by author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution limited to single c