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Middle school math meets Christmas holiday fun with six no prep puzzle pages for order of operations, integer, fraction, and problem solving review! All you need to do is print and copy! These easy to prepare activity pages are perfect for the last few days before the holidays. The only additional supplies needed are colored pencils, crayons, or markers, for the “Color the Answer” pages. Each page also has fun illustrations for your students to color because even “big kids” like to color! Tic

Differentiating between multiplication and division in fraction word problems and correctly applying the algorithm is an important operation and problem solving skill under the Common Core and Texas TEKS. Scaffold student understanding of this difficult skill with an engaging math center activity. Use resource for small group instruction or as an independent student center to help your students master multiplication and division of fractions, including mixed numbers. Google Sheets Virtual Learn

Explore the relationship between mixed numbers and improper fractions using pattern blocks and these three specially designed activities: building mixed numbers and improper fractions task cards, fractions on a number line activity sheet, and mixed number and improper fraction word problems. Each activity works with the included Pattern Block Mat and uses pattern block manipulatives to represent wholes, halves, thirds, and sixths. An answer key is included for the word problems. This resource

These three different no prep math centers for practicing simplifying fractions are as engaging and fun as they are easy to prepare. All you need to have centers ready for your students are pencils and a few paper clips, and copies of the activities, of course! Spins and SquaresThere are four versions of Spins and Squares, a twist on a capture the box game. Students get to connect points when they correctly simplify a fraction made by spinning a numerator and denominator. Math SearchMath Searc

As teachers, we know how difficult it can be for students to learn how to add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators. Use this introductory lesson and pattern blocks manipulatives to help students gain confidence! This lesson includes a set of guided task cards to use to introduce the manipulative. Then, with word problems that have been carefully composed to work with this manipulative and mat, you can teach addition and subtraction in real-world context. Also included are twelve

It's the end of the year, and you need easy to prep and fun work for your middle school math class. These three different activities are perfect for you when you need engaging print-and-go activities to review materials learned during the school year. These are great for keeping class academic during that end of the school year time while still having some fun! Key idea: it will keep you, your students, and your administrators happy!Spins & SquaresThis fun game is an academic take on the trad

Use this set of 20 real-world word problems about adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators to make an engaging math center for your students! Students need a lot of practice when mastering addition and subtraction of fractions with unlike denominators, so grab this resource. The word problems use both fractions and mixed numbers. Some problems require regrouping. To help keep your students engaged, a game board and a spinner are also included to use with the task cards. A re

Have students practice writing equivalent forms of numbers as fractions, decimals, or percents using these math center activities. A set of 96 cards in 24 matching sets can be used to create math centers games or used with two extension activities. Money models are used with the half, fourths, tenths, twentieths, and hundredths and fraction models are use with fifths, thirds, and eighths. The Percent Model Work Mat is used to model the equivalence of numbers by scaffolding students from a hun

Introduce and practice modeling fraction addition and subtraction with this complete interactive notebook set. The mini book introduces and illustrates using area models, set models, number lines, and strip diagrams or bar models. Also included are two practice activities that will fit perfectly in your students' composition notebooks or math journals. A four question formative assessment in test prep format assesses how your students apply their newly learned skills. Use your lesson time

Introduce adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators by finding a common denominator with this notebook set that aligns to the Texas TEKS and Common Core fifth grade math standards. All pieces are designed to fit perfectly in your students' notebooks or composition books and include a comic strip, a problem solving practice activity, and a four question, test-prep style formative assessment. Check out the preview to see everything included!Comic book style notes4 problem solving

Discover equivalent fractions with pattern blocks when your students build models to represent equivalent fractions! This task card set includes 24 task cards and a work mat that guides students to build fraction models using pattern blocks. Pattern blocks are a great manipulative for fractions because their chunky size and easy availability make them easy for students to handle. This set includes: 24 pattern block task cards (included in color and black-and-white)pattern block work matstudent

Practice problem solving skills with positive rational number operations! Use this set of 20 task cards to create a station for your middle school students to practice interpreting one-step and multi-step story problems using fractions, mixed numbers, decimals, and whole numbers--all positive rational numbers! Problems vary in difficulty and the numbers are specifically picked to make sure the problems are challenging, but workable without a calculator. Included in this resource: ► Teacher Inst

Make analyzing data engaging with this math journal set about frequency tables, dot plots, and stem-and-leaf plots. With this quick, no-prep interactive math notebook set you can teach TEKS 4.9A and 4.9B easily. Introduce data analysis with a mini book, practice problems, and assess with STAAR style mini-quiz. This set includes: ► Data analysis interactive mini-book ► 6 problem solving questions ► Reusable "Spin the Data" interactive practice activity ► 5-question multiple choice assessment Ch

Get your students moving and doing math with this improper fraction to mixed number game. Your students will have a great time "swatting" the bugs to match improper fractions to mixed numbers in this fun math center. This game is perfect for when your students need an active, but academic game, to get their brains going! This fun spring game resource includes:student and teacher instructionsimproper fraction spinner board30 mixed number playing cardsanswer key Check out more fraction resource

Have you heard of numberless word problems? Using numberless word problems is great way to change your students' thinking about problem solving and help them become resilient problem solvers! This set of 10 numberless word problems will help engage your students in mathematical discussion over single-step and multi-step fraction operation problems. Fraction operations included are: multiplication of a whole number by a fractiondivision of a unit fraction by a whole number and division of a

Have you heard of numberless word problems? Using numberless word problems is great way to change your students' thinking about problem solving and help them become resilient problem solvers! This set of 10 numberless word problems will help engage your students in mathematical discussion over TEKS 5.4B: represent and solve multi-step problems involving the four operations with whole numbers using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. All problems are at least 2 step que

In this simplifying or reducing fractions game students write a fraction from a winter themed sentence. Students then use the identity property of operations to divide the fraction to find its simplest form. To do this, students will match four cards. Once the match is made, flip the cards to reveal a snowy winter scene. If the parts of the winter scene match, the answer is correct and the fraction has been simplified! This math center game is printed in black and white and is easy to assemb

Introduce and practice regrouping with fractions and mixed numbers while adding with this notebook set that aligns to the Texas TEKS and Common Core fifth grade math standards. Use models, decomposing fractions, and algorithm to add and regroup (carry) with fractions with like and unlike denominators. All pieces are designed to fit perfectly in your students' notebooks or composition books and include a mini book, a problem solving practice activity, and a five question, test-prep style format

Introduce Common Core 5.NF.B.3 with this math interactive notebook activity. This set has everything you need to teach and practice fractions as a representation of division of the numerator and denominator. Students practice with word problems creating fractions and then using division to create mixed numbers. They will also determine which whole numbers the quotient falls between using division and a number line The materials also include one practice activities and a 5 question test prep

Review or teach simplifying fractions using these notes for your students' math journals. This resource includes easy to prepare cut and fold notes, a simplifying fractions practice activity, and a writing prompt. All pieces are designed to fit neatly into your students' interactive notebooks and are jam-packed with info to minimize copying, cutting, folding, and gluing so that you can make the most of your prep and instructional time. Check out the preview to see everything that is included!