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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

A bundle of low prep, highly engaging, and academically relevant printable and digital interactive math notebook materials for your 6th grade curriculum? Yes... here it is! This year long bundle is a huge value for any Common Core or Texas TEKS sixth grade math classroom. How is this bundle different than others available?Each notebook set has three parts: a half page notes, interactive and often reusable practice activities, and a test prep style assessment. Most other notebook bundles offer on

Use these Halloween math worksheets to have some fun in your middle school class! These no prep math activities are fall themed with both a printable or Google Slides version. The content features order of operations, equivalent fractions, decimals, and percents, integer operations, and logic puzzles... and all of the activities feature a fall favorite, trick or treat candy! A digital Google Slides version is also included! Use it in your virtual classroom or go paperless!Candy Corn Order of O

This STEM project with a math emphasis is great for middle school students to review ratios, rates, percents, and percent bar graphs! Use anytime, but especially during Spring and Easter time, this math mini project is a great way to bring some fun and real-world application into your middle school math classroom. Students will plan a garden using realistic data researched from planting almanacs to decide where to plant tomatoes, carrots, lettuce, and other veggies. Once students design their

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

Introduce integers to your middle school students using models and word problems with this interactive integer operations and integer number sense unit bundle. Adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing integers as well as absolute value and other integer topics are covered. This bundle included five integer resources that emphasize using models such as number lines, algebra tiles, and problem-solving to develop an understanding of positive and negative numbers. Aligned to the 6th grade Te

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

Write and solve one-step equations from real world word problem solving scenarios. Thirty-two rigorous task cards have students practice writing and solving one-step equations with a variety of numbers: integers, fractions, and decimals. The numbers have been selected so that students must use the inverse operation instead of being able to automatically “see” the answer. This activity is designed to be used once students are already familiar with one-step equations and not as an introductory les

This is a comprehensive set of interactive notes for introducing integers. The notes include real-world integer vocabulary and integer operations. Each set of notes is completely unique to this resource with original art work on the real world integer vocabulary notes. Everything is designed to be easy to cut and provide modeling practice, discovery, and problem solving for introductory integers and integer operations. Wait!!! Save more than $5 by purchasing this resource in the Integer Unit

This resource is perfect for introducing order of operations to your fifth or sixth class with the included interactive notebook materials, two-sided work mat, and order of operations practice task cards. There are two levels of task cards included to get your students started! What's included:GEMA Bulletin Board KitTask Card Set 1Task Card Set 2Interactive Notebook MaterialsWork MatInteractive Notebook MaterialsUse the notes to help your students remember the steps to solving order of operatio

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

This Thanksgiving math mini packet will be fun for your students and absolutely no prep for you! It is 100% digital and 100% print and go. Whether you want your students to work through Google apps or on paper, this set of Thanksgiving problem solving activities is perfect for your middle school classroom. Thanksgiving Dinner Problem SolvingUse this activity to keep your students’ brains going those last few days before break! The problems here use a mix of middle school level math topics relat

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

These three prime and composite number math centers and games are designed to reinforce prime and composite identification with numbers 1 through 100. A Venn diagramming activity has students sort numbers by properties such as prime and composite and even and odd. A recording sheet with open ended questions is included to push the students to think deeply about the relationship between the numbers’ properties. The second game is a maze that challenges students to move based on whether the num

Practice integers with seven math centers that cover a range of introductory skills students need to master integer operations. Integer vocabulary, integer modeling with algebra tiles, number lines, and tables, as well as problem solving are practiced in these math centers. Each game includes student instructions and a teacher guide to help you set up your center. Each activity also includes an answer key or an example of possible student work to make grading easy. Included in this collection

Finding TEKS aligned task cards for your sixth grade math class doesn't have to be hard! This set of editable task cards is created specifically for the TEKS. Careful research has been done to make sure that each task card not only aligns to the Texas TEKS but also is similar to the rigor expected on the STAAR test. Each set includes multiple-choice questions and open-ended questions similar to the new STAAR item types. Approximately 30% of the task cards are new item types styles similar t

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 two-step whole number multiplication and division problems. Multiplication problems are up to 3-digit by 2-digit and the division problems are up to 4-digit dividends and 2-digit divisor

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

Calculate the area of triangles, parallelograms, and trapezoids with positive rational dimensions with this fun mini golf themed task card set! Make a great math center for your middle school classroom with these 18 holes of golf. Each card has original figures with fraction, decimal, or whole number dimensions with simple and composite shapes. Check out the preview to see if this great activity is right for your classroom!This area task card set includes: •18 area task cards {One for each h