Leaf and STEM Learning

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

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

This five part lesson begins by introducing the concepts of positive and negative numbers through real world examples. Then moves into modeling using algebra tiles and number lines. The next section uses basic algebra tile modeling to introduce the concepts of integer operations. Then students apply this to word problem scenarios that require them to model the situations presented with algebra tiles. The lesson finishes with a written reflection. For best results, use this activity with stud

Review TEKS 6.3C and TEKS 6.3D about adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing integers fluently as well as modeling integer operations with this 20 question task card set. This set includes questions about all integer operations and modeling integers. The questions have been carefully researched to give them a similarity to the STAAR assessment while providing novel question experiences. This set includes: 14 multiple choice questions6 NEW style questions (similar to what may be available

Who says 100th Day of School celebrations are just for elementary? Your middle school math students will enjoy this no-prep project that lets them take a look at their first 100 days of school and use their own data to explore percentages. Use this project any time near the 100th day of school as a take home project, a math center, or even for a sub plan. All you need to do is print, copy, and provide access to a school calendar so that your students know which days they were in school. There

Get your rational number unit planning started with this rigorous, yet easy to scaffold, set of resources. Introduce the rational number system and teach positive rational number operations to your 6th grade or 7th grade students. This set includes the following resources: Rational Number System Interactive Notebook Set• The Rational Number System • Whole Numbers • Integers • Rational Numbers • Comparing Rational Numbers • Ordering Rational Numbers • Absolute Value • Opposite Numbers • Fraction

These task cards allow you to differentiate practice of many number systems tasks including: classifying, comparing, ordering, and graphing rational numbers. Students also practice calculating absolute value, opposites, and additive operations with rational numbers. The grouping of the number cards into sets lets you decide the difficulty of the activity. Include only one set or include them all to control the values that your students will need to work with. You can also choose between task d