Mad Math Mind

This resource was built out of necessity. I needed a quick, self-checking one step equations resource that was accessible to low level students, but not so easy that high flyers could instinctually know the solutions with mental math. The reason this resource explicitly states to use algebraic thinking is because early middle school teachers tend to do students a disservice by ignoring the crucial teaching of algebraic thinking. One- and two-step problems in earlier grades may be able to be ment

This is a simple resource designed for assessing what students know and have learned about the coordinate plane and integers. I copy these, then use a paper slicer to cut them in half for the students. They seem less intimidated by half sheets for pre-assessments. (Of course, these could be used for simple practice and review.) I give the students 5-10 minutes to complete each, then we check them together quickly. If you use math notebooks, it's an excellent resource to place in the notebook--ha

This worksheet was designed to provide either a remedial or supported practice, or, if given to upper-level students, it could be given with no support or introduction for students to discover the process. I wanted to support addition via the number line model in the most basic way possible. I always introduced this worksheet by reminding students about how elementary number lines went, that adding moved up and subtracting moved down. In that case, you were always working in positives. So, addit