Math by Meskenas

Understanding how expressions can represent percent increases and decreases is always a hard concept for some students to grasp. This descriptive guided lesson walks students through the meaning behind the expressions and shows how two expressions can be equivalent through combining like terms. There are multiple examples that relate the skill back to the real world. Included is a guided lesson with graphic organizers and practice problems. There is also a 10 question extra practice sheet that

This interactive activity addresses both standards in the 8th grade Number System domain (8.NS.1 and 8.NS.2) The tasks challenge students to engage in DOK 2-3 levels of thinking as they develop rational and irrational numbers that best fit specific values on a number line. The three sections on each sheet are: PLACE IT- Students glue (or write) their given numbers where they belong along the first number line. Students are also asked to create a color key and shade rational and irrational number

Make your Inequality Formative Assessment FUN as students partner up and match corresponding inequalities, solutions, and graphs! There are TWO sets in this product: a One-Step Inequality set and a Two-Step Inequality set. Both sets have matching solutions and graphs to make checking and mixed-ability grouping easy! *Each set has 10 inequalities that each match a specific solution and graph for a total of 30 cards* The solutions were intentionally written to be similar in order to force students

This is an interactive, peer activity to practice distributive property and combining like terms before teaching multi-step equations! The set-up of this activity forces students to work independently as their problem set differs from their partner's. However, the partner-check method allows for students to confirm, without teacher assistance, if they correctly simplified their expression. Corresponding item numbers will result in the SAME expression! There are TWO versions to compliment the di

Are you ready to introduce FUNCTIONS to your students? This discovery-based group activity is designed to connect the various representations of functions by having students match corresponding tables, rules, equations, and graphs! It is best used at the start of a the unit as students are learning new vocabulary and associating input/output tables with specific rules/equations. Rich discussions will be heard across the room as students analyze parts of graphs and think through multi-level appl

This Project-Based Assessment fully covers the 7.RP.1 and 7.RP.2 standards. It is designed to make differentiation a breeze! There are THREE versions of the same assessment (modified, traditional, and advanced), ranging in difficulty level, in order to accurately assess a range of students. Answer sheets and answer keys are included for all three versions of the assessment. Students will be challenged to determine proportionality/find the unit rate with: -Tables-Graphs-Verbal DescriptionsStud

STRATEGY FOR SOLVING EQUATIONS WITH FRACTIONS BY REMOVALAlso referred to as "Fraction Busting"INCLUDED: -Interactive Notebook Guided Notes (2 per page) -Extra Practice Worksheet -Extra Practice Key -Extra Practice Color-Coded Key Do your students freeze up when they see fractions in an equation? Removing fractions is a great strategy to help ease the stress and encourage perseverance in solving equations! These step-by-step color-coded notes help students learn and master an effective strategy

Do you want to introduce students to PERFECT SQUARES and SQUARE ROOTS in a way that they'll remember? This investigation, using starburst candy, will be an exciting and informative lesson geared to showing students the conceptual reasoning behind calculating square roots of both perfect and non-perfect squares. It is a hit year after year and opens the door to several meaningful conversations and complex problems! Included: -Two-Page Investigation Sheet -Interactive Notebook Inserts (two per pag

Converting between fractions and decimals, with and without a calculator, is an essential skill for middle school students. These concise, guided notes give students a quick reference in their interactive notebooks with clear, easy-to-follow steps. The notes are formatted to include multiple student notes per page to reduce paper use. The size of the inserts allow for plenty of room for practice problems after notes are completed. Answer keys and student samples are included for guidance.

These guided notes are designed two-per-page to reduce paper use and easily fit in students' interactive notebooks. The notes give students a clear reference on how to expand and simplify exponential expressions, including when negative signs are involved! After students work through the guided notes and practice problems, they can work in pairs or groups to roll dice and form their own exponential expressions to expand and simplify! There are examples with negative signs in front of the expres

This whole-class giant domino activity is a great way to review area of basic shapes while encouraging collaboration and team-building amongst an entire class. The dominos are half-page sizes and are designed to be cut out and distributed among the class. Classes can compete for time to see which class can form the correct domino train the fastest by connecting shapes and corresponding areas. The activity is best completed by clearing a large space on the classroom floor and allowing students to

These one-page guided notes (with answer key provided) walk through the steps of solving systems of equations through substitution. There is a section to practice checking your solution, independent practice problems, as well as a section to cover special cases (No Solution and Infinitely Many Solutions).

This review worksheet is ideal for individual practice, a remediation resource, or a re-teach mini lesson. It starts with a graphic organizer showing the visual distinction between probabilities of chance events, ranging from impossible to certain on a number line between 0 and 1. There are example and practice problems for students to complete. This activity should be given after a lesson is taught.