Math does Count

This is a great overview of ratios, rates and unit rates. Included are guided notes that can be used with the power point. An extra sheet has been included that can be used as an exit ticket, homework, or for whole group work.

This power point takes you through teaching the kids how to do GCF and LCM word problems. The first few slides are just based on pictures and problenms so the kids make actual groups of things so they grasp the concept of what is happening before you teach them the process of doing GCF and LCM. I have also included a slide of key words.

This is a great real life activity to help students understand the application of Unit Rate. Students can look at real products in different sizes and determine what the better purchase is. There are many ways to use this activity, but a favorite of mine is to print the pictures and laminate them. I then lay them out on a table and allow the kids to pick one at a time until they complete the number of items I want them to do. I usually require them to do at least 10, but you can increase or

This activity is designed to help students practice finding areas in a fun interactive way. Students will find the area of a cat's house and then attempt to figure out the total cost of the project. This is a great way to introduce students to constructed responses.

My school has asked for teachers to teach 5 lessons to help us gain the status of a green school. I designed this lesson as a part of that initiative. There is power point that has some basic statistics about why we should recycle and specific things about how paper, plastic and aluminum effect our environment. After presenting the power point, I did the 6 problems listed using the percent proportion to learn how much water, oil and air pollutants we can save by recycling. This lesson can b

This is a super fun way to introduce ratios to kids. Each student gets a mini pack of M and Ms. They then count them and write the ratios according to the directions given. At the end they can eat them!

This is a simple adding and subtracting decimal quiz. If you are a special education teacher, you can use it for data collection as well. For general education teachers, you can use it as the quiz, a pretest or RTI data collection. It's a very simple format and an answer key is included.

This a tiered activity that includes solving real life application problems with percents. Students will calcualte tax, tip and coupons. There are 3 tiers of problems so it lends it self to differentation. Answer key is also included. This can be used as a problem solving mission, an entrance or exit ticket, quiz or a homework assigment.

This is quick little project I assign the kids. You can also use it in the classroom. Students are required to pick a product in two different sizes and calcuate the unit rate. Once they do that, they write a summary of what they have learned.