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 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 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.