Math Emporium

What a time saver!!! 29 pages of allowable supplemental aids for math students. Included are graphics that you can copy and paste as needed. I created half pages and full pages for you to decide as needed. These graphics are included in the current guidelines from TEA. I looked into the changes of the labeled graphics and made suitable supplemental aid graphics for students needing accommodations. Start using these right away to get students familiar with their purpose and ready for assessme

Students often learn about absolute value by using the notation and being told to drop the sign. Here, have your students learn about integers and absolute value using the concepts of direction and distance. When a student writes an integer using direction, he/she begins to understand opposites and how the signs affect the direction. Students will be immediately asked to determine the absolute value of each integer in order to determine the distance they are from a target. The connection soli

This INTERACTIVE activity is great for students to see a true line up of place values when adding decimals. You can quickly identify who has the placement incorrect. THEY LOVE TO MOVE THE NUMBERS. The "guideline" shows students the separation of whole and parts. Zeros must be added to take the place of "empty" squares. Students will quickly see how the values line up and they are also asked to line the numbers up in order from greatest to least. GREAT AS A MATH CENTER. There are 3 exampl

THIS IS AN EYE CATCHING POWER POINT THAT EASILY EXPLAINS THE 4 DIFFERENT WAYS TO CONVERT FRACTIONS INTO DECIMALS. ONCE YOUR STUDENTS KNOW THESE 4 WAYS AND REFER BACK TO THEM REGULARLY, THEY WILL HAVE THE TOOLS NEEDED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. INCLUDED IS : 1 POWERPOINT (2007 vers) 26 SLIDES READY FOR YOU, 1 CORESPONDING WS TO GO WITH THE POWER POINT, 4 WORKSHEETS- 1 FOR EACH OF THE TECHNIQUES -WITH FOLLOW UP/ CHECKS FOR UNDERSTANDING. I HIGHLIGHTED THE FACT THAT STUDENTS WHO ARE CONVERTING FRACTIO

Students practice writing integers and finding the absolute values in real world situations. You can use the comparison of DISTANCE vs DIRECTION to help students find purpose in absolute value of integers. Using these two concepts together gives them more meaning and less concept separation. These lessons give purpose to finding the absolute value and clarify the reasoning behind the +/- symbols being removed so it becomes less of a memorized task and more meaningful. This is done by using di

ACTIVITY : FIND THE SCALE FACTOR OF SHAPES THAT HAVE BEEN DILATED. SHAPES ARE ENLARGED OR SHRUNK BASED ON THE ORDER YOU PLACE THE CARDS ON THE DILATION CHART. WHEN YOU FLIP FLOP THE SHAPES THE SCALE FACTORS BECOME RECIPROCALS OF ONE ANOTHER. HERE YOU CAN FIND A SCALE FACTOR LESS THAN 1 OR GREATER THAN 1 TO DETERMINE IF A SHAPE WILL SHRINK OR GROW. THE VOCABULARY IS INTERMINGLED TO ENHANCE AN UNDERSTANDING OF DILATION AS WELL AS SCALE FACTOR. THESE ARE EASY TO COPY AND LAMINATE FOR WORKSTATION

One of the top errors in finding the area of a triangle is correctly identifying the base and height on different triangles. Here is an interactive Google Slides Presentation with movable parts allowing students to make quicker connections while locating the base and height of 2 dimensional 2D shapes. This covers finding the base and height of both Parallelograms and Triangles. Students move the green lines to the height of each shape and the yellow line to the base of each shape. Teachers ca

THISI S THE SAME LESSON AS THE "ZOOMING IN ON DECIMALS" WHERE THE STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT TENTHS AND HUNDREDTHS BETWEEN 0 AND 1 ON A NUMBERLINE. THEY ARE INTERACTIVE ON THE SMARTBOARD AND CAN SEE, WHEN ZOOMING IN, HOW THE HUDREDTHS ARE FORMED. STUDENTS WILL WORK ON A WORKSHEET COMPARING AND ORDERING USING NUMBERLINES 0-1 AND 1-2 ALONG WITH VOCABULARY OF DESCENDING VALUES. ENJOY! THERE IS A PAGE TO EXPLAIN HOW TO MAKE ADDITIONAL SAMPLES IF YOU LIKE - ANSWER KEYS INCLUDED, ENJOY

THIS IS AN EYE CATCHING SMARTBOARD THAT EASILY EXPLAINS THE 4 DIFFERENT WAYS TO CONVERT FRACTIONS INTO DECIMALS. ONCE YOUR STUDENTS KNOW THESE 4 WAYS AND REFER BACK TO THEM REGULARLY, THEY WILL HAVE THE TOOLS NEEDED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. INCLUDED IS : 1 SMARTBOARD LESSON 30 SLIDES READY FOR YOU, 4 WORKSHEETS- 1 FOR EACH OF THE TECHNIQUES -WITH FOLLOW UP/ CHECKS FOR UNDERSTANDING. I HIGHLIGHTED THE FACT THAT STUDENTS WHO ARE CONVERTING FRACTIONS TO DECIMALS SHOULD FOCUS ON THE EQUIVALENCIES USI

THIS ACTIVITY GIVES STUDENTS A GREAT VISUAL FOR COMPARING AND ORDERING INTEGERS. ON THE SMARTBOARD, STUDENTS CAN MOVE EACH OF THE DIVERS TO THE LOCATION IN THE WATER REPRESENTED BY HIS DEPTH. GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR VOCABULARY AND DISCUSSION. YOU CAN DISCUSS ABSOLUTE VALUE HERE AS WELL. THRE IS A WORKSHEET FOR FOLLOW UP. THIS IS GREAT FOR PRACTICE, INTRODUCING INTEGERS OR REVIEW.

You will love this! Olympics are here! This is a wonderful, non traditional number line. Students drag each of the swimmers in order of who wins. The answer key is on the next page. There are 3 for you to use and practice comparing decimals. There is a document under the paper clip (attachment) for you to print if you like as students document their answers. You can use this worksheet & Smartboard Activity as a review, warmup, class assignment, or learning tool.

Great way for guiding students into understanding the layers of probability. Students practice with probability of 1 event (practice with OR and NOT) then comes Sample Spaces combined with 2 events (Independent). This is the big connection as students fail to make the connection with Sample Spaces to the multiple events. These are often taught separately and students struggle with this connection. . Following is multiple events using the multiplication rule. After this activity, students can

THIS NON TRADITIONAL NUMBERLINE IS PLACED ON A GAS GAUGE TO SHOW STUDENTS THAT FRACTIONAL PARTS ARE USED IN THE REAL WORLD. IT IS INTERACTIVE AND FUN AS STUDENTS TAKE THE GAS DIP STICK AND PLACE IT ON THE APPROPRIATE MARK ON THE GAUGES. I PROVIDED 4 DIFFERENT GAUGES FOR YOU TO TRY, ANSWERS ARE PROVIDED. STUDENTS CAN EASILY FIND THE COMMON DENOMINATORS TO DETERMINE PLACEMENT OR ANY ALTERNATE CONVERSION METHOD TO HELP COMPARE AND ORDER THE FRACTIONS.

THIS ACTIVITY IS INTERACTIVE AS STUDENTS CAN HELP SPLIT UP CANDY AND MONEY WITH THE TEACHER. STUDENTS CAN CREATE A FRACTION DECIMAL PERCENT CONVERSION CHART FOR THE FRACTIONS 1/2 1/3 1/4 1/5 1/6 1/8 AND 1/10 WHILE SEEING THE CANDY & MONEY BEING SPLIT. A FUN SECOND SMARTBOARD ACTIVITY HELPS CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING, FOR THE 2ND SMARTBOARD ACTIVITY, STUDENTS DRAG THE FRACTIONS IN TO MATH MAN'S MOUTH AND GET RID OF NON EQUIVALENCIES. STUDENTS WHO KNOW THE BASE FRACTIONS AND THEIR EQUIVA

FIND TENTHS, HUNDREDTHS, THOUSANDTHS ON THIS INTERACTIVE NUMBERLINE WHERE STUDENTS CAN ZOOM IN AND SEE THE LOCATION OF THE TEN EQUAL PARTS BETWEEN THE WHOLE NUMBERS, TENTHS AND HUNDREDTHS. KEYS ARE INCLUDED! AND STUDENTS WILL SEE WHERE THE HUNDREDTHS CAME FROM AS WELL AS COMPARE TENTHS, HUNDREDTHS AND THOUSANDTHS. EASY INSTRUCTIONS ARE GIVEN TO CREATE MORE PAGES IF YOU LIKE. THIS SMARTBOARD LESSON IS READY TO GO FOR ANY TEACHER , WHO IS TEACHING ABOUT VALUES BETWEEN 0 AND 1 OR HOW TO COMPAR

THIS IS A SMARTBOARD INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY THAT CAN BE USED IN HISTORY, ENGLISH, MATH, READING,SCIENCE AND EVEN ELECTIVES! STUDENTS STAND IN FRONT OF THE BUZZER WAITING FOR THE QUESTION AND IMMEDIATELY RESPOND BY TAPPING THE BUZZER. PAGES ARE LINKED TO TAKE STUDENTS TO A COUNTDOWN AND KEEP THE GAME MOVING ALONG. TEAMS CAN BE SET UP FOR LARGER CLASSES. COLORFUL, EYECATCHING ACTIVITY! GREAT FOR VOCABULARY REVIEW. IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO CREATE A GAME FOR YOU, FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME.

THERE ARE 9 SLIDES. I GAVE YOU 5 GAMES TO START WITH AND INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO MAKE MORE. THIS INTERACTIVE COORDINTATE GRAPH ACTIVITY USES ALL QUADRANTS WITH INTEGERS TO CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING OR INTRODUCE THE CONCEPT OF GRAPHING ON A COORDINATE PLANE IN ALL QUADRANTS USING INTEGERS. YOUR STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO USE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE NUMBERLINE. GREAT FOR AN INTRODUCTION, LESSON OF THE DAY OR REVIEWING. CAN BE REVISITED MANY TIMES - KIDS LOVE IT!

THERE ARE 9 SLIDES. I GAVE YOU 5 GAMES TO START WITH AND INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO MAKE MORE. THIS INTERACTIVE COORDINTATE GRAPH ACTIVITY USES QUADRANT ONE AND FOURTHS TO CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING OR INTRODUCE THE CONCEPT OF GRAPHING ON A COORDINATE PLANE IN QUAD 1 USING FOURTHS. THE FOURTHS ARE NOT MARKED. YOUR STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO USE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE NUMBERLINE OR YOU CAN ADD THE NUMBERS TO HELP THEM. GREAT FOR A FULL LESSON OR PRACTICE LESSONS.

Students struggle with the placement of numbers when the conversion from Improper/ Mixed numbers takes place. 47 Smartboard slides and 2 worksheets are ready to go and easy to follow. Students move the fractional parts into the whole bucket and any remaining parts into the parts bucket. Students learn to equate fractions like 1/3 with 3 equal parts. They will use the PoWeR wheel to multiply the Parts by the Whole, adding the Remaining fractional parts to create an improper number. They will

This interactive lesson allows students to see the area of a square tile when it is cut. The dimensions are based on a hundredths chart and the visual gives the students insight into the process that the product of 2 decimals less than 1 produce a smaller product. The fraction pages give the students a chance to refill in the grid showing the parts of the whole once a product is found. 56 sample pages with multiplication of both decimals and fractions allow for plenty of chances to reteach, u