Math Giraffe

Basic Introduction to Perimeter and Area: "doodle notes" - When students color or doodle in math class, it activates both hemispheres of the brain at the same time. There are proven benefits of this cross-lateral brain activity: - new learning - relaxation (less math anxiety) - visual connections - better memory & retention of the content! Students fill in the sheets, complete a few examples, and color, doodle or embellish. Then, they can use it as a study guide later on. Content includes:

Advent Calendar for Christmas Math! This bulletin-board sized Advent Calendar has 24 flaps. Students will love opening the flaps each day to reveal a math problem. Three sets of problems are included (one set for Grades 3-4, one set for Grades 5-6, and one set for Grades 7-8). All three sets have math problems-of-the-day based on the Nativity! Take a look at the preview to see sample questions and assembly details. You have a choice of three designs (options for color printers as well as blac

This activity is great practice with matching models to equivalent fractions. Students put together matches from cut up squares. A "match" contains one picture model and one fraction. Two different sets of cards are included. Choose the easier level or the more difficult set depending on which is better for your students. Another option is to print some of each for easy differentiation. This works well as practice, homework, partner work, review, or even as a group quiz. Check out the previ