Math in Action

Great practice with problem solving strategies using real-world colored photos to help students prepare for the rigor of the 3rd grade Math STAAR or Common Core assessments. The Powerpoint includes 13 full color slides. Look for story problems in the note section of each slide.

Great practice with problem solving strategies using real-world colored photos to help students prepare for the rigor of the 5th Grade Math STAAR or Common Core assessments. The Powerpoint includes 13 full color slides. Look for the story problems in the note section of each slide.

This powerpoint presentation includes 72 slides with double ten frames. Students can use their knowledge of 5 and 10 to figure out how many reds are on the top frame and how many blues are on the bottom frame. They also figure out the difference between reds and blues and/or the combined total of the two colors. Teachers also can ask how many more reds are needed to fill the top frame? How many more blues are needed to fill the bottom frame? This is a great whole class activity, small group

Great practice with problem solving strategies using real-world colored photos to help students prepare for the rigor of the 4th Grade Math STAAR or Common Core assessments. The Powerpoint includes 11 full color slides. Look for the story problems in the note section of each slide.

One student sits in the "hot seat" with their back turned to the word. The other students describe the shape using clues such as "It has ___ sides." It has ___ vertices." It looks like a ___." There's 6 slides with shape names and pictures. The last slide includes a fun song to help remember the shape names.

This memory games is an engaging way to match shaded pictures with fraction statements such as "2 out of 6". Teacher will cut cards and laminate. To make the game even better, it's a good idea to copy the pictorial cards on one color cardstock and copy the fraction cards on a different color (this helps make the game quicker). There are 14 cards in all.

This powerpoint includes 8 story problems about two characters. There are 4 addition and 4 subtraction problems, with sums of 10, mixed in. This is a great way to introduce students to the different types of addition and subtraction problems. When I use these story problems, I have students model what is happening with a part-part whole mat.

Great practice with problem solving strategies using real-world colored photos to help students prepare for the rigor of 3rd grade. The powerpoint includes 9 full color slides. Look for story problems in the note section of each slide.

This powerpoint includes 8 practice slides and 2 quizzes. This is a great review of 3rd grade Math. Let me know if you like it and I'll make more!