Math is Marvelous

I created these problems so that my students would see and understand different aspects of a real-life linear problem and to better understand slope. With this product, there are four variations on the same worksheet, so they may be used in many ways. The teacher may model completing one of the worksheets, then have the students complete another, or the worksheets may be used as quizzes, or the worksheets may be randomly distributed so that not everyone has the same one and more concentrated t

This game was created for students to practice completing income/expense ledgers before they learn about budgeting. My students ask me often if they can play it! The students take turns drawing a card, and on each card is either a particular income or expense for the student. The income or expense is recorded on the ledger (included), and a balance is calculated. Adding and subtracting numbers are practiced. The vocabulary of income and expense is practiced. The game may be played for a chos

This product was created to help students learn how to determine discounted ("on sale") prices. There are 10 problems and a template page so the teacher may write in more problems if desired. The problems have guiding prompts or hints on how to calculate the new price. This product was created by Susan M. Walker Key words: intervention, scaffolded, graphic organizer, guided

This product consists of (8.5x11-size) design posters of the area of a rectangle formula, area of a triangle formula, area of a parallelogram and plain posters for each of the formulas. The design posters were created to be colored, and the plain posters are available if a student chooses to create their own design. By coloring or drawing these posters, the student will better memorize/learn the formulas. The designs are created with some repetitious focus on the formula, some design related

Good for Basketball Season! This PowerPoint introduces an algebraic expression that can be used to determine a team's score by calculating each of the players' points in a fictitious game. The expression is 3a + 2b + c, which is used to calculate a player's total points where "a" represents the number of 3-point shots, "b" represents the number of 2-point shots, and "c" represents the number of free throws. I used this as a follow-up assignment after "going" on a virtual field trip to watch

This product consists of (8.5x11-size) design posters of the area formulas for rectangles, triangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, and circles and plain posters for each of the formulas. The design posters were created to be colored, and the plain posters are available if a student chooses to create their own design. A page has been added that has the four parallelogram formulas to color all on one page. By coloring or drawing these posters, the student will better memorize/learn the formulas. Th

This product provides scaffolding for students to learn how to calculate sales tax and find the total cost. There are 26 problems in all. The problems provide the most prompts and hints on the first two pages. Some of the prompts/hints are removed on the third and fourth pages, more are removed on the fifth, and, finally, there are no prompts/hints on the sixth page. An answer key is included. This product was created by Susan M. Walker. Key words: scaffold, intervention, graphic organ

This product was created to help students know why we need to learn about equations. This product uses the jobs "Party Planner" and "Baker" to walk students through how equations are used in these two fields. The idea is to have the students personally involved in the job/field to see and comprehend why having knowledge of using equations is important. This product was designed for upper elementary or middle school students, but could be used in other grade levels. My students really enjoyed wo

This product includes two major parts to helping students learn to solve word problems. There are 6 steps, each represented by a train car that may be displayed as a train set on a wall or a bulletin board, and the product includes a graphic organizer showing the six steps and providing room for student responses. Since solving word problems use as much (or more) of reading skills as they use math skills, this set of steps includes the 3 reads and 3 other steps: illustrating the problem, studyi

This product was created to help students learn how to add a percent onto prices due to markups or comparing prices to each other. There are 10 problems and a template page so the teacher may write in more problems if desired. The problems have guiding prompts or hints on how to calculate the new price. This product was created by Susan M. Walker Key words: intervention, scaffolded, graphic organizer

Do you want another way to remind students the difference between perimeter and area? This product is designed to do just that! Areas are generally found by multiplying dimensions of a geometric shape or polygon. Perimeters are generally found by adding the outside distance of a geometric shape. Sometimes students confuse the meaning of area and perimeter. To help students remember, these posters were created. The students may color the appropriate symbols on the posters, which will provide

This product consists of an (8.5x11-size) design poster of the formula, d=rt, ready for coloring. By coloring this poster, the student will better memorize/learn the formula. The poster design was created with some repetitious focus on the formula, some design related to the formula, is "personalized" by the student through coloring, and may be posted on the classroom walls for referencing. The coloring or creating of the posters may be given as homework, to early finishers, on a day with a s