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Here's a cool seasonal math craft that you can use to teach, introduce or reinforce fractions, decimals and percents. Even kids "not ready" for these concepts will have fun with the craft - and may even be able to do the math! Check out more details on how I created it at www.MathFour.com/numeracy/indian-corn-fractions-decimals-percents. Oh - and make sure to let me know how it goes in the comments & ratings section below!

Using probability tree diagrams to teach probability is helpful - but sometimes kids need a little practice with them. This worksheet has 11 probability tree diagrams to be "worked" as puzzles. This gives students practice filling them in and understanding the dynamics. Once they have this practice, they can effectively use probability trees diagrams as tools. Make sure you also download my Probability Trees Explained free "cheat sheet."

Have your students use the familiar Hundreds Chart and their skip counting skills to build the concept of multiples. This is the forerunner of Least Common Multiples as well as Multiplication and Factoring.

Teaching time to a differentiated classroom is hard - but this activity makes it much easier!

This 41 page activity packet contains a fun ebook that uses the same domino effect that other books like If You Give a Mouse a Cookie use. It explains intuitively how we developed our number system and operations - from counting to addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. It also contains the Illustrator's Workbook, a "blank book" that your students can draw their own illustrations in. Since the book uses "stick figures," children are encouraged to draw regardless of their skill lev

You can use the tangent lines from a parabola to make a Christmas Tree. Here are the instructions as well as a template to do it.

Students struggle with comparing their work to an example. This activity helps them learn to dig into solutions and compare them - seeing where there are commonalities and where there are differences. (Note, they don't have to know anything about algebra to do this - it's merely a comparing exercise.) Give it a try and let me know how it can improve. I'm deploying this today! ~Bon