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Scientific notation is can be very confusing to students. They confuse the positive and negative exponents and when to use them. I have found that by teaching the students to find the old decimal point, label where the new one should go, and count from new to old, it forces them to move in the positive or negative direction, making the sign of the exponent much easier for them to figure out!

This powerpoint is a lesson dealing with finding perfect squares and perfect cubes, define what square and cube mean, and begin discussing how to simplify square roots.

Before I move on to percents, order of operations, or even ordering numbers, I like to revisit equivalent rational numbers. I want to make sure that they are comfortable changing numbers into different, equivalent forms.

This powerpoint was created using the Coach 8 book. However, it is a great supplement to any lesson dealing with similar figures.

This is a powerpoint with open ended questions used to review how to create extended constructed response. The review covers all 4 strands of middle school math.

Helping students to classify the difference between rational and irrational numbers.

This lesson can span over 2 days. I review rates, unit rates, ratios and proportions, then spend the next day dealing with percents. I teach the students not only to use proportions when solving percent problems, but also to use equations, because as percent problems become more complex, it is easier to use equations then it is to use proportions.

A small review lesson on absolute value.

Taking numbers in different forms and order them from least to greatest.

This was created used the Coach 8 book. However, it can be used as a great supplement to any lesson dealing with 2 dimensional figures.

This lesson takes everything that we have done before; square roots, changing rational numbers, absolute value etc and putting them into expressions where we need to use order of operations to solve.

This powerpoint was created using the Coach 8 book. However, it is a great supplement to any lesson dealing with scale drawings.

This powerpoint was created using the Coach 8 book. However, it is a great supplement to any lesson dealing with the Measure of Angles of Polygons.

This slideshow was created using the Coach 8 book. It does, however, work as an excellent supplement to any lesson dealing with the Pythagorean Theorem.

This can go hand in hand with equivalent rational numbers. Here, students practice dividing decimals by decimals, making change, etc.

This is a simple chart to help remember the rules when multiplying integers!