Mathterpieces

Let the Power Rangers help your students learn the rules of powers! I also have a coordinating foldable available. I copied the letters onto cardstock, laminated them, then cut them each out (yep, individually). There are two versions of the posters because after I designed the "normal" version, I decided I wanted to mount the posters at a 45-degree angle so I redesigned them to work for that. Note that the posters are 12" x 12". If you do not have a printer that can handle that size, you coul

Step-by-step PowerPoint slides (converted to PDF) included to project during activity. This interactive student notebook foldable includes three ways to express a linear equation: equation, table/chart, and graph. And it does so for both proportional and nonproportional relationships.

This is a great probability activity to use the day before a long break, such as Thanksgiving, or even in the afternoon of state testing days. The kids really enjoy playing BUNKO and their enthusiasm carries into the probability calculations. The best part is that you control the length of the actual BUNKO game... I've even let this activity carry over two days. While the worksheet best matches the seventh grade Common Core, I've used it with sixth and eighth graders as well. I let the students

Great for independent math centers or for a small group, cooperative learning activity. Answers are included! When having the students work in groups of 2-4 to solve, I have more than one set available so that those who finish earlier can have a second set to work on. Option 1: I laminate them and cut them out myself. I've found that my students like to write on the pieces so when laminated, they can use erasable markers. This option is also best when being used for an independent, centers-sty

Let the Power Rangers help your students learn the rules of powers! I also have FREE coordinating posters available. Step-by-step PowerPoint (also included in PDF format) included to project during activity. This interactive student notebook foldable includes product of powers, quotient of powers, power of a power, power of a product, zero exponents, and negative exponents.

Step-by-step PowerPoint slides (converted to PDF) included to project during activity. This interactive student notebook foldable includes four ways to think about adding/subtracting signed numbers: on a number line, using money, who's "not dancing," and by grouping.

This was such a great last-week activity. I gave the books to the kids first thing Monday morning, and then gave them time throughout the week to find a comfy spot in the room and work on it. It was never graded, but on the last day of school students could share their favorite entries if they wanted. I copied the cover onto different colors of cardstock so that students could pick one that they liked. And I copied the pages onto regular copier paper as single-side only, but it could also be don

Great for independent math centers or for a small group, cooperative learning activity. Answers are included! When having the students work in groups of 2-4 to solve, I have more than one set available so that those who finish earlier can have a second set to work on. Option 1: I laminate them and cut them out myself. I've found that my students like to write on the pieces so when laminated, they can use erasable markers. This option is also best when being used for an independent, centers-sty

Great for independent math centers or for a small group, cooperative learning activity. Answers are included! When having the students work in groups of 2-4 to solve, I have more than one set available so that those who finish earlier can have a second set to work on. Option 1: I laminate them and cut them out myself. I've found that my students like to write on the pieces so when laminated, they can use erasable markers. This option is also best when being used for an independent, centers-sty

Step-by-step PowerPoint (also included in PDF format) included to project during activity. This interactive student notebook foldable includes the steps to solving equations: distribute, combine like terms, move variables to one side, move constants to the other side, and divide by coefficient or multiply by reciprocal. I teach these lessons in the opposite order, from the end to the beginning, so it takes five lessons/days before the foldable is complete. This is why the PowerPoint goes in the

I have the kids add one of these reference pages to the front of their journals. With the intermediate grades, I used Problem-Solving Strategies; with the middle schoolers, I use Heuristics. Throughout the year, I challenge them with higher-level thinking activities and we talk about "what to do when you're stuck." These pages help guide them through that process.

These were designed to be cut to 8.5" x 8.5" squares. I printed them onto white cardstock, trimmed them to size, mounted them to coordinating colored cardstock, and then laminated them.

Step-by-step PowerPoint (also included in PDF format) included to project during activity. This interactive student notebook foldable diagrams real numbers (rational/integers/whole/natural and irrational) in a Venn diagram-style format.

I have the kids add one of these reference pages to the front of their journals. With the intermediate grades, I used Problem-Solving Strategies; with the middle schoolers, I use Heuristics. Throughout the year, I challenge them with higher-level thinking activities and we talk about "what to do when you're stuck." These pages help guide them through that process.

Step-by-step PowerPoint (also included in PDF format) included to project during activity. This interactive student notebook foldable includes four ways to express linear functions: table, words, equation, and graph.