Middle School Math Lessons and Activities

This Common Core aligned lesson activity provides a fun way for students to explore, learn, and practice translating algebraic expressions between verbal format and mathematical format. This lesson includes the objective, 6th grade math Common Core standards (California), vocabulary list, pre-game recommended lesson activity with a graphic organizer for notes, teacher directions for the bingo game activity, and a bingo game card handout for students (or partner teams).

Assess students on their ability to recognize and calculate equivalent fractions, and have students practice this skill through the use of a fun bingo game activity. This game/activity could be done at the beginning of the fractions unit to pre-assess, in the middle for formative assessment, or for a fun review activity.  For higher level grades, such as Grades 5 and 6, this is a great review activity to prepare for a unit on adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions.   The produc

A "Big Book" is a teacher created book on a unit that can be read aloud with your class in paper format (print on large paper and tape or glue to construction paper) or in the digital format provided (Google Slide Presentation). This is a strategy of Guided Language Acquisition Design (G.L.A.D.). The strategy is good for all students to help gain access to the academic vocabulary of the unit, and especially for ELL students. The book provides the big ideas about integers along with images fo

This is a fun math song about fraction operations to sing to the Ghostbusters Theme Song (instrumental version) in PDF format. This math song is a G.L.A.D. strategy (Guided Language Acquisition Design) for developing and reviewing academic vocabulary for a unit of study with students on the basics of fraction operations at the 6th grade level. This is especially helpful for English Language Learners with oral language development, and is great for all students. Included is a 2-page student hando

This math song is a G.L.A.D. strategy (Guided Language Acquisition Design) for introducing and developing academic vocabulary for the concept of powers in math (base and exponent) at the 5th or 6th grade level. This is especially helpful for English Language Learners with oral language development, and is great for all students. The idea is to have students sing this song multiple times at the beginning of a unit and throughout the unit to develop and reinforce the academic vocabulary. Students

This is a fun math song about fraction concepts with lyrics provided on a three page handout for students to use to sing along with. It is sung to the tune of "The Adams Family". It is a great way to engage students and get them ready to learn (a G.L.A.D. strategy). Students can also use the handout to take notes on. This could be used for a variety of grades (Grades 3 to 6) at the beginning of a fraction unit. The song covers the basics on fractions, equivalent fractions, simplified fra

A "Big Book" is a teacher created book on a unit that can be read aloud with your class in paper format (print on large paper and tape or glue to construction paper) or in the digital format provided (Google Slide Presentation). This is a strategy of Guided Language Acquisition Design (G.L.A.D.). The strategy is good for all students to help gain access to the academic vocabulary of the unit, and especially for ELL students. This book reviews the big ideas about fractions and decimals along with

This is a "repeat after me" math chant on solving equations that is sung to the tune of a chant in the football movie, "Remember the Titans." (See the web link to a movie clip on the 2nd page.) You also may recognize it from the "Tony the Tiger" commercials. The chant explains multiple methods for solving one step equations and is great for a 6th grade common core math activity. Use the chant to engage students, introduce the concepts, and to reinforce vocabulary and concepts as they are ta

This math song is a G.L.A.D. strategy (Guided Language Acquisition Design) for introducing and developing academic vocabulary for a unit of study with students on the basics of probability at the 7th grade level. This is especially helpful for English Language Learners with oral language development, and is great for all students. The idea is to have students sing this song multiple times at the beginning of a unit and throughout the unit to develop and reinforce the academic vocabulary. This is

Data Analysis Rap/Poem and Notes(G.L.A.D. Strategy for Vocabulary Development) Objectives and Strategies: This poem or rap type chant is a G.L.A.D. strategy (Guided Language Acquisition Design) for introducing and developing academic vocabulary for a unit of study with students on statistics at the 6th grade level. This is especially helpful for English Language Learners with oral language development, and is great for all students. The idea is to have students read this as a poem and/or si