Ms Laura

This 11-page work packet helps students practice finding the area, perimeter & circumference of rectangles, triangles, circles, and trapezoids.

This jeopardy game has 5 categories-- Arrays, Repeated Addition, Fast Facts, Fast Facts 2 (harder problems), and Word Problems. Students see a question, get the correct answer, then go back to the main jeopardy board to pick another question. Instructions on how to work the powerpoint included.

Students LOVE this activity. Pre-make ziplock bags with 18 m&ms, 33 m&ms, and 61 m&ms in them. Have Ss count their m&ms, and then use this beautifully colored powerpoint to explain the correlation between education and higher salaries.

Students practice selecting, using, and converting appropriate units of measurement within the U.S. Customary system and the metric system.

This 22-slide powerpoint tells the story of Jim Thorpe, a native american athlete who is often considered to be the greatest athlete of all time.

This 23-slide powerpoint is meant to inspire students to see the importance of math. It addresses the skills that math helps students develop, a number of careers that require math, and some tips for students who have always struggled with math in the past.

Studies show that the best way to improve student writing skills is to have them write. This writing journal is 40 pages of 80 prompts. Students first write the day's date, then how they are feeling and why, designed to encourage students to identify their feelings and improve socio-emotional growth. Next, students have 4-5 lines to answer prompts that range from "What makes a good friend" to "What skills do you have that would help you survive the zombie apocalypse?" In my class, I print th

Students design their own amusement park using area and perimeter of rectangles and triangles. Includes extensive instruction sheet, project guide for students, and extra writing activity if students finish early. Students make a poster to show park design, and can even use manipulatives to find the longest and cheapest roller coaster ride possible! Students also calculate tax and price, coming up with a total budget!

This jeopardy game has 5 categories: Multiples, Factors, GCF, LCM, and Multiplication/Place Value. It runs like a real jeopardy game, although I only posted the factors section in the preview. Students can click on the dollar amount and then click forward to the answer. The jeopardy board blacks out the numbers as students play them. This is for a 5th/6th grade level, but can be used as review for other grades.

This slide show goes through pictures of polygons found in the real world-- from beehives to soccer balls to coat hangers-- and asks students to name the shape. Each slide contains a little bit of history or a fun fact about where the shape was found, or its origins. Good for teachers trying to integrate social studies into the math classroom. Students name-- rectangle, quadrilateral, parallelogram, square, triangle (isosceles, equilateral), hexagon, pentagon, and decagon.

Review game for area and perimeter of rectangles and squares.

A powerpoint with lots of graphics that shares the history behind Halloween. Also includes fun facts about halloween. Includes guided notes to help your students follow along!

Categories include: Simplifying fractions, Adding & Subtracting Fractions (like and unlike denominators), Multiplying & Dividing Fractions, Word Problems, and Potpourri (includes multi-step word problems and "which is bigger" problems).

This powerpoint provides definitions for the 6 types of triangles and 7 multiple choice questions at the end where students can choose the type of triangle. Lots of pictures!

Good for sub days, review, or independent work. 8 pages of holiday themed GCF and LCM worksheets. One page of word problems, one activity-based activity (students find the LCM on a calendar), two color-in-the-answers activities, and one riddle activity (If you live in an igloo, what's the worst part about global warming? No privacy!) Includes Christmas, Hanukkah and general winter questions.

Fannie Forgetful's dog Max was kidnapped. Students walk around the room and look for a number divisible by 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, and 10 to know who committed the crime. Each clue comes with a

You can use this product with my powerpoint presentation explaining the electoral college, and accompanying math worksheet. This worksheet allows students to practice repeated addition and multiplication. They look at a map of the electoral college, find how many states have, say 5 electoral votes, then express the quantity as 5 + 5 + 5 or 5 x 3. It also has a few review word problems at the end of the worksheet. You can use it for Social Studies or Math-- it is part of my integrated SS/Math

This lesson aims to explain the electoral college system to students, as well as provide them with a math lesson. It begins with an explanation of the electoral college. Students calculate the total number of votes themselves by adding up the state votes. They then calculate the majority needed to win. Next, the lesson talks about whether or not the electoral college is "fair." Finally, students hold a mock election. They do one mock election with an electoral college, and one with the pop

First, students are introduced to the concept of LCM by recording dates on a calendar-- the days when a child will have to take out the trash and do the dishes, and the days when a dog will have to get his hair brushed, medicine, and a walk. Then students pause for a short worksheet to practice finding the LCM. Finally, students return for a lesson on cicadas and calculate when different types of cicadas will emerge from underground in the same year.

1. Players sit opposite from each other, across the desks. Each player places a board in front of him. S/he is not allowed to block the board with his/her arms or hands. 2. Player 1 "punts" his paper football or coin, trying to land in one of the circles with a high fraction. 3. Player 2 does the same, aiming at his partner's board. 4. Player 1 shoots for a second time. 5. Player 2 shoots for a second time. 6. Both players take 2 minutes to add the two fractions that their football landed