Ms Lauri's Math Class

This project allows students to let their creativity shine while finding the area of parallelograms, triangles, and trapezoids! Great for the end of an area unit or to review area of 2D shapes. Students will have to measure the dimensions of each shape with a ruler then use these dimensions to calculate the area of each shape of their creature. At the end, students will add all areas together to find a total area. Enjoy! This resource includes:Teacher instruction pageStudent instr

Students put their knowledge of multiplying and dividing fractions by whole numbers to the test in this real world activity! Cooking and baking is one of the many situations where we see fractions and mixed numbers in everyday life. In this activity, students will help scale ingredients in an appetizer, a main course, and a dessert recipe by multiplying or dividing each ingredient by a whole number. This activity is great to do after a lesson to check for understanding and show students how fr

This resource is a combination of 4 real world financial literacy activities that you can do with your middle school classes! These activities help students practice these skills in fun real world settings: Finding percents of numbersCalculating taxes and tipsCalculating discountsCalculating simple interestThe online shopping activity is one of my faves! It's always a hit with my students and they come up with some crazy creative outfits! Enjoy!

What could be more fun than car shopping?! In this resource, students will use their knowledge of percents to calculate taxes, down payments, and simple interest for their very own dream car! This resource is great for at the end of financial literacy unit to keep students engaged and to use what they've learned in a real life situation. Enjoy! This resource includes: A 9 step activity with detailed instruction and hints along the waySpace provided for students to show workA student reflectio

Need an engaging, real world activity for finding measures of center and statistical displays? Here it is! In this activity, students will use real time data from a class survey and calculate measures of center and variation including mean, median, mode, Q1, Q3, Range, and outliers. Then they will take the same data and display it on a line plot and box and whisker plot. This is a group activity that works great at the end of a statistics unit. My students enjoy it because the data co

Want a fun and engaging way for your students to find the percent of a number? Look no further! This resource allows students to find the percent of a number in the form of discounts and taxes. Students will online shop to create their perfect outfit, where each clothing item has a different percent off. Students will have to calculate the discounted price on each item, calculate the tax amount on the purchase, and find a total cost. This activity is great for at the end of a lesson an

In this activity, students put their knowledge of simple interest to the test when purchasing a home! This real world activity comes with 3 separate activities where students can buy a transportation home, country home, or a city home. You can choose to do one, two or all three activities depending on your class! Students start by choosing one out of 4 home options. I like giving students choices like this because you can hear fun discussions about why they chose the home they chose. Then st

Need a resource to help your students convert decimals, fractions, and percents? This foldable is a great resource for students to keep on hand and look back to when learning these skills! This foldable breaks down the steps for converting decimals, fractions, and percents. You can decide to print a blank foldable and have the students write the notes themselves or you can print a completely filled out foldable with all the steps already provided! I personally print the blank f

Help your students solve real world ratio word problems by using bar diagrams! We all know that each student is unique and learns differently than the next. For visual learners, drawing bar diagrams can be a great alternative method to solving ratio word problems. This product includes: A note page that includes steps for solving ratio word problems using diagramsA full example worked out step by step with explanationsTwo extra real world word problems for students to try independentlyAnswe

These 12 task cards are a fun and engaging way to review taxes, tips, discounts and simple interest in your classroom! My favorite way to use these is after a financial literacy unit. I split my students into groups of 2-4, depending on how large the class is, and let them work on these together. You can either have them stay where they are and move the task cards to the next group, or have the kids get up and move to the next task card. I prefer the latter, as it gets the kids up and moving

This product is a great handout for your students who are learning integer rules! I like to let my students use it as a note guide when they begin learning how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide integers. It lists the rule for each operation, special sayings to remember some of the rules, and examples under each operation. Enjoy!

This resource contains 24 3-piece puzzles that test your student's ability to convert improper fractions, decimals, and mixed numbers! This is best used after students have an understanding of these three skills. My favorite way to use this resource is as a station for math centers. I copy, cut, and laminate the puzzle pieces so that I can reuse them. I lay out the pieces on a table and students must connect the mixed number to its matching decimal and improper fraction. Another way I'

This card activity is a great way to reinforce how to simplify algebraic expressions while getting your class up and moving! In this activity students collaborate with each other in order to simplify a long algebraic expression. Each student receives a term and tries to find its other like terms within the class. Once students have found their like terms, they work on combining them in order to create one simplified algebraic expression. I like to use this resource in 3 main ways: 1. Whole c

This resource contains 24 3-piece puzzles that test your student's ability to convert fraction, decimals, and percents! This is best used after students have an understanding of fractions, decimals, and percents. My favorite way to use this resource is as a station for math centers. I copy, cut, and laminate the puzzle pieces so that I can reuse them. I lay out the pieces on a table and students must connect the fraction, decimal, and percent that equal each other. Another way I'v

Need some real world word problems for students to practice finding unit rates? This resource gives you 3 pages of word problem practice for your kids! Students must calculate unit rates in real world situations such as which product is the better buy. This resource includes: 3 pages (8 problems) of word problemsAnswer key for teachersOther products you may like: Ratios and Proportions - Writing Ratios Practice WorksheetsRatio Word Problems Using Bar DiagramsI hope you enjoy and please feel f

This resource gives students a chance to practice writing ratios! Students will be asked to write ratios as fractions in simplest form given pictures, tables, and using their actual classmates. They will also have to explain the meaning of each ratio. Enjoy! This resource includes:Worksheet #1 - write ratios given picturesWorksheet #2- write rations given a tableWorksheet #3 - write ratios using the number of students in your classAnswer keys for worksheets 1 and 2.

One of the best/easiest games to prep in any math class is BINGO! This resource is a blank bingo template. My favorite way to use this is to make however many copies I need for my class, then laminate and cut them. This way, the students can write on them with expo markers and answers can easily be erased. You can also write answers in the blanks yourself and then copy! Enjoy!