PJ Hawkey

This is a great Math project for Christmas/Winter time! the individual student trees (8-1/2 x 11 page) have 5 rows of tiny trees that can be tessellated (made) into a larger group of a trees. Specific directions are given after 20 years of enjoyment of this holiday project! Many individual pictures of student trees can be used as examples as you present this project to your students. I have named some patterns/design styles for ease with student discussion purposes. This can be finished in clas

Media projects are highly motivational for students and they are wonderful to see and share the results, but are often too hard to grade. So, how do we balance the evaluation of the presentation format and the project’s academic content? A rubric that balances both areas is not only necessary, but it is very beneficial for the teacher as well as the students. This rubric gives the expected level of the project’s content and the presentation format, plus the group cooperation requirements. Using

Students will learn how to navigate the coordinate grid. How to move using x, y ordered pairs with the "5 in a Row" Game. This is great for learning to code and general student visualization of movement on a grid as student learn valuable pre-algebraic concepts. It is played with teams or just 2 students. I have found this is a highly motivational game that is played like Tic–Tac–Toe. Students from opposite teams take turns calling out an x & y coordinate. Win, when one side has 5 in a row, go

Using the game boards for Chutes & Ladders (aka snakes and ladders) student will play a modified version of this game, which focuses on positive and negative integers. This game is highly motivational and the academic language is strong! Students are focused and will correct each other. This game will last a full class period unless advanced students playing in twos. Then students start over! Directions are differentiated for all students. Option: It can be used in lower grades for addition/s

Football scores can be complex math problems to solve. I have found that this lesson was very motivating for students in the 4th through 8th grades or even higher grades! Football scores and ball placement is discussed in these problems. The vocabulary used in a football game does need to be defined by non-fans, so a short list of some of the vocabulary is included along with a key! This is a two-page worksheet, with the key and vocabulary included.

This is a journal I created for use by my students who enter upper grades and middle school still without a comprehension of multiplication facts. Also used with higher performing in 4th, 5th and 6th grades who were intrigued with different methods that they had never used before. This journal reviews a variety of methods and hints of a different way of solving multiplication. Many methods are known and used like the lattice method or the standard US method but there is the Japanese line method

This is a fun way to practice the concepts of even & odd as well as probability. Will the Hare score faster with the increased opportunity to score or the Tortoise score more with a double-score opportunity? Games are quick with a 3-roll or turns to finish, which allows for discussions on even and odd but also the probability factor of movement directions, right and left, plus scoring. Directions: Hare & Tortoise game One player is the Hare and the other

This is an Equation Game. Played by two students, teams, or whole class. Students build equations with 3 rolled dice (or one rolled 3 times). Student’s practice creating basic equations with addition, subtraction, multiplication, fractions, exponents, square roots, etc. Played with two sides or teams of students Objective is to create valid equations equaling specific numbers. Winner is the team with the most points. To Start: Roll 3 die and the first team to come up with a valid equati

This is an activity that I used to help students learn to interpret and practice plotting ordered pairs. It is played in pairs with two regular dice of different colors. It can be played cover the graph or just one line horizontal, vertical, or diagonal.

Standard Measurement Conversion Review using QR Codes for a classroom walk around or a table center. Creating QR activities gives student the opportunity to get up, move, and to discussing the answers. There are many ways you can use QR activities, as a class beginning or ending activity, as a formative assessment or just to assess prerequisite skills. There are two versions of the same set of standard conversions using both volume and distance measurements. Students can be given a Q

Primary grades lined paper. Yes we are in the digital learning phase but our children and grandchildren need to learn to write with ease. This free two-page worksheet helps them to write with placement of their letters.