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This amazing Sieve of Eratosthenes complete lesson will have your students looking at multiplication in a whole new way. It’s an “open task,” meaning that each student will learn something unique. For some, the sieve is a way to master times tables. For others, it will help with common denominators or factoring expressions. The sieve also highlights patterns that can improve mental math with all four operations. What's Included: ★ Introduction ★ Lesson plans ★ Two handouts with keys ★ A rubric

Using effective visual models is one of the most important activities to do when you're introducing combining like terms.  Use these digital manipulative visual models to help your students practice using algebra tiles when learning about combining like terms. Students may struggle to understand algebra. Many students will understand combining like terms after seeing them and combining them with the digital manipulatives. In this lesson, students will use the digital manipulatives to cr

Want a word problem graphic organizer? Get this amazing math story problem graphic organizer scaffolds the problem-solving process for students of any age. It will help your students deconstruct a story. Though the language is designed to be particularly friendly for elementary students or older students who are developing readers or English-language learners. You can provide this as a blank handout for students to use when solving story problems from your existing curriculum. You can also use t

Want an amazing digital or print word problem solving graphic organizer? This math graphic organizer is built off of Polya's 4-Step problem-solving process. This graphic organizer will help your students organize their thinking and apply Polya's process when working with challenging multi-step word problems. Polya was a Hungarian mathematician who discovered that any mathematical problem could be solved in 4-steps: Understand, Plan, Solve, and Reflect.  Many of our students struggle to solve wor

Looking for a great digital visual models activity to help your students practice multiplying fractions with area models? These visual model Google Slides activities are a simple but effective way to help students create more effective visual models using digital manipulatives when working with multiplying fractions. Use the "edit master slide" to create even more interactive activities for your students to practice. There is a video link with instructions on how to edit the Google Slide to cre

Using effective visual models is one of the most important activities to do when you’re teaching patterns.  Use these digital manipulative visual models to help your students practice explaining growing shapes and the patterns they follow. Students may struggle to understand patterns with shapes. Many students will understand how the shapes grow after seeing them and building them with the digital manipulatives. In this lesson, students will use the digital manipulatives to create visua

Teaching fractions isn’t always easy! But these fractions as division word problems can help! This complete lesson includes interactive Google Slides and printable .pdf handouts. You’ll also get a complete math workshop lesson plan, answer key, rubric, teaching tips, and more! Fractions as division word problems combine two of the biggest challenges students face in math: fractions, and word problems. Students first learn about fractions as parts of a whole. But they also need to understand

Using effective visual models is one of the most important activities to do when you’re introducing algebra.  Use these digital manipulative visual models to help your students practice using algebra tiles when learning about equations. Students may struggle to understand algebra. Many students will understand equations after seeing them and building them with the digital manipulatives. In this lesson, students will use the digital manipulatives to create visual models to learn about e

Looking for a great visual models activity to help your students practice multiplying and dividing with arrays? These visual model Google Slides activities are a simple but effective way to help students create more effective visual models using digital manipulatives when multiplication and division. Use the "edit master slide" to create even more interactive activities for your students to practice. There is a video link with instructions on how to edit the Google Slide to create even more pro

Want to engage your students in studying positive and negative slope word problems in a digital format? This amazing interactive activity for distance learning supports students in making sense of word problems that involve both positive and negative slopes, and representing these function relationships in multiple ways. This math-workshop lesson is designed to be taught in a live or online classroom. Your students will think deeply and learn through collaboration! 7.EE.B.4.A, 6.EE.C.9, HSA.

Looking for a great digital visual models activity to help your students practice addition to 100 with base-10 blocks? These visual model Google Slides activities are a simple but effective way to help students create more effective visual models using digital manipulatives when working with adding to 100. Use the "edit master slide" to create even more interactive activities for your students to practice. There is a video link with instructions on how to edit the Google Slide to create even mo

Using effective visual models is one of the most important activities to do when you’re introducing equivalent fractions.  Use these digital manipulative visual models to help your students practice finding equivalent fractions.Students may struggle to understand equivalent fractions. Many students will understand fractions better after seeing them and combining them with the digital manipulatives. In this lesson, students will use the digital manipulatives to create visual models to l

Using effective visual models is one of the most important activities to do when you're introducing adding integers.  Use these digital manipulative visual models to help your students practice using algebra tiles when learning about adding integers. Students may struggle to understand algebra. Many students will understand adding integers after seeing them and combining them with the digital manipulatives. In this lesson, students will use the digital manipulatives to create visual mo

This Fraction eBook guide empowers you to take control of your professional growth in the area of teaching fractions. Few math topics cause more frustration for students and teachers than fraction operations. Part of the problem is that fractions don’t look or act like most numbers we deal with on a daily basis. This resource goes beyond explaining about teaching fractions, it also includes links to resources and videos. With a hands-on approach to fractions, students develop conceptual underst

This amazing personalized learning plan is a useful tool for students to set goals. Students should complete the first section when they begin using the platform to reflect on their starting grade level and to set goals. The next section is for a mid-point check-in. Students begin to record their own progress, in terms of minutes completed and grade levels mastered. The final reflection allows them to look on back on their overall progress during the semester or year. This plan works well with a

One of the hardest parts of teaching word problems is getting your students to slow down and actually think about what they are reading! That's where the word problem pre-solver comes in. This simple tool asks students guiding questions for understanding a word problem, but without actually solving it!You can use it to prepare students to solve word problems, or just as an activity in itself, to give students practice understanding a range of problem types. The pre-solver can be used with any w

Using effective visual models is one of the most important activities to do when you’re introducing converting fractions to percents.  Use these digital manipulative visual models to help your students practice modeling percents .Students may struggle to understand converting fractions to percents. Many students will understand percents better after seeing them and combining them with the digital manipulatives. In this lesson, students will use the digital manipulatives to create visual

Few topics in math are as challenging, or as important, as Expressions and Equations.  Using the True/ False method to practice expressions and equations will make a huge difference in success. With this resource, your students will use  True/False Equations to practice expressions and equations with adding and subtracting within 20 through engaging and hands-on Google Slides activities. They will use interactive digital tools (Google Slides) to build student engagement and generate meaningful

Do your students have difficulty organizing essays around a thesis statement? The Thesis Web organizer can help! This digital download includes an editable Google Slides activity and a printable .pdf. Soon your students will be experts at organizing their ideas and writing amazing thesis statements! Crafting effective thesis statements is one of the most important writing skills your students will learn. But it’s also one of the most challenging. Essays with great thesis statements are org

Looking for a great visual models graphic organizer for math? This visual model organizer is a simple but effective way to help students create more effective visual models. Use the "prompt" box at the top to enter an expression, equation, or word problem. The remaining boxes guide students through thinking through the starting value, operation, and type of visual model. I've had success using this organizer for in-class activities, homework, and even as part of an end-of-unit assessment. You mi