SamizdatMath

This is a set of 2 activity sheets that use a minimum amount of text so that students can engage in solving word problems without the obstacle of decoding dull sentences. The problems are tricky not because of the wording, but because a) there is "interleaving," which means that depending on the problem, the student may have to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication or division. In addition, some of the division problems have remainders that have to be interpreted. There are 4 problems p

This is a really cool activity I made for my third graders: the basic idea is this - instead of giving kids a hundred subtraction problems and mindlessly solving them over and over again, why not have the kids make up their own subtraction problem according to the “properties” of the problem - for example, whether or not it requires regrouping (NOT borrowing!), as well as a target range for the answer, and only using certain digits. If you look at my other materials, you know I’m always trying

I know you all love "Task Cards" - so I made these for you, but at the same time, I had to get "snarky." Forgive me..... See all those stoopid questions that show up on Facebook, Instagram, PInterest, Friendster, Tumblr, Twitter, Woof, etc? The ones where they tell you to calculate some easy-peasy problem and then 83% get the wrong answer? Wouldn't that make a great activity for reviewing order of operations, a.k.a. PEMDAS????? So I collected a whole bunch of these, spread them over a few pag

This has been very successful for me both as an assessment and an activity that students can do at centers or at home. There are 10 different story problems, and a board with 10 spots to place them: each one states the operation you would use to solve it. Your students cut out the cards, they read the problems and then tape or glue the correct problem with the operation or operations that would be used to solve it. Most are single step problems, but some require two steps. A fun thing to do in c

This is a game that helps your kids do two different things at once: first, they can practice multi-digit multiplication (1 x 2, 2 x 2 and 1 x 3), AND, more important than anything else, they can work on their estimation skills. They also have to do subtraction in order to find out how far they are from their “target” number, so I guess that counts for three things. Actually, they also have to add their scores together, so there’s multi-digit addition as well. So there you have it: one game, f

Here's the task: Put the following fractions in order from least to greatest: 3/7, 1/5, 5/6, 4/7, 7/8, 1/9 and 12/13 Would your students be comfortable doing this task, or would they groan and give up? Would you want your students to attempt this by drawing individual pictures of fractions? Would you want your students to attempt this using a desk full of manipulatives? The first thing you get in this kit is a set of standardized fraction cards that use a hybrid linear model; they are in th