Sunshine Math

Most of the worksheets I've come across for composite figures are boring and not related to life. I created this worksheet as a way to make composite shapes applicable to life. It took a lot of time, but I'm proud of the final product. I have never gotten my students to the point where I thought they could handle this worksheet. I would love someone to give it to theirs and tell me how it goes!

Help students recognize how a frequency graph is made by having them create one themselves. A table with tree heights is given, the students must choose the intervals and then place the heights in the appropriate interval. At the end are 5 questions for analyzing the data in the graph. I completely made up the numbers for the tree heights!

Teach the negative powers of ten through patterns and sorting. This package includes in PDF format -- - Two sorts/matching - One one-sided worksheet with a table to fill in - One exit pass that has four copies on one sheet - Three half-sheet homeworks - One sheet of a Neg Powers of Ten table (2 per sheet) for notebooks - One set of performance tasks, or thought questions, that uses their knowledge of this topic to break into scientific notation The performance tasks can be used at various times

I created this activity for my students to do over a holiday break, but I never gave it to them. The students take a room in their home and create a scale drawing of it. They can choose their own scale and draw furniture in the drawing. As an added geometry bonus, they also need to calculate the perimeter and area of the room. But, hey, if you don't want to send it home with them, use it in the classroom to diagram the classroom...or even a different room in the building! A grading rubric is p