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Want to make place value hands-on and interactive? This printable and digital chart will have your students moving and manipulating numbers to help them gain a better understanding of their place value all year long!  There are printable student versions and digital copies in Google Slides for individual use. With both a printable and digital version at your fingertips, you have options!  You can have students use the large chart on a wall, bulletin board, or whiteboard in conjunction with in

Use visual models along with the standard algorithm to quickly and effectively teach your students how to divide fractions with this comprehensive digital and printable resource pack. Using visual models, students will have a more hands-on approach to “see” what it looks like when dividing unit fractions by whole numbers and dividing whole numbers by unit fractions in addition to using the standard algorithm.  It’s great for kinesthetic learners as well as students that may struggle with mem

Use visual models along with the standard algorithm to quickly and effectively teach your students how to add and subtract decimals using this digital and printable resource pack. Students will have a hands-on approach to “see” what it looks like to add and subtract decimals and connect this method to the standard algorithm.  It’s great for visual & kinesthetic learners as well as students that may struggle with memorizing algorithms. This resource is complete, comprehensive, and easy to f

Want to make place value hands-on and interactive? This printable chart will have your students moving and manipulating numbers to help them gain a better understanding of their place value all year long!  There are printable student versions for individual use. The large chart is easy to customize and the individual charts come in multiple variations, so you have options!  Students can use the large chart on a wall, bulletin board, or white board in conjunction with individual student charts

This project is the perfect final assessment for your volume unit.  Volumeville will have your students out of their seats, working together, and showing their creativity to create a 3D city/village.  This is perfect for incorporating interdisciplinary skills! Volumeville has students tasked with creating a 3D community. They will be challenged to use nets to create both rectangular prisms as well as composite rectangular prisms to build their city.  They will have to calculate the volume of the

Do you want an engaging summative assessment for your geometry unit?  This project has your students designing a space using only quadrilaterals. They must use each of the following quadrilaterals: parallelogram, rectangle, square, rhombus, and trapezoid. Once they create the design, they have to make a key for it, consisting of each shape and its properties, along with symbols and labels for each of the parts of their design that would be categorized with each shape. **Digital version in Goog

Want to make place value hands-on? Are you looking for interactive ways to teach various place value skills with your students?  This digital & printable chart and activities bundle is jam-packed with resources to teach and review place value and numbers in base ten.  Whether you're teaching with technology in the classroom or virtually from home, this resource will help your students interact with numbers and gain a better understanding of their place value all year long! Most of the acti

Have your students practice adding and subtracting decimals with visual models and the standard algorithm with these sets of task cards. Two versions are included: a printable version and a digital version in Google Forms - perfect for distance or remote learning! Printable Version What You Get:Two sets of task cards (adding and subtracting) EACH including:12 task cardsstudent recording sheetanswer keyTypes of questions in each set: a visual model is provided and students create the matching

This set of task cards provides students with an opportunity to practice finding the volume of composite rectangular prisms. Included is a short directions page that gives the steps needed in order to solve for the volume of a composite rectangular prism. There are 16 task cards for students to practice finding the volume of these figures. 8 of the task cards use whole numbers and 8 use decimals for differentiation and increased difficulty. There are also varying levels of difficulty in each t

Use visual models along with the standard algorithm to quickly and effectively teach your students how to multiply decimals with this comprehensive printable and digital resource pack. Students will have a more hands-on approach to “see” what it looks like to multiply decimals by whole numbers and multiply decimals by decimals with models and the standard algorithm, as well as area models.  They will also be able to connect the visual models to the standard algorithm.  It’s great for kinesthet

Plotting fractions on a number line has never looked so fun! This pack comes with 3 whole group or small group activities for fraction line plots. Students are given individual task cards of an object measured on a fraction number line. As a class, each student will determine the fraction of their object and plot it onto a class line plot. Students will then use their class-created data and answer to answer questions. What You Get: 3 sets of task cards (pencils, nails, and erasers)28 task ca

Use visual models along with the standard algorithm to quickly and effectively teach your students how to multiply decimals with this comprehensive resource pack. Students will have a more hands-on approach to “see” what it looks like to multiply decimals by whole numbers and multiply decimals by decimals with models and the standard algorithm, as well as area models.  They will also be able to connect the visual models to the standard algorithm.  It’s great for kinesthetic learners as well as

Use visual models along with the standard algorithm to quickly and effectively teach your students how to add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators as well as like denominators using this comprehensive printable and digital resource pack. Using visual models, students will have a more hands-on approach to “see” what it looks like when adding and subtracting fractions in addition to using the standard algorithm.  It’s great for kinesthetic learners as well as students that may strugg

Use visual models and area models along with the standard algorithm to quickly and effectively teach your students how to multiply fractions and multiply mixed numbers using this comprehensive digital and printable resource pack. Using visual models and area models, students will have a more hands-on approach to “see” what it looks like when multiplying fractions and mixed numbers in addition to using the standard algorithm.  It’s great for kinesthetic learners as well as students that may

Want to make place value hands-on and interactive?  This digital chart will have your students moving and manipulating numbers to help them gain a better understanding of their place value all year long!   You have options!  The chart comes in multiple versions and place value lengths.  You can display one of the charts on a Smartboard for whole group instruction while students can have their own digital copy in Google Slides on a device.  Students can also use the charts during independent

Want to make place value hands-on? Are you looking for interactive ways to teach various place value skills with your students?  This digital & printable chart and activities bundle is jam-packed with resources to teach and review place value and numbers in base ten.  Whether you're teaching with technology in the classroom or virtually from home, this resource will help your students interact with numbers and gain a better understanding of their place value all year long! They’re low-pre

Use visual models along with the standard algorithm to quickly and effectively teach your students how to add and subtract decimals. Students will have a more hands-on approach to “see” what it looks like to add and subtract decimals and connect this method to the standard algorithm.  It’s great for kinesthetic learners as well as students that may struggle with memorizing algorithms. This resource is complete, comprehensive, and easy to follow with a clear format.  It is low-prep and easy

This quiz pack contains 10 paper quizzes and 10 digital quizzes that are aligned to the Georgia Standards of Excellence Unit 4: Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, and Dividing with Fractions. It is also aligned with Common Core. What You Get10 printable quizzes with answer keys10 digital quizzes - answer keys are in the questions on the formStandards included: 5.NF.1, 5.NF.2, 5.NF.3, 5.NF.4, 5.NF.5, 5.NF.6, 5.NF.7, 5.MD.2 This resource can also be purchased in a: Unit 4 Paper Quiz PackUnit 4

This Thanksgiving math activity gives students practice with adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing decimals. There is a printable version as well as a digital version included (great for remote learning). ***Check out the last page of the preview file for a free page*** Georgia Standards of Excellence and Common Core Standards: 5.NBT.7 Add, subtract, multiply, divide decimals. 6.NS.3 Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for eac

Use visual models and area models along with the standard algorithm to quickly and effectively teach your students how to multiply fractions and multiply mixed numbers using this comprehensive resource pack. Using visual models and area models, students will have a more hands-on approach to “see” what it looks like when multiplying fractions and mixed numbers in addition to using the standard algorithm.  It’s great for kinesthetic learners as well as students that may struggle with memorizin