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A set of 10 Review Stations all about Integers! Practice with negative and positive integers, number lines, word problems, counters, operational rules and more! I love to use these after we have learned the content and as a wrap up activity. Students should feel confident in their abilities and ready for their assessment! I love stations as it promotes independent and group work at the same time! While students are working in their stations, I pull my small group of students to give them one

Looking for a way to implement small groups or pairs into your lesson plans? I highly recommend this One and Two Step Equations Paired Puzzle Activity. Students will be able to reinforce their skills working with all four inverse operations to solve for the unknown variable. Students will be paired with a partner and each will have 13 separate equations to solve for. After finding the Solution for each, they will then compare and match up their answers to find the Letter/Number to decode a Ri

Do you use manipulatives in class? Well - This is a perfect example to supplement that using counters and number lines while still getting everything you need out of the lesson plan! Open your topic on Integers using this activity with a chance to be able to explain Zero Pairs, Opposites and practice with Subtracting with Negatives. < < < Need other Integer Activities? Check out these alternatives!> > > Students will begin with attempting the problems on the Integer Worksheet

This is a fun, quick and totally FREE MATH Maze on solving Expressions and Equations! It is now available in pdf or a digital version! Practice using inverse operations, writing expressions and equations using indicator words and solving one and two step simple equations. Perfect for your fast finishers, after an exam or as a fun homework alternative! After they finish their maze, allow students to use it as a coloring sheet to extend the quiet time activity. Check out my other Math Freebies

A set of 10 Review Stations all about Rational Numbers! Practice with negative and positive rational numbers in the form of fractions, decimals and percents, word problems, converting forms and more! I love to use these after we have learned the content and as a wrap up activity. Students should feel confident in their abilities and ready for their assessment! I love stations as it promotes independent and group work at the same time! While students are working in their stations, I pull my s

Use these SIX Foldables for your Interactive Notebooks (INB) throughout your lesson plan on Ratios and Proportional Relationships. These require minimal folding and cutting - making directions easy! Perfectly aligned with the Common Core standards for 6th and 7th Grade. Description of Foldables:• Essential Vocabulary - Pentagon Shape (Available to purchase separately)• Percent Proportion - Tri Fold Style Vertical • Percent Proportion and Percent Equation - Tri Fold Style Vertical • Converting

Looking for a way to implement small groupings into your Ratios lesson plans? I highly recommend this Paired Puzzle Activity covering Ratios, Unit Rates and Proportional Reasoning. Students will be able to reinforce their problem-solving skills while working with a partner. Students will be paired up and each will have 12 separate problems to solve for. To decode the riddle, students will match-up their Simplified Ratios or Unit Rates for each problem. → Students will have practice solving

This is a fun, quick and totally FREE MATH Maze on Integers! Practice using positive and negative integers, double negatives, word problems and a few challenging questions using multiplication and division. Perfect for your fast finishers, after an exam or as a fun homework alternative! After they finish their maze, allow students to use it as a coloring sheet to extend the quiet time activity. Check out my other Math Freebies HERE!Enjoy!*******************************************************

A set of 10 Review Stations all about Proportional Relationships! Practice with unit rates, ratios, data tables, graphs, function tables, problem solving for the constant of proportionality! I love to use these after we have learned the content and as a wrap up activity. Students should feel confident in their abilities and ready for their assessment! I love stations as it promotes independent and group work at the same time! While students are working in their stations, I pull my small gro

Perfect activity to supplement your lesson on Integers. Use as a whole group activity, small group even centers! Great component to academic practice (homework) and checking for comprehension of ability to write math expressions from word problems and properly solving for the solution. Includes a whimsy color page that acts as a graphic organizer and makes for a quick assessment! Answer key is available as well! Enjoy! ***************************************************************************

Have a great time reviewing with this BINGO Game covering Rational Numbers! Topics include using number lines, adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions including negatives, using greater than and less than symbols, real world problems and interpreting graphs.This activity brings a lot of FUN into a normally dull topic and will be especially beneficial as a whole group game! Comes with 32 BINGO Game boards, Workspace Document, Answer key and 24 Problems to practice with! Use t

This Solving Equations Match-Up Activity takes building equations to the next step! Students will sort out the Ice Cream Scoops to build their Equations using 3 Sets, easy, medium and difficult! Students will be able to reinforce their skills working with one and two step equations with distribution, variables on both sides, fractions and negatives. This is a perfect way to implement differentiation of instruction into your small groups or center activities. Each set includes Ten Ice Cream Con

This awesome Foldable will help your students learn the definitions to the Essential Vocabulary Terms for the unit on Ratios and Proportions. I provided the definitions and examples for each PLUS there is space under each flap for you to personalize with a second example to reinforce their skills and use your own creativity to fit the needs of your classroom. Check out the Bigger Bundle which includes this one - you will be saving more $$$ Looking for even MORE! Here is a link to my entir

Perfect activity to supplement your lesson on Area of Composite Figures. Use as a whole group activity, small group even centers! Great component to academic practice (homework) and checking for comprehension. You can use the pdf or assign the digital version in Google Classroom! This activity allows students to practice 9 Problems finding Area of Composite Figures which includes decomposing figures into Rectangles, Circles, Triangles, and Trapezoids. I have included a quick reference answer k

All your Expressions, Equations and Inequality Activities in one place without feeling forced. A wide variety of activities to reach all your learners! You will find print-N-go, self-checking, tech driven, vocabulary, warm-ups, exit tickets, center activities, INB material and review games too! If you are like me, I have plenty of "textbook material" but where is the FUN in that? Let me mention also, my students get VERY bored doing the exact same style of activities from one unit to the nex

Perfect activity to supplement your lesson on One-Step Equations! This activity includes 17 problems that include all four operations with 3 additional Two-Step Equations to up the rigor and leads into the next concept. Students will solve each problem then use the "Crack the Code" Key to match an image with a letter in order to solve for a Spring inspired quote. Use as a whole group activity, small group even centers! Great component to academic practice (homework) and checking for comprehens

Perfect activity to supplement your lesson on adding and subtracting Rational Numbers. This includes 15 problems that include Adding or Subtracting with unlike Fractions and Mixed Numbers. Students will solve each problem then use the "Crack the Code" Key to match an image with a letter in order to solve for a Fall inspired quote. Use as a whole group activity, small group even centers! Great component to academic practice (homework) and checking for comprehension on finding improper fractions

Use this 11 Question Quiz Post-Lesson to check your students comprehension of Ratios, Rates and Unit Rates. This Quiz covers essential vocabulary terms to the standards 6.RP.A.1 and 6.RP.A.2, types of Ratios, Identifying a Ratio using geometric figures, writing the ratio in all three different ways as well as a sentence to match the pictorial image, Unit Prices, and finding Equivalent Ratios based off a data table with missing components. You can be assured that the rigor is set accordingly t

Add some fun to your lesson plan with this One-Step Equations Matching Activity. Students will practice finding equivalent equations, solving for unknowns, using negatives, fractional coefficients and more! Students will have practice with 10 puzzles and each has four one-step equations (making 40 equations total!). Very versatile activity - your students will love it. Use in small groups, pairs or centers! Makes for a great interactive notebook component also! All four operations are included

A perfect combination of Six No Prep Problem-Solving Activities ALL focusing on Fractions. Use in your MATH centers, small groups, partners or even as a Sub Activity. Students will practice with all four operations using fractions that require problem solving skills. The first page is great as a whole group instruction to asses pre-requisite skills using whole numbers and leads into break out activities. Many possibilities! Included:• Seating Arrangement (whole number multiplication and sums)