Tim Yoder

The end of the college basketball season comes, and March Madness takes over. Millions of people tackle the challenge of creating the perfect bracket by attempting to predict the winner of all 63 games in the tournament. How difficult can that be? (wink, wink) This slide show first delivers a mini-lesson on how to calculate the total number of possible outcomes of an event. It then goes through the mathematical process of how to arrive at the fact that there are 9.2 quintillion possibl

This resource includes 9 documents: - Checklists for all the MATH standards for grades 6-8 (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Student roster forms with a checklist column for each MATH standard for each grade level (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Editable student roster forms with a checklist column for each MATH standard for each grade level(Microsoft EXCEL 2010 ) These checklists can be used to: - keep track of which standards you have taught and when you taught them - record notes about each standard - keep track o

BUZZ is a fast-paced mental math activity that requires every student in your class to listen carefully, to concentrate for an extended time, and to apply previously-learned math concepts. The game basically involves the members of your class counting from 1 to 50 or 1 to 100, depending on the grade level and the level of difficulty. Before each round begins, you will identify the BUZZ number for that round. The BUZZ number could be a multiple of a given number, a perfect square, a prime numbe

This resource includes 3 documents: - Checklist for all the MATH standards for eighth grade (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Student roster form with a checklist column for each MATH standard (Adobe Acrobat PDF) - Editable student roster form with a checklist column for each MATH standard (Microsoft EXCEL 2010 ) These checklists can be used to: - keep track of which standards you have taught and when you taught them - record notes about each standard - keep track of individual student progress for progress

Pythagorean Theorem – Solving Real-Life Problems This resource presents ten real-life problems that are solved using the Pythagorean Theorem. A diagram accompanies each problem. An answer key is included, along with 2 solution pages which detail how each problem is solved. The ten problems are presented in three formats: 1) A black and white printable worksheet (PDF) - free response answers - can be used as a review/practice exercise - can be used as a formative assessment 2) A digital activit

Basic Math Fact Fluency with Mixed Combinations – Level One with Four Operations Every math teacher knows that basic math fact fluency is critical to student success in any math procedure involving computation. The goal I have for my students is that they know the basic math facts as well as they know the letters of the alphabet. To keep my students sharp, we regularly solve oral mixed combinations mentally. A mixed combination involves performing the basic operations on a set of given numbers

Basic Math Fact Fluency with Mixed Combinations – Level Two with Four Operations Every math teacher knows that basic math fact fluency is critical to student success in any math procedure involving computation. The goal I have for my students is that they know the basic math facts as well as they know the letters of the alphabet. To keep my students sharp, we regularly solve oral mixed combinations mentally. A mixed combination involves performing the basic operations on a set of given numbers

Basic Math Fact Fluency with Mixed Combinations – Level Two with Two Operations Every math teacher knows that basic math fact fluency is critical to student success in any math procedure involving computation. The goal I have for my students is that they know the basic math facts as well as they know the letters of the alphabet. To keep my students sharp, we regularly solve oral mixed combinations mentally. A mixed combination involves performing the basic operations on a set of given numbers.

Basic Math Fact Fluency with Mixed Combinations – Level One with Five Operations Every math teacher knows that basic math fact fluency is critical to student success in any math procedure involving computation. The goal I have for my students is that they know the basic math facts as well as they know the letters of the alphabet. To keep my students sharp, we regularly solve oral mixed combinations mentally. A mixed combination involves performing the basic operations on a set of given numbers

Basic Math Fact Fluency with Mixed Combinations – Level One with Three Operations Every math teacher knows that basic math fact fluency is critical to student success in any math procedure involving computation. The goal I have for my students is that they know the basic math facts as well as they know the letters of the alphabet. To keep my students sharp, we regularly solve oral mixed combinations mentally. A mixed combination involves performing the basic operations on a set of given number

Basic Math Fact Fluency with Mixed Combinations – Level Two with Five Operations Every math teacher knows that basic math fact fluency is critical to student success in any math procedure involving computation. The goal I have for my students is that they know the basic math facts as well as they know the letters of the alphabet. To keep my students sharp, we regularly solve oral mixed combinations mentally. A mixed combination involves performing the basic operations on a set of given numbers

Happy Pi Day! This digital EASEL activity includes 15 pie (circle) problems that involve pi, diameter, radius, area, and circumference. The format of the problems is very colorful and engaging, and the 15 different pies referred to in the problems are shown in actual photographs. The students will do this activity on their devices. THERE ARE NO WORKSHEETS TO PRINT OR COPY. There is no prep to be done by the teacher, and no grading is required as the activity is self-checking. Below

Every math teacher knows that basic math fact fluency is critical to student success in any math procedure involving computation. The goal I have for my students is that they know the basic math facts as well as they know the letters of the alphabet. To keep my students sharp, we regularly solve oral mixed combinations mentally. A mixed combination involves performing the basic operations on a set of given numbers. Unlike written problems which are solved using the order of operations, oral m

Basic Math Fact Fluency with Mixed Combinations – Level One with Two Operations Every math teacher knows that basic math fact fluency is critical to student success in any math procedure involving computation. The goal I have for my students is that they know the basic math facts as well as they know the letters of the alphabet. To keep my students sharp, we regularly solve oral mixed combinations mentally. A mixed combination involves performing the basic operations on a set of given numbers.