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Bluffton, Ohio, United States
About the store
Jay Waggoner and Matt Lora have a combined 53 years experience of teaching in the classroom and many, many hours of one-on-one tutoring. Although Jay may not appreciate how it will be noted that there is a significant age difference between us, our success as a small company is the product of understanding, monitoring and helping students maintain key mathematical disciplines. Our goals are established by our line of "trendy" and creative products.
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Preview of Cartesian Cartoon Puzzle,middle school graphing,reflections,Plane and Simple

Cartesian Cartoon Puzzle,middle school graphing,reflections,Plane and Simple

Plane and Simple In this graphing puzzle, the student will: 1). plot points in the first quadrant of a coordinate plane. 2). reflect a plane-figure across the y-axis Please do not be intimidated by the 8.1 Core Standard number if it appears in the "core numbers" . . . it is the one that has the student work with reflections (among other things). Our reflections are not all that complex. Our Cartesian Cartoon Puzzle series is intended to offer different slants and blends from most of the
Preview of Dang, You're Fast at Math,Mental Math,Adding,Subtracting,Squaring,Percents

Dang, You're Fast at Math,Mental Math,Adding,Subtracting,Squaring,Percents

The intent of this puzzle book’s “companion volume”, A Substantial Prime Number of Neat Numbers, was to help with awareness of math facts and properties that would benefit ALL pre-college test takers . . . grade level requisite exams, graduation exams, SATs, ACTs, quiz bowls, math counts. Dang, You’re Fast at Math! works with various math short cuts and “tricks.” Though it can benefit all math students it does reach beyond classroom topics and aims at those teachers and students who desire,
Preview of Earth Day, 2015 NCAA March Madness 9 puzzle collection,word search, math "essay"

Earth Day, 2015 NCAA March Madness 9 puzzle collection,word search, math "essay"

This offering is a collection of three puzzles designed for help in understanding Earth Day, ecology, and the environment. Two are word searches and the other uses some elementary powers of numbers with some elementary binary operations to uncover some facts about cell phones . . . and their disposal . . . along with a coded message that is apt. Though drivers of cars might appreciate the Saving Gas word search, even younger children can certainly do it and learn something from it to share
Preview of All 15 Middle School Cartesian Cartoons,graphing,algebra,powers,operations

All 15 Middle School Cartesian Cartoons,graphing,algebra,powers,operations

This is the entire set of fifteen Cartesian Cartoon Puzzles intended, for the most part, for middle school students. Many could be used with fourth graders, likewise, many could probably be used for older students needing review and practice. (I believe that my count of 43 pages worth of puzzles and solution pages is correct . . . but I may be off by a page or so in the count.) Our Cartesian Cartoon Puzzle series is intended to offer different slants and blends from most of the “gr
Preview of Cartesian Cartoon Puzzle,middle school graphing,name polyons,perimeter,OH My!

Cartesian Cartoon Puzzle,middle school graphing,name polyons,perimeter,OH My!

OH My! In this graphing puzzle, the student will: 1). plot points in a coordinate plane (no fractions). 2). draw line segments. 3). reflect segments and plane figures across the x- and y-axis. 4). name polygons by the number of sides. 5). find the perimeters of some polygons. 6). find the area of a square. 7). recall the number of degrees in a right angle. Please do not be intimidated by the 8.1 Core Standard number if it appears in the "core numbers" . . . it is the one that has the s
Preview of "Two Steps to Success" PROVERB

"Two Steps to Success" PROVERB

In this puzzle from the book, PRE-ALGEBRA PROVERBS, students will be … -Decoding a proverb from Proverbs 16, Verse 16 - Solving two-step equations involving integers Author: Jay Waggoner, Value Added Publishing For more fun, low priced, math puzzle books for the junior high and high school ages, visit us at www.valueaddedpublishing.com. Our MATHACROSTICS series includes Pre-Algebra Proverbs, Algebra Sports Quotes, Algebra 2 Movie Quotes, and Pre-Geometry Puzzle Riddles. All of our puzzle
Preview of 3 Earth Day Puzzles,Saving Gas, Recycling Ways,Unpleasant Powers of Cell Phones

3 Earth Day Puzzles,Saving Gas, Recycling Ways,Unpleasant Powers of Cell Phones

This offering is a collection of three puzzles designed for help in understanding Earth Day, ecology, and the environment. Two are word searches and the other uses some elementary powers of numbers with some elementary binary operations to uncover some facts about cell phones . . . and their disposal . . . along with a coded message that is apt. Though drivers of cars might appreciate the Saving Gas word search, even younger children can certainly do it and learn something from it to share wit
Preview of "Being Careful with Truth...Values" PROV

"Being Careful with Truth...Values" PROV

In this puzzle from the book, PRE-ALGEBRA PROVERBS, students will be … -Decoding a proverb from Proverbs 12, Verse 18 - Solving open sentences (with some fractional roots) involving the distributive property Author: Jay Waggoner, Value Added Publishing For more fun, low priced, math puzzle books for the junior high and high school ages, visit us at www.valueaddedpublishing.com. Our MATHACROSTICS series includes Pre-Algebra Proverbs, Algebra Sports Quotes, Algebra 2 Movie Quotes, and Pre-Ge
Preview of 5th Grade Board Session 1, Common Core Necessities and Review

5th Grade Board Session 1, Common Core Necessities and Review

In this Board Session students will… -add and subtract whole numbers -work with exponents -locate and order numbers on a number line -write out decimal numbers in words -round off numbers to various decimal places -work with Roman Numerals We DO have a complete set of the 20 5th Grade Board sessions listed, and at a discount from the individual sessions multiplied by 20. For ease in finding it you might want to try copying: 5th Grade Board Sessions, Complete Set of 20, Common Co
Preview of Cartesian Cartoon Puzzle,middle school graphing,add integers,reflections

Cartesian Cartoon Puzzle,middle school graphing,add integers,reflections

A Little Symmetric Adornment In this graphing puzzle, the student will: 1). plot points in the first quadrant of a coordinate plane (no fractions). 2). add integers. 3). reflect segments and plane figures across the x- and y-axis. Please do not be intimidated by the 8.1 Core Standard number if it appears in the "core numbers" . . . it is the one that has the student work with reflections (among other things). Our reflections are not all that complex. Our Cartesian Cartoon Puzzle series is
Preview of Cartesian Cartoon Puzzle,middle school graphing,solving equations,reflections

Cartesian Cartoon Puzzle,middle school graphing,solving equations,reflections

A Christmas Construction In this graphing puzzle, the student will: 1). plot points in a coordinate plane (no fractions). 2). solve two-step equations involving integers. 3). reflect a polynomial across the y-axis. Please do not be intimidated by the 8.1 Core Standard number if it appears in the "core numbers" . . . it is the one that has the student work with reflections (among other things). Our reflections are not all that complex. Our Cartesian Cartoon Puzzle series is intended to offer di
Preview of Cartesian Cartoon Puzzle,middle school graphing,percents,Help Me If You Can

Cartesian Cartoon Puzzle,middle school graphing,percents,Help Me If You Can

In this graphing puzzle, the student will: 1). plot points in a coordinate plane (no fractions). 2). take the per cent of a number (common per cents and whole numbers). 3). reflect line segments across the y-axis. Please do not be intimidated by the 8.1 Core Standard number if it appears in the "core numbers" . . . it is the one that has the student work with reflections (among other things). Our reflections are not all that complex. Our Cartesian Cartoon Puzzle series is intended to offer
Preview of 5th Grade Board Session 12, Common Core Necessities and Review

5th Grade Board Session 12, Common Core Necessities and Review

In this Board Session students will… -work with the order of operations -work with exponents -solve one-step equations and Guess & Check -substitute for variables and simplify the expressions -estimate some rational number operations, then perform -work multiplying and dividing fractions and decimals -arrange numbers from least to greatest -convert fractions to their decimal equivalents -do an applied arithmetic story problem We DO have a complete set of the 20 5th Grade Board sessions listed,
Preview of "Distributing the Goodness" PROVERB

"Distributing the Goodness" PROVERB

In this puzzle from the book, PRE-ALGEBRA PROVERBS, students will be … -Decoding a proverb from Proverbs 18, Verse 18 - Using the distributive property and combining like terms Author: Jay Waggoner, Value Added Publishing For more fun, low priced, math puzzle books for the junior high and high school ages, visit us at www.valueaddedpublishing.com. Our MATHACROSTICS series includes Pre-Algebra Proverbs, Algebra Sports Quotes, Algebra 2 Movie Quotes, and Pre-Geometry Puzzle Riddles. All of
Preview of "One Step to Success" PROVERB

"One Step to Success" PROVERB

In this puzzle from the book, PRE-ALGEBRA PROVERBS, students will be … -Decoding a proverb from Proverbs 11, Verse 22 - Solving one-step equations with integers Author: Jay Waggoner, Value Added Publishing For more fun, low priced, math puzzle books for the junior high and high school ages, visit us at www.valueaddedpublishing.com. Our MATHACROSTICS series includes Pre-Algebra Proverbs, Algebra Sports Quotes, Algebra 2 Movie Quotes, and Pre-Geometry Puzzle Riddles. All of our puzzle book
Preview of 5th Grade Board Session 17, Common Core Necessities and Review

5th Grade Board Session 17, Common Core Necessities and Review

In this Board Session students will… -work with the order of operations -work with exponents -work with the probability of pulling marbles from a bag -work with scale model for a model airplane -convert measures -find common percents of numbers (mentally (?)) -find the tip for a dinner bill We DO have a complete set of the 20 5th Grade Board sessions listed, and at a discount from the individual sessions multiplied by 20. For ease in finding it you might want to try copying: 5th Grade Board Ses
Preview of "Combining Assets" PROVERB

"Combining Assets" PROVERB

In this puzzle from the book, PRE-ALGEBRA PROVERBS, students will be … -Decoding a proverb from Proverbs 27, Verse 17 - Combining like terms by adding and subtracting Author: Jay Waggoner, Value Added Publishing For more fun, low priced, math puzzle books for the junior high and high school ages, visit us at www.valueaddedpublishing.com. Our MATHACROSTICS series includes Pre-Algebra Proverbs, Algebra Sports Quotes, Algebra 2 Movie Quotes, and Pre-Geometry Puzzle Riddles. All of our puzzle
Preview of 5th Grade Board Session 15, Common Core Necessities and Review

5th Grade Board Session 15, Common Core Necessities and Review

In this Board Session students will… -work with the order of operations -work with exponents -solve one-step equations and Guess & Check -work on finding volume & surface area of a rectangular prism -add and subtract measures -substitute into a variable expression, then evaluate -find the missing angles in a triangle We DO have a complete set of the 20 5th Grade Board sessions listed, and at a discount from the individual sessions multiplied by 20. For ease in finding it you might want to try c
Preview of 6th Grade Board Session 20,Common Core,Review,Math Counts,Quiz Bowl

6th Grade Board Session 20,Common Core,Review,Math Counts,Quiz Bowl

In this Board Session students will… -use order of operations to simplify rational expressions -work with exponents -substitute in variable expressions, then simplify the expressions -work with a circle inscribed in a square -sketch specific quadrilaterals and triangles -estimate some ugly rational binary operations -make a box-and-whisker plot We DO have a complete set of the 20 6th Grade Board sessions listed, and at a discount from the individual sessions multiplied by 20. For ease in findin
Preview of Cartesian Cartoon Puzzle,middle school graphing,segments,Math Joke

Cartesian Cartoon Puzzle,middle school graphing,segments,Math Joke

In this graphing puzzle, the student will: 1). plot points in a coordinate plane (a few fractions). 2). draw line segments. Please do not be intimidated by the 8.1 Core Standard number if it appears . . . it is the one that has the student work with reflections (among other things). Our Cartesian Cartoon Puzzle series is intended to offer different slants and blends from most of the “graphing ordered pairs” worksheets and puzzles that are currently on the market. As with all
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About the store

Experience

Jay Waggoner and Matt Lora have a combined 53 years experience of teaching in the classroom and many, many hours of one-on-one tutoring. Although Jay may not appreciate how it will be noted that there is a significant age difference between us, our success as a small company is the product of understanding, monitoring and helping students maintain key mathematical disciplines. Our goals are established by our line of "trendy" and creative products.

Teaching style

Jay Waggoner and Matt Lora agree that students and teachers will have success in the math classroom by using 3 simple rules. 1) Teaching and Learning has to be FUN! 2) Students must memorize basic facts about numbers and their operations. 3) Monitoring of student performance must be weekly and should be cumulative using calculator and non-calculator assessments.

Awards & shining teacher moments

Jay Waggoner: Teacher of the Year Award at Shawnee High School (Lima, OH) 1996

My own education history

Jay Waggoner: BA and MA in teaching Mathematics Matt Lora: BA and MA in teaching Mathematics

Additional biographical information

For more biography information, please learn about us at http://www.valueaddedpublishing.com