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Number Sense and Numeration: Multiples, Factors and Square Roots
A great resource for any math teacher covering multiples, factors or square roots; this learning exercise walks young mathematicians through the logic behind factoring and square roots with a systematic set of problems which gradually...
Grid Games Galore
Math Games Students Like to Play
These may not all be your cup of tea, but you'll likely find some gold in this math games packet. Find brief, easy-to-execute games (like Integer Football) and that are perfect for review or even a substitute teacher plan.
Novelinks
Zach’s Lie: Magic Squares
Individuals match vocabulary words within a magic square, a concept that ties in nicely with math class. The words are all located in Zach's Lie and were specifically selected to increase comprehension of the text. Fifth in a series of...
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Magic Number Squares
Looking for a fun way to review verb conjugations? You've found the perfect resource! Kids love games, and these magic number squares will surely engage them. Consider having a classroom race to see who can find the correct answers first!
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Game Board: Level 0
Sitting still, taking turns, playing games are all highly valuable social skills. Help the Autistic or special needs child in your class practice these skills one step at a time. This "game board" contains only 5 squares so is perfect...
California Education Partners
Four Square Wars
Obviously, four is the perfect number when you're playing Four Square. Scholars first use multiplication and division to solve a set of problems on the number of balls needed, the number of games, and the number of players required for a...
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Algebra 1: Simplifying Radicals
After discussing the difference between rational and irrational numbers, the class pratices simplifying, adding, and subtracting radical expressions. They play a game which involves passing around cards until they have matching hands of...
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Maniac Magee: Magic Number Strategy
Take a break from reading to find the magic number with this vocabulary game using words drawn from Jerry Spinelli's Maniac Magee. Participants match the definition to the word in each numbered square of the puzzle, then add the number...
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Shape Matching Cards
In this shape matching game worksheet, students cut out the 7 pictured shape cards and the 7 written description cards. Students match the shape cards to the appropriate description cards as they play the memory game.
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Christmas Square Dance
In this secondary mathematics worksheet, students solve a riddle in which dancing partners are assigned numbers such that the sum of each couples numbers is a perfect square. The one page worksheet contains one problem with the solution.
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The Back to School Game
In this back to school instructional activity, students participate in a game that involves each player having the opportunity of collecting all the school supplies they need.
Fraction Bars
Multiplying Fractions Times Whole Numbers and Fractions
Fifth graders make the connections using models between multiplying a fraction times a whole number and multiplying a fraction times a fraction. After completing three teacher-led activities, pupils access a website on their own to play...
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Homophones
Here is a terrific lesson on teaching homophones to your upper graders! In it, homophone word cards and homophone bingo cards, which are embedded in the lesson, are used in a game format which reinforces this important part of speech....
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Rules For the Home Game
Students practice naming furniture in this Home Game. Students also use prepositions of place to describe where the furniture is.
Charleston School District
Review Unit 5: Equations
It's time for them to show you what they've learned! The review provides a sampling of the different concepts learned throughout the eight-part series. Learners solve equations by combining like terms, applying the distributive property,...
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Factoring Trinomials
Students factor trinomials using specific factoring methods. In this algebra instructional activity, students factor equations using the difference of squares and foiling. They play a game to enhance their understanding of factoring.
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Old Poly Factoring
Young scholars are given a set of Old Poly cards and then match polynomials to their factored forms in a game of Old Maid. They complete a worksheet for assessment.
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Number Sense
Eighth graders participate in a instructional activity that is concerned with reviewing basic math concepts using the four operations. The activity is composed of a math game that is played by them.
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ESL Activity - Beat the Teacher
Young scholars play the game Tick-Tack Toe with the students. Teachers prepare a list of questions for the young scholars, primarily to find out already known knowledge. Students try to beat the teacher at this game.
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Yes or No Logic Problem
In this statistics learning exercise, students solve word problems using statistics and probability. They solve a riddle identifying the probability of the event occurring.
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Matching the Number
In this algebra instructional activity, 11th graders answer a variety of questions dealing with math and science. They match the letters in the questions to the number of the questions. There are 14 questions with an answer key.
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Scott the Painter
In this algebra instructional activity, students rewrite a word problem using algebraic symbols. They create a table to figure out what rooms should be painted first and in what order. There is an answer key to this problem.
Illustrative Mathematics
Shape Hunt Part 2
Shapes are everywhere in the world around us, from rectangular doors to the circular wheels of a car. The second lesson in this series opens the eyes of young mathematicians to this wonderful world of shapes as they search the classroom,...
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Pythagorean Theorem
Students solve problems using the Pythagorean Theorem. In this geometry lesson, students identify the sides and angles of a right triangle. They find the different trigonometric ratios and solve using sine, cosine and tangent.