Use several skills to solve word problems leading to systems of equations. Scholars define variables and write equations to model situations described within word problems. Pupils solve the resulting system of linear equations using...

The class gets their mean and median all in a row with an assessment task that uses a population of ducklings to work with data displays and measures of central tendency. Pupils create a frequency chart and calculate the mean and median....

There's more than one way to solve a math problem! Introduce your class to this concept with a reading passage. After reading, learners answer five related questions.

Which animal is best for you—a dog or cat? Why? Engage third graders in an opinion writing assessment that prompts them to read facts about both pets, and then write and decide which pet is best for them.

Pencil in the resource on writing verbal phrases into your lesson plans. The 15th installment of a 36-part module has scholars write verbal phases for algebraic expressions. They complete a set of problems to solidify this skill.

Five word problems make up a practice page designed to reinforce subtraction, multiplication, and division. Word problems require scholars to perform operations using numbers up to 1,400. 

Wondering what Dr. Seuss and his colorful fish have to offer your young mathematicians? Find out with this simple yet affective word problem worksheet that challenges children to determine how many different combinations...

In this cryptography and cryptanalysis worksheet, 8th graders read the explanation and example for codes and ciphers, then answer 2 questions and decipher 2 messages.

Visit the Magic Treehouse and take your class on a trip through time with a reading of the children's book Mummies in the Morning. Using the story to spark an investigation into Egyptian culture, this literature unit engages...

Three options offer young writers the opportunity to read a short story, answer questions, and write a response. A handy language arts resource focuses on reading comprehension and analyziing the story's lesson: look before you leap. 

After reading the first, second, and third parts of "How Bear Lost His Tail", third grade writers answer questions about the story by completing a series of options, including discussion points. Then, they begin to plan a new narrative...

Build upon linear functions to learn about quadratics. The lesson plan introduces the concept of zeros for quadratic functions and makes the connection to the linear factors of the function. It presents quadratics in both graphical and...

To demonstrate their ability to craft an analysis of informational text, class members read excerpts from James Madison's "The Federalist No. 10," from George Washington's Farewell Address, and from Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural...

After viewing a video on fractional amounts, young mathematicians put their new knowledge to the test. Throughout the assessment, class members find the fractional amount for prices, times, and populations. There are a few percent and...

Make an estimate by getting in line. The class works with scatter plots and lines of best fit to make an estimate for given values. Pupils determine whether there is a positive or negative correlation and draw a best-fit line. Using the...

In this math worksheet, students examine the topics available to complete a daily math journal. They repeat the procedure for future lessons.

In this math word problem worksheet, students read the problem where they solve the color of a horse by deducing what each character says. Students complete 1 problem total.

In this money and time instructional activity, students read money problems and determine the total cost and the amount of change to be given to a customer. They add moments of time and determine the correct amount of hourly pay earned....

In this geometry instructional activity, 10th graders find the base, height, or area of a triangle. The one page interactive instructional activity contains ten questions. Answers and hints are included. 

First do this and then do that. Next do this and after do that. Young readers read about the order each person in the story gets dessert, before answering the who, the what, and the how in the reading passage.

On June 26, 1963 President John F. Kennedy delivered his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech close to the Berlin Wall at the Rudolph Wilde Platz. On June 12, 1987 President Ronald Reagan Delivered his famous "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down...

Technology has undoubtedly improved the lives of people around the world—but has it improved communication? Seventh graders read two informative passages about the rise of texting and emailing versus in-person conversations before...

A three-part writing assessment challenges scholars to think critically about schools of the past and present. Learners read informative texts, answer questions to prepare for a discussion, research in small groups, complete a Venn...

Pupils continue the study of ratios by creating ratios from a context. The contexts present more than two quantities, and scholars create contexts that match given ratios.