"Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday" by Judith Viorst

Whereas this resource will help you meet Common Core standards with your 7th grade geometers, it seems to be missing a few pieces. Tips are offered for teaching them to draw triangles with given measurements, and a pertinent worksheet is...

Use powers of 10 to convert between fractions and decimals. Pupils convert decimals to fractions by using place values in the 13th installment of a 25-part series. Class members reverse the process and find equivalent fractions with a...

Cultivate the tree of knowledge using diagrams with two stages. Pupils create small tree diagrams to determine the sample space in compound probability problems. The instructional activity uses only two decision points to introduce tree...

Learners solve vacation equations with tape in a lesson that uses tape diagrams to aid in the understanding of the algebraic steps used to solve two-step linear equations. Groups work together to solve seven scenarios involving a family...

Here is a Who Wants to be a Millionaire-type presentation which deals with choosing the correct metric weight for a variety of objects. Things like an apple, a paper clip, and a plastic ruler are some of the things learners consider. An...

Everyone loves a sale, but they need to know how to find the new price with the scale factor and proportions. The scale factor is like the key needed to find that missing piece of the puzzle. Show your learners how to find the scale...

Your learners will be surprised by the thought-provoking, counterintuitive puzzle presented in this short video that models a fun, fictional situation in which a game is played with two number cubes to decide which of two people wins a...

Students explore ways to save and spend money. In this financial awareness lesson, students read the book Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday and discuss ways the character handled his money. Students express the ways they would...

A word problem can have a lot of information that needs to be organized.  The first video of the series introduces a a field trip where students pay to include lunch, entrance, and a gift shop ticket. Your mathematicians job is to figure...

Learning to convert between different units of measurement can be a challenge for many young mathematicians. The final video in this series supports learners with this topic by clearly modeling how T-charts and repeated addition are used...