This set contains 5 weeks of morning work for the month of November. The math is aligned to 6th Grade Common Core Standards and meant to be a review. Each week follows the same routine and structure. Mathematician Monday- Multiplication & Division, Whole Numbers & Decimals, Expressions & Equations, Problem-Solving, Ratios & Rates Number System Tuesday: Whole Numbers & Decimals, Rational Numbers, Statistics & Probability Wordless Wednesday: No Word Problems! Students have 3 problems without words. Multiplication & Division, Expressions & Equations, Throwback Thursday: Relationships Between Variables, Geometry, Graphs, Coordinate Planes, Units of Measure Fraction Friday: Nothing says Fun Friday like Fractions! Fractions, Percent I created this resource in my own classroom because I saw a need to continuously review these key areas. By following this same structure each week, students know what to expect while they are also building their confidence in these essential math areas. I have also found several other benefits from this morning work routine: 1)Routine!-My students knew exactly what to do when they come in the classroom. Also, if I needed a few extra minutes due to meetings or other housekeeping duties, I knew my students were spending that time working on essential math skills, not just “busy work.” The morning work is meant to be short and sweet, skill practice, plus engaging. 2)Short & Sweet- There are only a few problems so it shouldn’t take longer than 10 minutes. This will also let you know if students are still having difficulty with a certain skill. 3)Fewer Copies- Only one sheet of paper for the whole week! (Copy front and back) 4)A Weekly Grade-My students know this and do not want to do the work for homework or have a poor grade. This helped get them started right away in the morning. I also go over the problems each morning and allowed students to fix their work before turning it in. In my opinion, this is beneficial because it keeps the students engaged as we go over it, ESPECIALLY if they had difficulty with it. This was also beneficial for students because if they paid attention and “added on to their thinking,” they can earn a good grade that will be added weekly. For students that already struggle, this is confidence building and motivating. Digital The Math Daily Review comes as a printable pdf and in a digital format. The digital format includes Google Slides and self-grading Google Forms. The links for both of these are on a separate Google Slides: The Google Slides are organized into a weekly presentation. Each day is on one slide. Some teachers like to separate out the slides to share them on a daily basis. You are able to do this if you don't want to give students a whole week at a time. Google Forms: With the Google Forms, each day has its own Google Form.🛑 Are you a member of the TLL Membership? These materials are already included. If you are not a member, click here to learn more. The TLL Membership gives you an all-access pass to hundreds of ELA resources for teachers in Grades 3-5. This ELA + Math Morning Work is available for the following grade levels: ELA + Math Bundles 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade ELA Bundles 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade ELA Weekly Assessments 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade Math Bundles 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade Let’s connect! The Literacy Loft Blog The Literacy Loft on Instagram The Literacy Loft on Pinterest The Literacy Loft on Facebook If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected] [email protected]
Capturing your students’ interest and curiosity during the first few minutes of class is the key to keeping them engaged for your entire lesson. But not all math warm up activities are created equally. Math teachers miss out on activating their students’ critical thinking and reasoning skills when
I love to add games into my Middle School math lessons. So much learning happens when students play games, not just because the content of the games relates to curriculum, but because when they are playing, they are engaged in the material and are applying theory in a context that makes sense. Here are 10 of my favourite games to play during my math blocks. 1. Cribbage Cribbage is a great game for mental math skills, addition, and strategy. Materials: Cribbage Board, Deck of Cards Objective: Be the first to score 121 points Number of Players: 2-3 How to Play Play Online 2. Achi Achi is a simple game, but takes concentration and strategy. Materials: Achi Board, 4 pieces for each player Objective: be the first player to get three pieces in a row Number of Players: 2 How to Play Download a printable Achi Board 3. Make 100 This game is great to practice basic operations. My students really love it, especially the end when everyone is hovering around 100 and they need to add, then subtract, then add again. Materials: 2 dice, paper and pencil Objective: Be the first to get exactly 100 Number of Players: 2+ How to Play: Take turns rolling 2 dice. You may add, subtract, multiply or divide the two numbers. Keep a running total. The first player to get a total of exactly 100 is the winner. 4. Farkle Farkle is a great game for mental math, multiplication, addition, and probability. Materials: 6 dice, paper, pencil Objective: Be the first to score 10 000 points Number of Players: 2+ How to Play Play Online 5. Yahtzee Yahtzee is a great game for addition and multiplication. Players also have to consider probability as part of their strategies. Materials: 5 dice, Yahtzee score sheet, pencil Objective: To have the highest score after 13 rounds Number of Players: 2+ How to Play Download Yahtzee Score Sheet Play Online 6. Territory Territory is a great game to practice multiplication and to relate multiplication to area. There are a lot of different ways that this game can be played. I always introduce it to my students the way it is written below, then they come up with new rules and procedures and turn it into something else. This is always a favourite among my class. I have individual white boards with grids on the back, and any time the students have free choice time, they grab one of the boards and start playing territory. Materials: 2 dice, grid paper, two different colour markers Objective: Claim the most territory Number of Players: 2 How to Play: Players take turn rolling two dice. After each roll, the player makes an array on the grid using the scores from the dice. Play continues until a player can’t draw an array on the grid (because there isn’t enough open space left). The winner is the player with the most territory claimed. 7. Chess Chess is another favourite in my classroom. My students love it so much, I brought in extra chess sets so that there wasn't such a line for who would play next. It's a game that takes a short time to learn, but a lifetime to master. It's all about strategy and anticipating your opponent's moves. Materials: Chess Board with Pieces Objective: To Checkmate the other player’s king Number of Players: 2 How to Play Play Online 8. Get to 1000! Get to 1000 is a staple game in my classroom. I usually play it on the first or second day of the year because it's quick to learn. Then, I can pull it out any time we have a spare 15 minutes and the kids love it. If I am unexpectedly away from school, I can simply tell my sub to play Get to 1000 as the math lesson for the day. I would recommend that you laminate the score sheets, or put them in page protectors and use dry erase markers to play the game. These get used a lot, so I'd rather not waste so much paper if I don't have to. Materials: 1 die, “Get to 1000” score sheet, pencil Objective: Be the closest to 1000 without going over after 10 rolls. Number of Players: 2+ How to Play: Roll a die. Decide whether you will multiply the value of the roll by 1, 10, or 100 then complete the multiplication. Add your product to your total. The person who comes closest to 1000 by the end of 10 rolls is the winner. Students can play this in partners, but I like to play it as a whole class. I roll the dice under the document camera, then the class has to make their choices in real time. As we get closer to the end of the game, they start to shout out the numbers they want to fulfil their strategy ("Ms. Wiens, I really need a 3, then a 4 and I'll get 1000 exactly!"). When we play all together, I end the game by asking the class to stand if they think they have the winning score. We go through the players standing to see who has the closest to 1000. There are often several winners, and there are only so many choices per roll. It's great to see what kind of strategy emerges. Download a copy of the score sheet 9. Dara Dara is a game of strategy that comes from Nigeria. It's pretty simple to play, but takes strategy to plan ahead and set up your board to be successful. Materials: Dara Board, 12 pieces for each player Objective: Be the first to eliminate 10 of your opponent’s pieces. Number of Players: 2 How to Play Download a printable Dara Board 10. Fraction War This game is great for comparing fractions. Since it doesn't matter in this game if there are repeats, I find this is also a great game for all the "odds and ends" decks (extra cards that don't make full decks) that I know are in every middle school math classroom! Materials: Deck of cards with face cards taken out Objective: Win all of your opponent’s cards Number of Players: 2 How to Play: This game is played very similarly to the card game war, but instead of trying to flip the highest card, you want to flip the largest fraction. Split the deck into two equal halves. Each player takes one half and at the same time, flips two cards face up, one above the other on the table. The two cards make a fraction with the top card as the numerator and the bottom card as the denominator. The player who makes the larger fraction wins all 4 cards and adds them to their deck. If the fractions are equal, the players flip again and battle for those cards, plus the four new cards. Play continues until one player has captured all of their opponent’s cards. Aces count as 1. So, which of these games are tried and true in your class? Which of these would you like to try? Do you have other math games that I should know about? Let me know in the comments!
Are you ready for a challenge? Enjoy this collection of the 10 best math riddles and brain teasers for students and all kids ages 10 and up! A free PDF worksheet and answer key is included.
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10 more, 10 less, 100 more, 100 less {Mental Math Activity} As adults we forget that just quickly finding the answer for 10 more or 10 less than a specific number can be a feat of mental gymnastics for children. For your first or second grade class this is a great way to get their mental juices goi...
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This set contains 4 weeks of morning work for the month of December. The math is aligned to 6th Grade Common Core Standards and meant to be a review. Each week follows the same routine and structure. Mathematician Monday- Multiplication & Division, Whole Numbers & Decimals, Expressions & Equations, Problem-Solving, Ratios & Rates Number System Tuesday: Whole Numbers & Decimals, Rational Numbers, Statistics & Probability Wordless Wednesday: No Word Problems! Students have 3 problems without words. Multiplication & Division, Expressions & Equations, Throwback Thursday: Relationships Between Variables, Geometry, Graphs, Coordinate Planes, Units of Measure Fraction Friday: Nothing says Fun Friday like Fractions! Fractions, Percent I created this resource in my own classroom because I saw a need to continuously review these key areas. By following this same structure each week, students know what to expect while they are also building their confidence in these essential math areas. I have also found several other benefits from this morning work routine: 1)Routine!-My students knew exactly what to do when they come in the classroom. Also, if I needed a few extra minutes due to meetings or other housekeeping duties, I knew my students were spending that time working on essential math skills, not just “busy work.” The morning work is meant to be short and sweet, skill practice, plus engaging. 2)Short & Sweet- There are only a few problems so it shouldn’t take longer than 10 minutes. This will also let you know if students are still having difficulty with a certain skill. 3)Fewer Copies- Only one sheet of paper for the whole week! (Copy front and back) 4)A Weekly Grade-My students know this and do not want to do the work for homework or have a poor grade. This helped get them started right away in the morning. I also go over the problems each morning and allowed students to fix their work before turning it in. In my opinion, this is beneficial because it keeps the students engaged as we go over it, ESPECIALLY if they had difficulty with it. This was also beneficial for students because if they paid attention and “added on to their thinking,” they can earn a good grade that will be added weekly. For students that already struggle, this is confidence building and motivating. Digital The Math Daily Review comes as a printable pdf and in a digital format. The digital format includes Google Slides and self-grading Google Forms. The links for both of these are on a separate Google Slides: The Google Slides are organized into a weekly presentation. Each day is on one slide. Some teachers like to separate out the slides to share them on a daily basis. You are able to do this if you don't want to give students a whole week at a time. Google Forms: With the Google Forms, each day has its own Google Form.🛑 Are you a member of the TLL Membership? These materials are already included. If you are not a member, click here to learn more. The TLL Membership gives you an all-access pass to hundreds of ELA resources for teachers in Grades 3-5. This ELA + Math Morning Work is available for the following grade levels: ELA + Math Bundles 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade ELA Bundles 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade ELA Weekly Assessments 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade Math Bundles 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade Let’s connect! The Literacy Loft Blog The Literacy Loft on Instagram The Literacy Loft on Pinterest The Literacy Loft on Facebook If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected] [email protected]
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This set contains 5 weeks of morning work for the month of November. The math is aligned to 6th Grade Common Core Standards and meant to be a review. Each week follows the same routine and structure. Mathematician Monday- Multiplication & Division, Whole Numbers & Decimals, Expressions & Equations, Problem-Solving, Ratios & Rates Number System Tuesday: Whole Numbers & Decimals, Rational Numbers, Statistics & Probability Wordless Wednesday: No Word Problems! Students have 3 problems without words. Multiplication & Division, Expressions & Equations, Throwback Thursday: Relationships Between Variables, Geometry, Graphs, Coordinate Planes, Units of Measure Fraction Friday: Nothing says Fun Friday like Fractions! Fractions, Percent I created this resource in my own classroom because I saw a need to continuously review these key areas. By following this same structure each week, students know what to expect while they are also building their confidence in these essential math areas. I have also found several other benefits from this morning work routine: 1)Routine!-My students knew exactly what to do when they come in the classroom. Also, if I needed a few extra minutes due to meetings or other housekeeping duties, I knew my students were spending that time working on essential math skills, not just “busy work.” The morning work is meant to be short and sweet, skill practice, plus engaging. 2)Short & Sweet- There are only a few problems so it shouldn’t take longer than 10 minutes. This will also let you know if students are still having difficulty with a certain skill. 3)Fewer Copies- Only one sheet of paper for the whole week! (Copy front and back) 4)A Weekly Grade-My students know this and do not want to do the work for homework or have a poor grade. This helped get them started right away in the morning. I also go over the problems each morning and allowed students to fix their work before turning it in. In my opinion, this is beneficial because it keeps the students engaged as we go over it, ESPECIALLY if they had difficulty with it. This was also beneficial for students because if they paid attention and “added on to their thinking,” they can earn a good grade that will be added weekly. For students that already struggle, this is confidence building and motivating. Digital The Math Daily Review comes as a printable pdf and in a digital format. The digital format includes Google Slides and self-grading Google Forms. The links for both of these are on a separate Google Slides: The Google Slides are organized into a weekly presentation. Each day is on one slide. Some teachers like to separate out the slides to share them on a daily basis. You are able to do this if you don't want to give students a whole week at a time. Google Forms: With the Google Forms, each day has its own Google Form.🛑 Are you a member of the TLL Membership? These materials are already included. If you are not a member, click here to learn more. The TLL Membership gives you an all-access pass to hundreds of ELA resources for teachers in Grades 3-5. This ELA + Math Morning Work is available for the following grade levels: ELA + Math Bundles 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade ELA Bundles 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th Grade 8th Grade ELA Weekly Assessments 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade Math Bundles 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade Let’s connect! The Literacy Loft Blog The Literacy Loft on Instagram The Literacy Loft on Pinterest The Literacy Loft on Facebook If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected] [email protected]
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Each month during the school year, Areteem Institute hosts the online Zoom International Math League (ZIML) competitions. Students can compete in one of five divisions based on their age and mathematical level. The ZIML monthly contest are held at https: //ziml.areteem.org. Varsity The top division. Covers material on the level of the last 10 questions on the AMC 12 and AIME level. This division is open to all age levels. Junior Varsity The second highest competition division. Covers material at the AMC 10/12 level and State/National MathCounts level. Note that material such as complex numbers, advanced trigonometry, and logarithms are not required at this level. This division is open to all age levels. High School (Division H) This division focuses on material from a standard high school curriculum. It covers topics up to and including pre-calculus. This division will serve as excellent practice for students preparing for the math portions of the SAT or ACT. This division is open to all age levels. Middle School (Division M) This division focuses on problem solving using math concepts from a standard middle school math curriculum. Covers material on the level of AMC 8 and School/Chapter MathCounts. This division is open to all students who have not started grade 9. Upper Elementary (Division E) This division focuses on advanced problem solving with mathematical concepts from upper elementary school. Covers material at a level comparable to MOEMS Division E. This division is open to all students who have not started grade 6. This book is suitable for middle school and high school students. It contains the problems, answers, and full solutions from the nine ZIML Jr Varsity Division Competitions held during the 2016-2017 School Year. It is divided into three parts: The complete Jr Varsity Division ZIML Competitions (20 questions per competition) from October 2016 to June 2017. The solutions for each of the competitions, including detailed work and helpful tricks. An appendix including the topics and knowledge points covered for Jr Varsity Division, a glossary including common mathematical terms, and answer keys for each of the competitions so students can easily check their work. The questions found on the ZIML competitions are meant to test your problem solving skills and train you to apply the knowledge you know to many different applications. We hope you enjoy the problems!
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Well I am in overdrive right now. My first day of school with students is Monday and I am scrambling to get things organized. The posts you are going to see in the next few days will be all over the place. The one below is an improvement on what I had the kids do last year on like and unlike terms. Sorry about the poor quality of the pictures, my battery was almost dead. Go here to see what I did last year with like terms. The kids wanted to make their own shapes for the like terms and unlike terms and they turned out great. I wanted to add the section on combining like terms to the same page and then have a few practice questions for the students to do. I'm happy with how it turned out. Those of you who have read my blog for awhile know that I have students place their leftover colored paper in a basket. These foldables are made out of those scraps which makes me happy:) The combining like terms foldable is from Sarah at everyone is a genius. I like the way that she has the students color code the different like terms. It just gives an added visual for the students who need it. Sarah has so many good ideas on how to start your interactive notebook. If you haven't gone to her site go there now! You will be happy you did. Click here to get a copy of the like terms practice sheet. I may decide to put this on white paper and have students color code the like terms. I do think some of them will still need the color coded visual. Well I'm off to try to do another foldable. I need to spruce up my square roots and cube root pages. Til next time, Jan
My 9-year-old son is a whiz at math. I wasn't sure though, how he'd do adding decimals. I thought I'd make it a little bit easier. Sometimes seeing and doing is understanding. A simple 10x10 grid ma
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I may or may not dread teaching decimals. I feel like when I get my 6th graders, they should know way more about decimals than they ever remember. One activity I do during my decimal chapter, which…
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One fun math idea to incorporate as a weekly routine is a Challenge of the Week problem. It is optional for students to give it a try, but I've found that just by adding the word challenge and hyping it up a little bit...kids love to give it a shot! The problem is always an extension of what we are studying that week in class. I put each new challenge up on Monday morning and students have until the end of the day on Thursday to turn in their solutions to the turn in basket pictured. We go over the challenge every Friday after our daily warm-up problem. Students who answered the problem get a small prize (mints in my classroom!) and the recognition of solving the Challenge of the Week! Enjoy! Both my 6th grade challenge problems and 8th grade challenge problems are FREE! Be sure to grab a copy and use them with your students! Here was one of our first Challenge of the Week problems this year during our fraction multiplication unit. Go Badgers...Wisconsin sports is a fairly common them in my classroom! After multiplying fractions, we moved on to multiplying and dividing mixed numbers. I love how this problem really makes them work backwards and think about the process of multiplying fractions and mixed numbers! As we moved into our rates and ratios unit, this problem was one of the more challenging this year. My students get to know my love of baseball pretty early on in the year! Another challenging rates and ratios problem. Especially letter c... Here was a great problem that I used during our percents, fractions, and decimals unit a few weeks ago. Another Problem of the Week from our percents, fractions, and decimals unit! This one was from later in the chapter when we learned how to find the percent of a number. For our shortened Thanksgiving week, I got creative and researched some crazy Thanksgiving statistics. Seems like a lot of turkey per person, but I guess the stats don't lie! Here is a challenge that relates to order of operations! I also had to show one of my students responses because of how complex it was. I love it when I see things like this in sixth grade! On the left is the problem of the week. On the right is one of my the student's response. I rewrote it so that I could go through it with all of my classes. They loved the challenge of having to use order of operations to solve such a complicated problem! After introducing algebraic expressions at the beginning of our algebra units, here was a challenge of the week that I had A LOT of students try! As we continued our units of algebra, here is a challenge of the week that I had students try BEFORE we learned about two-step equations. I liked the writing aspect of this problem, as well as how open-ended it is! Once we learned about two-step equations, I made our challenge of the week a little tougher...fractions AND decimals! More two-step equations! This challenge of the week was also a great review of dividing fractions and mixed numbers from the start of the year. This challenge of the week involved finding a two-step rule for the function table! This problem was as we were nearing the end of our algebra units. I like how it brought together everything that we had been learning about...equations, function tables, and graphs! On to solving inequalities! This problem was before we had learned about solving two-step inequalities. Two-step inequalities with fractions! This was a tricky one for the sixth graders! This challenge of the week was just prior to learning how to find the measure of a reflex angle. I had a lot of students who remembered to subtract from 360 degrees! This one was one of my favorites! Some students surprised me by finding angle C first. I hadn't even thought to solve it that way! This problem sparked a fun discussion of the names of different polygons...including a megagon (1,000,000-sided polygon). Translations, reflections, and rotations! Putting it all together! The rotation step was tricky for my students because most of the examples we did in class were rotated around the origin! Moving on to areas...this problem was just after learning about how to find the area of parallelograms and triangles! More work with areas! I really enjoyed creating these area challenge problems! Putting it all together with a composite area problem. This was challenging with the two semi-circles! Composite volumes...combining what we learned about finding the volume of rectangular prisms and pyramids! This might have been my favorite problem to create! Who doesn't want to solve a problem with a floating pyramid inside of a rectangular prism!
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