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Using Input-output Tables to Graph Equations on a Coordinate Grid

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This is a simple, down to earth introduction to graphing equations on a grid. Students start by completing the familiar input-output table, identifying the “rule” or pattern, and writing the equation represented in the problem (e.g., Y = 4 X,

Subjects:

Geometry, Graphing, Word Problems

Grades:

5^th, 6^th

Types:

Centers

CCSS:

5.G.A.2, 6.RP.A.3

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Volume with Cubes in Boxes, Additive Volume, Decomposing Prisms

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An introduction to volume which follows from students’ understanding of area. We model area with squares; we model volume by building rectangles up, to make the third dimension – height. Templates for making boxes of various sizes are included.

Subjects:

Applied Math, Geometry, Measurement

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Centers

CCSS:

5.MD.C.3a, 5.MD.C.3b, 5.MD.C.4, 5.MD.C.5a, 5.MD.C.5b, 5.MD.C.5c

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Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers on a Number Line

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Fractional number lines can help develop number sense and estimation ability by illustrating the relative size (scale or magnitude) of numbers. This happens in second grade with the use of number lines to visualize addition and subtraction of

Subjects:

Basic Operations, Fractions, Measurement

Grades:

4^th, 5^th

Types:

Centers

CCSS:

4.NF.B.3c, 5.NF.A.2

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Word Problems with Fractions in Recipes and Time

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Word problems requiring an understanding of fractions, mixed numbers, and time, both in hours/minutes, and in fractional parts of hours. Students need to add, subtract, and multiply fractions, convert mixed numbers and improper fractions. A brief

Subjects:

Applied Math, Fractions, Word Problems

Grades:

4^th, 5^th

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Centers

CCSS:

4.MD.A.2, 4.NF.B.3d, 4.NF.B.4c, 5.NF.A.2, 5.NF.B.6

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Subtraction, Place Value, and Base 10 Blocks: Regrouping 3-digit Numbers

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These pages have illustrations of Base 10 Blocks and a sequence that guides children through the steps of regrouping, providing them with a template in which to write the problems themselves ensuring that they align the Ones digits. Regrouping of

Subjects:

Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Place Value

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Centers

CCSS:

3.NBT.A.2

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Decimal Place Value: An Introduction using Base 10 Blocks (Tenths & Hundredths)

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A comprehensive introduction to decimals and decimal place value. These activities use the Base 10 Block 100 Square as the One, the 10 Rod as .1, and the 1 cube as .01. The “Thousand Cube,” therefore, is now 10. Numbers range from 2-digit

Subjects:

Decimals, Place Value

Grades:

4^th, 5^th

Types:

Interactive Whiteboard, Centers

CCSS:

4.NF.C.7

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Geometric Art: Line Designs, Angle Measure, and Circles

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This is a 5-6 day project for students in Grades 4-6. The steps are simple and clear enough for students of all ability levels while allowing flexibility for students with geometric and artistic flair to improvise. Students start with a circle.

Subjects:

Applied Math, Geometry, Measurement

Grades:

4^th, 5^th, 6^th

Types:

Centers

CCSS:

4.MD.C.5a, 4.MD.C.6

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Mixed Numbers & Improper Fractions: Converting by Shading Regions

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This activity starts with drawings of rectangles and circles divided into fractional parts for students to shade to illustrate a mixed number. They then can count the parts to yield the improper fraction. The students state in writing each

Subjects:

Fractions, Measurement

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th, 5^th

Types:

Centers

CCSS:

4.NF.B.3c

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Subtraction, Place Value, and Base 10 Blocks: Regrouping 2-digit Numbers

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Everyone knows that Base 10 Blocks are a natural way to get across the concepts of place value for Ones, Tens, Hundreds, and regrouping a Ten into 10 Ones, a Hundred into 10 Tens, and so on. But actually using them is a little more difficult.

Subjects:

Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Place Value

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Centers

CCSS:

2.NBT.B.5, 2.NBT.B.7

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Decimals and Fractions on a Number Line: Write, Find, Convert

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Students who are beginning to understand decimals need the same kind of visual scaffolding that 5- and 6-year-olds need to understand whole numbers. For both decimals and whole numbers, number lines help students accurately perceive scale or

Subjects:

Applied Math, Fractions, Decimals

Grades:

4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Centers

CCSS:

5.NF.B.4, 4.NF.C.5, 4.NF.C.6, 4.NF.C.7

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Measuring Fractions -- Fourths, Eighths, & Sixteenths -- on an Inch Ruler

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We ask students to measure in fourths of an inch, yet many of the rulers we have in schools divide the inch into sixteenths – very difficult for third and fourth graders to use. Here are two “transitional rulers:” one in fourths, and another in

Subjects:

Fractions, Measurement

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Centers

CCSS:

3.MD.B.4, 3.NF.A.2a, 3.NF.A.2b

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Area Model of Multiplication with Grids and Rectangles

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The area model is a great place value-based way for students to learn and comprehend multi-digit multiplication. Starting with 1 by 2-digit problems, these activities proceed to 1 by 3-digit problems, and then to 2 by 2-digit and 2 by 3-digit. As

Subjects:

Arithmetic, Basic Operations

Grades:

4^th, 5^th

Types:

Centers

CCSS:

4.OA.C.5

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Multiplication as Repeated Addition with Cuisenaire Rods & Number Lines

By Math Things -- Paul Murray's TPT Store

Is there a better way to teach multiplication as repeated addition than by using Cuisenaire Rods? If you have access to them, they’re great for both multiplication and division, especially when used with a centimeter ruler as a number line. For

Subjects:

Basic Operations

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Centers

CCSS:

2.OA.C.3, 3.OA.A.1, 3.OA.A.4

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Naming Angles and Adding & Subtracting Angle Measures

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Students learn to recognize angles by name, and to draw and measure and then name the angles they’ve measured. They draw clusters of angles with different orientations, and calculate the measurements from known measurements without using the

Subjects:

Geometry, Measurement

Grades:

4^th, 5^th

Types:

Centers

CCSS:

4.MD.C.6, 4.MD.C.7

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Decimals to Thousandths: Reading, Writing, and Ordering using Base 10 Blocks

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Similar to another set of activities for Tenths and Hundredths, this is a comprehensive introduction to decimals and decimal place value to Thousandths. I’ve added more explicit practice in locating decimals on a number line and ordering

Subjects:

Arithmetic, Decimals, Place Value

Grades:

5^th, 6^th

Types:

Centers

CCSS:

5.NBT.A.3

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Division and Multiplication with Cuisenaire Rods and Number Lines

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These activities begin with multiplication, but are focused on using Cuisenaire Rods on a meter stick, centimeter ruler, or number line to divide. For teachers who don’t have Cuisenaire Rods, there is an alternative way of doing the same thing on a

Subjects:

Basic Operations

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Centers

CCSS:

3.OA.A.2, 3.OA.A.4

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Angle Measure with a Protractor

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Introduction to Angle Measure with a Protractor An introduction to angle measure using a protractor. It begins with directions for measuring angles already drawn. Then it shows students how to draw angles of a particular degree measure.

Subjects:

Geometry, Measurement, Other (Math)

Grades:

4^th, 5^th

Types:

Activities, Interactive Whiteboard, Centers

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Equal Fractions with Fraction Towers and Paper Folding

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These pages begin with a very concise demonstration of fraction equality which students do with paper folding. Then we move on to using Fraction Towers to model equal fractions. The algorithm for writing equal fractions (using both multiplication

Subjects:

Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Fractions

Grades:

3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Centers

CCSS:

3.NF.A.3b, 4.NF.A.1

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Introduction to Coordinate Graphing

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The grid gives us two pieces of information: a place's position going across (east-west), and its position going up or down (north-south). There’s no better introduction to coordinate graphing than a map of a city laid out in a grid, in which the

Subjects:

Geometry, Graphing

Grades:

5^th

Types:

Centers

CCSS:

5.G.A.1

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Making Sense of Division of Fractions with Fraction Towers and Number Lines

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This is a 22-page exploration of the inverse relationship between multiplication and division as it relates to both multiplication and division with fractions. It begins with a discussion of the concept of inverse. Students gain familiarity with

Subjects:

Fractions, Word Problems

Grades:

5^th, 6^th

Types:

Centers

CCSS:

5.NF.B.7, 5.NF.B.7a, 5.NF.B.7b, 5.NF.B.7c, 6.NS.A.1

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I’ve been teaching since 1981: 24 years in a small, independent, arts-based school, 4 years in an alternate middle school (both in Pocatello, Idaho), and since 2008 as a math resource-teacher and coach in Waterbury, Connecticut. I have taught Math for all but 4 of those years, including all grades 1 through 8. I especially enjoyed the almost 20 years spent teaching Geography, History, and Science along with Math.

MY TEACHING STYLE

We learn by doing. I like my students to be doing things which connect the concrete with the conceptual.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

No formal awards. My favorite moments have always been to hear (years later) of how well a student did in high school Math after entering my classroom hating the subject.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

My original BA was in English Literature, and my original certification was in secondary English with a History/Geography endorsement. Go figure. I soon earned an elementary certificate, an M.Ed. in 1995, and after moving to Connecticut added the middle school Math endorsement.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Married with four children, now 23 – 31…a varied work background both before and in summers since beginning to teach…spent 5 years as a Teacher/Principal…22 years directing plays and have written 10 plays, mostly adaptations of stories or novels… There are more activities posted on my website: www.maththings.net

GRADES

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

SUBJECTS

Specialty, Math, Algebra, Applied Math, Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Graphing, Measurement, Order of Operations, Other (Math), Critical Thinking, Word Problems, Mental Math, Decimals, Place Value