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Elementary critical thinking mental math resources for Microsoft Word
Math Project-Create Own Dream Home-Blueprints and Floor Plan (perimeter & area)
Create blueprints and/or floor plans for your own dream home!!
Your little architects will love dreaming big with this project. Using their imaginations and graph paper, they will create their own blueprints.They will be learning area, measurement and perfecting those problem solving and critical thinking skills. The bonus is they won't even know it because they will be having fun.
This project is very "real life" oriented.
For the younger grades this would be better for the GT students. Or
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3rd - 9th
UIL Elementary Number Sense practice book part 1
This is a practice book that I created for my 4th and 5th grade UIL team for the Number Sense competition. When you print it out, fold it in half, and it becomes a practice book that you can work through together, or send home for extra practice. Concepts include 8 of the items that can be included in the first 20 questions of the test. (place value, sequences, multiplication, division, and roman numerals)Please note, this practice book is meant to be used BEFORE students start the lessons in
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4th - 5th
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Making Inferences: Pixar Short Film For the Birds
After watching Pixar's short film: For the Birds, students will infer by answering three questions and providing clues that lead to their inference.
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K - 10th
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Behavior Reflection Sheet
We use this in our first grade class to help students understand the consequences of their actions. They "Stop and Reflect" in order to make a better choice the next time.
*I have recently updated the document to include a middle grade version for 3-5 with more grade appropriate wording and formatting!
After it is completed, fold in half to keep private. The student signs it, the teacher signs it, then it goes home for the parent to sign.
It has helped our parent communication immensely to
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PreK - 5th
UIL Elementary Number Sense practice book part 2
These are practice lessons I have put together to work with 4th and 5th graders on the second section of the Number Sense test (questions 20-40) for UIL.
Lessons include: converting fractions/decimals/percentages, prime numbers, LCM and GCD, ratios, adding and subtracting fractions, comparing fractions, and squares.
Please note, this is meant to be used with students AFTER they have mastered the lessons in the first practice book I have created.
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4th - 6th
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Primary GATE with Caldecott -- "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!" Mo Willems
Let’s have some fun along with the Pigeon and expand DOK along the way! This lesson will lead your primary GATE students through four challenging activities, culminating in an artistic response showing why they “never get to do anything!” either.
Gifted and talented learners carry similar characteristics throughout their lives—even as kindergarten and first graders. One common characteristic of gifted learners is a strong sense of justice. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus gives us a good o
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K - 3rd
Argumentation/C.E.R. writing- Murder Mystery #2 - Improve student argumentation!
This is a follow up lesson to the Slip or Trip Murder Mystery! I use this lesson to re-teach my students understand Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning in writing later on in the school year. I've also used it as an extension activity for students that need to be challenged as this one is a bit more challenging than Slip or Trip. Cross-curricular - can be used in science and social studies classes as well.Included with purchase:- Copy of crime scene photo with story and discussion questions for group
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5th - 12th
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Basic Blank Multiplication Chart From 0-12
This is a table I designed for my children to learn their skip counting and multiplication facts. On occasion, I have timed them for three minutes to complete the entire table with accuracy. It is amazing how quickly they have learned their facts, compared to using flashcards.
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.
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2nd - 4th
3 Digit Addition Using Expanded Notation
Students practice adding two three-digit numbers by splitting each addend into expanded form and adding each place value together followed by putting the expanded form back into the base ten numeral (standard form).
These are all problems without regrouping.
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1st - 4th
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STEAM DaVinci Renaissance Style: A Unit for Elementary GATE
In STEM Renaissance Style, students will follow the engineering process as they return to the 16th Century. With these lessons, the teacher defines the problem, helps students gather background research, and specifies the requirements. The students do the rest: creating alternative solutions, choosing the best solution, doing development work, building a prototype, and testing and redesigning.
Students construct a prototype of Da Vinci’s parachute while learning about falling objects, gravity,
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: STEAM Class Bundle - Engineering Focus - 115+ Hours 374 pp Gifted GATE
Making Inferences: Pixar Short Film One Man Band
After watching Pixar's short film: One Man Band, students will infer by answering three questions and providing clues that lead to their inference.
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K - 8th
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Making Inferences: Pixar Short Film Lifted
After watching Pixar's short film: Lifted, students will infer by answering two questions and providing clues that lead to their inference.
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K - 6th
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Making Inferences: Pixar Short Film Partly Cloudy
After watching Pixar's short film: Partly Cloudy, students will infer by answering four questions and providing clues that lead to their inference.
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K - 6th
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Math Facts Worksheet Generator
The Math Facts Worksheet Generator allows you to use Microsoft Word to create an UNLIMITED number of worksheets—with answer keys—for individual or mixed operations.Visit the product website here for more EXAMPLES and VIDEOS showing how to use the Math Fact's Worksheet Generator. WHAT IS IT?The Math Facts Worksheet Generator allows you to use Microsoft Word to create an unlimited number of worksheets—with answer keys—for individual or mixed operations:1. Addition Facts2. Subtraction Facts3. Addit
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1st - 8th
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Multiplication Sprints (2-9) and mixed for FLUENCY Common Core Math Worksheets
Sprints are an integral part of the NY State math modules that help students develop the fluency needed as they progress in mathematics.
The following 27 worksheets are designed to help students develop fluency. Each times table (2-9) and mixed worksheets have 3 versions varying in difficulty and patterns.
Students cant be assessed by timing students for 30 seconds, 1 minutes or 2 minutes depending on student performance level. The same version can be given multiple times to monitor progres
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2nd - 6th
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Primary GATE with Caldecott COLLECTION - 180 pages - 7 Books!
Your primary kids will love these lessons! You save a bundle: 33% off individual purchases!
I teach 30-45 minute groups once a week of 1st and 2nd graders all year, and this collection is more than enough to get me through an entire school year of groups. I can’t absolutely guarantee it will do the same for you, but it’s going to be very close if it doesn’t . . .
You’ll see best practices in gifted education throughout. You’ll see many graphic organizers, age-appropriate and challenging cr
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K - 3rd
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Quick STEM: Domino Challenges
Quick STEM for Kids: Domino Challenges is a collection of 19 activities that the kids complete with dominoes. It was developed to get kids thinking creatively, problem solving, creating, and having fun! It can be used as a whole group activity, stations, individually, during class or during indoor recess. The challenges start out easy and get harder as you make your way through them. This can be printed out and stapled into a booklet or laminated as center cards. The only thing you need to
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1st - 8th
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Multiplication Timed Tests and Ice Cream Incentive
16 pages that include: 13 multiplication fact fluency tests in order from easiest to most difficult (x0, x1, x10, x11, x2, etc.), a tracking sheet for students, an ice cream sundae coloring sheet, and an informational letter for parents.
I created these timed multiplication tests because I was never able to find ones online that incorporated review into each test. With these tests, your students will no longer forget x3 when they are on x7! The top half of the test is dedicated to learning th
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3rd - 5th
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Estimating Products Using Rounding Common Core Worksheet
On this worksheet students round two and three digit numbers and then multiply them by one digit numbers in order to estimate the product. I had them round to the left most digit. After, we discussed if our estimate is higher or lower than what the product of the original problem would be. Students really enjoy this because they feel smart multiplying big numbers in their head : )
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3rd - 5th
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Reading Tables to Interpret Science Data for ACT ASPIRE
This is a table of climate data on five different biomes. The students are asked to use the data in the table to answer a variety of questions. They must interpret the information given in order to answer the questions. There are multiple choice, sorting, and open ended questions. It is similar to the type of questions seen on the science part of the ACT Aspire.
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3rd - 5th
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Good Touch-Bad Touch -"Underwear, Swimsuit Rule" CDC Health Standard Four
This lesson emphasizes what a good touch, a bad touch, and a confusing touch is. Never keep a secret is covered, along with the "Underwear and Bathing suit rule" information is included with a visual. It also gives advice on what to do if a bad touch happens to a student. 3 activities and 3 coloring pages with "good touch-bad touch" information that students can take home. Assessment, which is also part of Clip art, printables, no prep needed. answer key. Easel activity and assessment
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1st - 6th
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UIL 4th and 5th grade Number Sense practice sheet
This is a practice sheet I use with my 4th and 5th grade UIL Number Sense team on the day of competition. It covers concepts in the first 20 questions that are the hardest "tricks" to remember.
Good luck!
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4th - 5th
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180 Days of Dot Pattern Cards for Subitizing - Math Talks
This document contains 180 dot pattern cards representing numbers 1-10. There are enough cards for every day of the school year! These dot pattern cards can be printed and used to practice counting, subitizing/subitization, addition and subtraction, or for use during Math Talks. Common dot patterns (such as those on dice) are featured, as well as different combinations of those patterns. Each card is different! (Some dot patterns are repeated, but presented in a different direction.) Enjoy!
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K - 2nd
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NOGGLE!- A Fun Math Warm-Up Activity
Noogle is played like the game Boggle, but uses numbers instead. Students are challenged to find a string of numbers that meet the different categories. Students may use any operation (addition, subtraction, multiplication or division). Great for GATE students, early finishers, or as a Math Center activity. Product comes as a Microsoft Word document so that you can change the numbers as often as you would like. You can also keep the grid blank and have students write in their own numbers or
Grades:
4th - 8th
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