Category Archives : 6th Grade


FREE MATH LESSON – “Coordinate Grid Riddles Free Sample”

by Simone

5th – 8th Grade

 

coordinate grid riddles

 

Are you looking for a fun way to practice plotting points?
Solving riddles is highly motivating and self checking.

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Common Core Standards
5.G.1 Use a pair of perpendicular number lines, called axes, to define a coordinate system, with the intersection of the lines (the origin) arranged to coincide with the 0 on each line and a given point in the plane located by using an ordered pair of numbers, called its coordinates. Understand that the first number indicates how far to travel from the origin in the direction of one axis, and the second number indicates how far to travel in the direction of the second axis, with the convention that the names of the two axes and the coordinates correspond (e.g., x-axis and x-coordinate, y-axis and y-coordinate).

6.NS.6c: Find and position integers and other rational numbers on a horizontal or vertical number line diagram; find and position pairs of integers and other rational numbers on a coordinate plane

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Stem and Leaf Plot Heart Puzzle FREEBIE”

by Activities by Jill

5th – 8th Grade

 

heart plot puzzle

 

Students will practice finding range, mean, median, and mode using stem and leaf plots/graphs. They will then locate the answers in the heart-shaped # search puzzle.

This is a great way to make practice more fun!

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SCIENCE LESSON – Physical and Chemical Changes

By:  The Owl Teacher

Grades 3-6

When I taught fifth grade, I just loved the physical and chemical changes unit!  It was so much fun and really engaged my students.  So I have put it together for you!

This unit was so engaging because it is just packed full of hands-on experiments where students really dig into the properties of matter and determine what makes a physical change and what makes a chemical change.

For instance, we melt styrofoam cups:

melting cups

We also created slime:

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We explored the various properties of matter!  We looked closely at the three states – solid, liquid, and gas!

 We talked about a variety of scenerios where students had to determine if something was a physical or chemical change!

Included in this engaging resource are practice sheets and review sheets, answer keys, lesson plans, experimental labs, and much more!  You’ll even find some interactive notebook pieces such as this:

Chemical and physical changes

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Valentine Candy Hearts: Fractions and Data Analysis”

by Tried and True Teaching Tools

4th – 6th Grade

 

candy heart fractions

 

Conversation Hearts are the perfect manipulative to reinforce concepts of fractions, decimals, and percentages. Created by Tried and True Teaching Tools, this math lesson also puts data analysis and graphing into action!

 

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FREE MISC LESSON – Behavior Management Forms

By:  The Owl Teacher

Any Grade

It’s January 1st, 2016!  It’s the start of a New Year and with a new year, comes a fresh start!

So why not start the second half of your school year off fresh with a new set of behavioral management forms to get things rolling?  How do you do that?

By heading over to my blog (click here) you can download these forms here:

An Educational Contract between you, the student, and the parents:

Educational Contract

A student information form:

Student Information Form

A weekly behavior communication form:

Behavior Report

And much more – including a Friday Folder reporting form.

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FREE SCIENCE LESSON – “Be My Valen-Slime”

by Mrs Schlachter

3rd – 7th Grade

 

valenslime

 

Looking for a fun way to celebrate Valentine’s Day in Science class….make Slime! This is a great easy -to use recipe. ENJOY!

 

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FREE SCIENCE LESSON – “Human Body Organ System Informational Paragraph Posters”

by Elly Thorsen

4th – 9th Grade

 

organ system posters

 

These paragraphs of information are great to post around the classroom in the week or two before a test. They get students thinking about the organ systems and are another way to reinforce assessment content. The organ systems included are the digestive, muscular, skeletal, nervous, respiratory, and circulatory systems.

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Fractions with Common Denominators”

by Positively Pre-Algebra Plus

4th – 7th Grade

 

common denominators

 

This PowerPoint Lesson reviews adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers with common denominators and builds on that to include fractions with variables. PowerPoint includes examples and interactive student practice to check for understanding throughout the lesson..

Check out these other great math resources at my store, including:

Irrational Numbers
Fraction Decimal Percent Balloon Conversions
Converting Fractions Decimals Percents Notes
Simplify Algebraic Expressions Matching Activity
Simplify Algebraic Expressions Bundle
Writing Expressions Worksheet
Writing & Graphing Inequalities
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FREE SCIENCE LESSON – “Think Tac Toe – Food Chains & Webs”

by Science Girl Lessons

4th – 6th Grade

 

food chains

 

Looking for a fun, creative activity that will deepen your student’s insight into food webs and chains? This is a high-level Think Tac Toe, where students will be challenged to compare, create & write about their understanding of food chains and webs. This activity can be used as a review or have your students pick and choose one of the eight creative activities.

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↣ Think Tac Toe Student Sheet
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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Winter Poetry – Having Students Use Different Poetic Devices”

by English Oh My

4th – 9th Grade

 

winter poetry

 

This short poetry assignment has student focus on word choice, personification, simile and alliteration. In addition, it gets them into the season of winter, as they have to brainstorm vivid vocabulary that describes winter.

Included in this assignments are the directions to the assignment and the snowman template.

This assignment also gives the students a chance to be creative and decorate their snowman.

 

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Capitalization Rules Poster_FREE”

by Faith4lly Homemade

3rd – 9th Grade

 

capitalization poster

 

Use this poster to reinforce the capitalization rules in your language class. Great for 3rd grade and up!

 

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Geometry Dictionary – A Project”

by Mad Eye Moody Productions

6th – 8th Grade

 

geometry dictionary

 

This project asks students to create a dictionary with 25 geometric terms and 5 geometric formulas from a completed Geometry unit (unit NOT included). Students define the terms/formulas, rephrase each in their own words, and give a visual example of each.

Each year I used this project in my 7th grade Math class I was impressed with the level of detail my students produced. Some students didn’t complete the project, but most of them at least defined the terms for partial credit. This is a great way to help your students review important terms and formulas before a unit test, and it will excite your students who like to draw.

Document is ready to print and distribute to students.

Includes project rubric.

File is in .pdf format, but for an editable version, please contact me for details.

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Other Geometry resources you may find useful:

8th Grade Geometry Power Point Lessons Bundle

8th grade Pythagorean Theorem Power Point Presentation

8th grade Similarity and Congruence Geometry Power Point Presentation

Angle Relationships Power Point Lesson

Finding Volume 8th Grade Power Point Lesson

Basic Geometry Review Power Point Lessons

Recognizing polyhedrons and parts Power Point lesson

Recognizing and drawing polygons Power Point

Geometry in Nature Scavenger Hunt

 

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Shades of Meaning for SAID {FREEBIE}”

by Cinnamon’s Synonyms

1st – 9th Grade

 

shades of said

 

Help your students write interesting stories by getting them to spice up the word “SAID”!

In this picture thesaurus you get 32 synonyms for SAID.
Simply print & cut and your booklet is ready to go. Keep the booklet at a writing center or in your class library.

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Number Boggle”

by Mrs Beattie’s Classroom

2nd – 8th Grade

 

number boggle

 

Number Boggle: Inspired by Katie at Rock & Teach, this is my version of a tracking sheet for my students as we play our weekly game! Instructions are not included, as this can be modified for any grade level! Click HERE to read one suggestion for play!
This game can easily be modified across many grade and skill levels.

More Great Math Resources:
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Be An Addition Star! Scoot Game
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Metric Measurement Scoot Game – 2nd Edition
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FREE SCIENCE LESSON – “Winter Solstice Activity”

by Science in the City

6th – 12th Grade

 

winter solstice

 

Search Terms: Solstice, Equinox, Seasons, Sun’s path, winter

This is a winter solstice activity. It is a great introduction or reinforcement to why we have seasons, and a fun, short, science activity to do right before a winter break.

It includes a little bit of information about winter celebrations around the world, and then an exploration into the ‘reason for the seasons.’ It is appropriate for middle school or high school.

This lesson can be done as a whole group activity with a projector to show the map, or by printing out the map ahead of time, or individual or small groups on a computer.

To see more suggestions for using this project, and activities for the other solstice and equinoxes, as well as associated websites and vocab activities, go to Solstice and Equinox Hours of Daylight and Seasons Lessons Pack

Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.3 Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.9 Compare and contrast the information gained from experiments, simulations, video, or multimedia sources with that gained from reading a text on the same topic.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.7 Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).

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FREE SCIENCE LESSON – “STEM Engineering Challenge: Make a Table”

by Lopez Land Learners

3rd – 12th Grade

 

build a table

 

Engineering Challenges are an exciting part of the new NGSS Standards. I love the collaboration and team building that these projects bring to my classroom. My students LOVE the excitement and engagement that naturally occurs while they are actively participating!

In this challenge, students are given 3 types of material and have to collaborate on what kind of table they can make. The team sketches a design they all agree they can create and then set out on the journey to build a table. I do not set a timer, but this activity is easily adaptable to any changes you want to add, such as a timer or adding a different variable.

Perfect for grades 3 and beyond. I have used this with adults and the results are just as eye opening and engaging!

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December Teacher Talk

 Posted by Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern
 
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Happy Holidays Everyone, Welcome to our December Teacher Talk Blog Hop.
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By Mary Moore of Moore Resources

 The Scientific Method is Fantastic for All Subjects and for Life! The Scientific Method is a great method to use for teaching students how to solve problems and investigate questions in all educational subjects along with solving life situations.

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By Lisa Robles of LisaTeachR’s Classroom

If You Give a Reindeer a Root Beer… Studying Circular Plot Structure Have your students learned about circular tales? Here is how I used it in my classroom.

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The Perfect Snowman Craft!

By Tammy DeShaw of The Owl Teacher

Do you want to create the most adorable Winter Craft as a gift or just for fun? Check out this inexpensive and fun craft idea of making snowmen – out of socks!

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Can You Make a Snowman?

By Susan Berkowitz of Susan Berkowitz

Making a snowman is a favorite activity for kids in the winter. Almost everyone knows how to make a snowman. But can they tell someone else how to make one? Can they articulate the steps? Join Max and Mo in their story and learn sequencing and comparing language skills.

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Teacher Talk: Student Self Assessment

By Marypat Mahoney of Just Add Students

Give students the opportunity to self-assess their growth and learning thus far in the school year.

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Teaching Young Children to Write Their Names


ByThia Triggs of Print Path

An unfortunate myth is that young children, 3 & 4 years old, should learn to write their name with an initial capital letter followed by lowercase, rather than all capitals. Research shows that to be incorrect and even detrimental, for several reasons.

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Christmas-Winter STEM Olympics

By Kerry Tracy of Kerry Tracy

Keep kids engaged this holiday season with five festive, fun, & fabulous Christmas/Winter themed STEM challenges that can be modified for use with grades 2-8! 


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Five Ways to Increase Students’ NWEA Math Scores

By  Crystal Brown of  Dr Crystal Brown

Do you want to make sure your students reach their growth targets in math? Learn five ways you can easily implement into your math instruction. 


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How to Help Beat the Holiday Blues

By Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

We all know that kids love to send notes to each other. This activity allows them to do that.


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What’s My Error? Extraordinary Math Hack

By Tammy Roose of The Tarheelstate Teacher

Do your students continue to make common errors when computing and learning different math concepts? Mine were too, until I instituted some fun error analysis with “What’s My Error?” problems! 

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Our Homes Have Stars

By Retta London of Rainbow City Learning

Sharing the holiday spirit in a classroom of diverse faiths.


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Critical Thinking with Pattern Blocks

By Shametria Routt of The Routty Math Teacher

Did you know that pattern blocks can be used for more than just teaching shapes in your geometry unit– pattern blocks can be used all year long! The proportionality of the pieces extends the number of ways in which they can be used, including analyzing the characteristics and common attributes of two-dimensional shapes, identifying fractional relationships, and building an understanding of operations with whole numbers. Check out this 5-part series to explore ways to get your students thinking critically with pattern blocks!


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Tantalizing Tessellations: Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

By Tracy Willis of Wild Child Designs

Project-orientated learning engages students and leads to critical thinking. It’s differentiation at its finest!

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Tips To Enjoy Holiday Teaching

By Michele Webb of Teaching Ideas for Those Who Love Teaching

Tips to keep holiday teaching fun and stress free.

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December in the Classroom

By Marcy Howe of It’s a Teacher Thing

Enjoy December in your classroom. Learn how to keep the curriculum challenging, your days calm, and find links to several “go to” items to help you enjoy December in your classroom.

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Magic Books Motivate Writing!

By Kathie Yonemura of Tried and True Teaching Tools

Students buy-in to writing if it is in a book. This magic book motivates students to compare and contrast!

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Please Read these great ideas that these educators are using for the month of December and beyond. 


FREE LESSON – “Social Studies Causation Cards”

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Grades 3-6

Causation Cards are the newest and next best thing since task cards!

FREE CAUSATION CARDS, Social Studies, Economics

What Are Causation Cards?

Causation cards are a fun, interactive way to review vocabulary and concepts that students need to learn. In addition, this engaging activity helps improve fluency and listening skills.


How Does Causation Cards Work?

The method is similar to the “I have… who has…” cards, where each student has to listen carefully to other students to know when it is their turn. However, causation cards do not contain a repeated language (like “I have… who has…”). Instead it will state an action that a student must perform and a statement they must say. The action can be something simple from jumping in the air to drawing on the board. The statement can be a definition of a term or related concept.


Why Are Causation Cards Important?
This activity is a great resource for practicing those all important speaking and listening skills while building fluency. This resource is a great way to improve student’s reading accuracy, prosody, and fluency rate.

How Do You Use Them In The Classroom?

Have the class read through the set of cards multiple times giving each student a different card each time or read to each other by taking turns. 

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Pentomino Exploration”

by Middle School Math Moments

4th – 7th Grade

 

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Use pentominoes to get your math class discussing, problem solving, persisting, and thinking! Students really have fun with pentominoes, and the great part about the “fun” is that they are having fun thinking and solving a problem (which they don’t seem to realize!).

I’ve used the activity with a very wide range of students and it has quickly given me valuable information about my new students (I do this on the first day or two of math class). This type of problem solving is accessible to all students, and provides a great opportunity for teachers to observe who’s willing to share ideas, who sits back and watches, how students speak to each other, how well they can verbalize their thoughts, and so on.

The activity is very “simple” – fit the pentominoes into the “frames,” leaving no gaps and having nothing sticking beyond the edges of the frame (not as easy as it sounds:)

There are 3 different sized sets of pentominoes in this product, with 3 different sized frames for them to be fit into.

These pentominoes do need to be copied (I’d recommend using card stock), cut, and laminated. There are frames provided that should be laminated as well.
There are colored pentominoes and black and white ones, in case you want to copy onto colored card stock.

Enjoy the exploration!
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6th Grade Math Resource Bundle – resources for the entire year.
Common Core Daily Math Warm Ups for Grade 6
Fold It Ups and Notes for Math Concepts
Footloose Math! 6th Grade Bundle
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Christmas Mosaic Craftivity

 

 

Do you need a cute Christmas holiday activity for your kids?  Check out this mosaic art project!  Students tear small pieces of construction paper apart and them down to the holiday picture.  When they are finished, the project looks like a mosaic.

You can find these mosaics here!

Here is an example from one of my 5th graders!  There are a total of 14 different pictures to choose from.

These lights would be cute strung along in the hallway to actually look like Christmas lights.


Math Posters – Anchor Charts

Do you need math teaching tools for middle school?

 

I am so excited about this growing category of Math Posters, therefore, I’ve put together a bundle of all the current math posters in my TpT store.

The bundle of 22 Middle School Math Posters {most measuring 24″ x 36″} is the perfect bundle of resources to use year-after-year.  Just laminate or frame these great anchor charts and mount in your classroom as tools for learning!

Middle School Math Posters

These posters are wall ‘poster size’ like you find in the store. Below, each link to each poster is provided so you may see each individual poster size – (some are horizontal & some vertical).

Save $$$ by purchasing this bundle of Math Posters! OR You May Peruse and Purchase the Individual Math Posters!

These are great resources to use teaching and for reference year-after-year!  Use these to decorate your class, bulletin boards, hallways, & more.  Perfect Anchor Charts for learning!

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Included in the Bundle of Math Posters

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Exponents

Do your students need more practice or to learn all Exponent Laws?

These worksheets are perfect to teach, review, or reinforce Exponent skills! These worksheets cover all 9 laws of Exponents and may be used to glue in interactive notebooks, used as classwork, homework, quizzes, etc. Tips, Instructions, & More are included.

Exponents

Perfect for teaching & reviewing the laws and operations of Exponents.

 

For 5th Grade & Middle School some of the sheets may be used for GATE.  Covers CCSS Standards:  5.NBT.A.2 • 6.EE.A.1 • 8.EE.A.1 • HSN.RN.A.1 • HSN.RN.A.2.  Perfect for Interactive Notebooks!

 

Learn more about these worksheets and other great teaching resources here…..

Laws of Exponents Worksheets.

 

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FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON – “Ice Castle Writing Prompt”

by Rainbow City Learning

3rd – 6th Grade

 

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An on-the-spot writing activity that will ignite your students’ imaginations! Finished with a fun craftivity. What if you were lost on your way home from school in a snowstorm and arrived at a castle made entirely of ice? What might you find inside?
The adventure begins as you end your visualization activity to set the scene!

 

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Shopping for Holiday Decorations: Money Skills (autism; special education)”

by Autism Classroom News-Christine

2nd – 12th Grade

 

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For a busy time of year, this is an easy print-and-go set of holiday math / shopping activities for students working on money skills in elementary school or life skills classes. Put the sales flyers in a page protector and either cut out the task cards for single use or put them in a photo album or laminate for re-use.

This freebie is a sneak peek of of my Economics of Shopping Series

The freebie consists of three sales flyers for holiday decorations, 8 task cards for writing in prices, and 2 print and go worksheets to answer questions about the flyer. The sales flyers are the same with 3 different levels of pricing. The worksheets are identical but one has a word bank to assist students. The worksheet with the word bank will only work with the stores called “Holly’s Decorations Sale.” It will not work for the third sheet because the Christmas tree price is different. The words from the bank could be cut out and pasted in the answer section, or laminated and attached with Velcro for re-use.

For more ideas for working with students with autism, check out my blog at Autism Classroom News .

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For other resources appropriate for students working on a life skills or functional curriculum, check out the following:

Money Tasks Galore Bundle: Task Cards and Worksheets
Next Dollar Money Skills Bundle for Special Education
Money Essentials Bundle for Special Education
Money Task Cards 1: Groceries
Next Dollar Up Task Cards: Money Skills [Special Education]
How Many Dollars? Task Cards: Money [Next Dollar] Skills [Special Education]
Next Dollar Up Worksheets

For a variety of functional like skills products, check out my Structured Work System Secondary Starter Bundle

Shopping for Holiday Decorations activities are copyrighted by Christine Reeve 2013 for single classroom use only. Please send others interested back to this site to download their own copy. Thank you for downloading and leaving feedback!

 

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Math Lesson ~ Bundle of Fun with INTEGERS!

Have Fun & Engage Students on Positive & Negative Integers!

 

3 Methods of working with Operations of Integers are Included – the number line method, visual method, & algorithm method.  Perfect to differentiate and teach operations with Integers!

PositiveNegativeRulesBundle

 

Help your students understand all operations with positive & negative integers

with this packet of activities!

 ★ Several methods of solving problems with positive & negative integers are included! A great resource for interactive notebooks & differentiation! ★

Included in the Positive & Negative Integer Bundle

•  8 pages showing the various methods to solve positive & negative integer problems

•  6 pages of graphic organizers for interactive journals to assist you in differentiation

•  A page of number line ladders for students to utilize

•  2 pages demonstrating the Ladder Method of subtracting negative integers

•  2 pages of Integer Operations Card Games directions & instructions
•  2 pages of Integer Operations Card Games recording sheets
•  7 pages of Addition & Subtraction of + and – Integers including Answer Key
•  7 pages of Multiplication & Division of + and – Integers including Answer Key
•  Cover page, Page of instructional tips, strategies, & End Page
•  Please NOTE – the color and black & white pages are the same pages –

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to assist in printing only B&W pages if that is what you wish

 

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Positive & Negative Integer Bundle of Fun!

 

Related products you may like

34 Page Multiplication Bundle of Activities

Fraction, Decimal, Percent Challenge

Multiplication Card Game

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Not Your Normal November Unit — Upper Elementary

November No Prep — Not Your Normal November Unit

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This No Prep Unit includes printables and passages that can easily stand-alone or serve as springboards for discussion and expansion. They are November and Thanksgiving themed and most are matched with video or interactive clips from Scholastic, History.com and Plimouth Plantation.

This No Prep Unit contains social studies activities, Common Core State Standards aligned English Language Arts and math lessons, art projects, school culture and hope projects, math task cards, a science experiment and an all new Wampanoag Cinderella story with an huge interactive notebook literary component to help deepen student understanding of literary elements and the Wampanoag culture.

92 page
20 Math Task Cards – November Themed

Table of Contents
November Outline and Clips to Watch Math the Printables and Lessons page 3
#1 Wampanoag Facts Printable page 5
#2 Wampanoag Facts Printable: Language page 6
#3 Wampanoag Folklore Printable page 18
My Own Wampanoag Tale page 19
# 4 My Notebook Wampanoag Words page 23
# 5 Before the First Thanksgiving page 25
# 6 The First Thanksgiving page 26
# 7 The Mayflower page 27
# 8 The Landing page 28
# 9 The Mayflower Compact page 29
# 10 Plymouth Colony – What Would You Do? page 30
# 11 My Compact page 31
# 12 The Pilgrims page 32
# 13 Harvest Festival page 33
# 14 Doubling it Up – A Little Turkey Day Math page 34
Achiq: The Wampanoag Cinderella – The Story page 35
Achiq: The Wampanoag Cinderella – Interactive Notebook Story Unit page 40
Thanksgiving Science: Cranberry Chemistry – Spy Ink page 76
Turkey Glyphs page 80
Fall Art Projects page 84
Leaf Pressing
Corn Husk Dolls
Make a Mayflower
# 15 Veteran’s Day page 85
I Am Hopeful – I Am Thankful Unit page 87
A unit that helps students find hope in their lives as well as
things to be thankful for.
Thanksgiving Math page 91
Hubbub page 92
Fifth Grade Thanksgiving/November Math Task Cards page 93

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FREE MATH LESSON – “Holiday (Christmas) Shopping Math Activities- Rounding, Estimation, Percent”

by Keep Calm and Teach

4th – 7th Grade

 

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FREE Christmas Math Activity– These are versions of fun, holiday shopping math activities for students who are learning about rounding, estimation, and percent (sales tax). The first activity is easier and includes practice with rounding and estimation. The second one is more difficult and includes practice with determining sales tax and total cost of an item. Both activities can be used in one class if differentiation is a goal or if students are able to do both. They could also be used in a math center.

These are authentic activities because the activities are real world situations. I can see this fitting into Common Core Math standards.

You will need to have store advertisements available (either paper or electronic online versions).

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Here are a few more Christmas resources available:
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas Mad Libs Activity
Dear Santa,… A Persuasive Letter Activity
Christmas Scattergories Game
Christmas Taboo Game

Here are some other holiday and non-holiday themed math activities in my store:
Candy Math: Fractions, Decimals, Graphing, …
Pumpkin Math: Graphing, Data, and More
Valentine’s Day Candy Math- Fractions, Percent, Decimals
Geometry Math Game Set: Three Dimensional Shapes
3-D Shapes I Have, Who Has Games Set
Properties of Multiplication Set
Lines Poster Set
Transformation PowerPoint (animated)
Place Value Poster with Decimals
I Have, Who Has Games for Polygons

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November Teacher Talk

       By Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern  

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Read what these innovative teachers are doing in their classrooms 

Rainbow City Learning

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This is the Single Most POWERFUL Teaching Tool

By Thia Triggs of Print Path

If you are a teacher or a therapist, you will want to make sure you are using this tool to your fullest!

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How Do I Provide Therapy for AAC Users? Try This

By Susan Berkowitz of susan-berkowitz

Think speech therapy is different from what you do with other students? Think again. This post tells you why.

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My Life’s Work

By Thia Triggs of Print Path

Next month I’m going to be presenting my work on the automaticity of handwriting to a group of 150 Wisconsin school-based occupational therapists. I have a little little sneak preview for you, and a free gift – for a limited time.

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Silver Boxes: Gifts of Encouragement

By Kathie Yonemura of Tried and True Teaching Tools

Who doesn’t like presents? Silver boxes can transform your classroom! Teach students to give gifts of encouragement.

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Happy Native American Heritage Month

By Michelle Webb of Teaching Ideas For Those Who Love Teaching

Tips for Celebrating Native American Heritage

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9 Ways to Use Task Cards

By Mary Moore of Moore Resources

 Task Cards are so Versatile Even in Middle and High School! They are great because students feel they have a choice in which task they do first and in middle school this is a great way to engage students. Another benefit of task cards is that students do not feel overwhelmed by worksheet after worksheet of problems to do. It breaks up the day, week, or month. Read below about 9 ways you may use task cards.

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Thanksgiving STEM Olympics

By Kerry Tracy of Kerry Tracy

Five engaging Thanksgiving STEM challenge ideas to follow in the footsteps of the Pilgrims!

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Connecting Literature with our Latino Learners

By Lisa Robles of LisaTeachR’s Classroom

As a teacher in a Latino community (and a Latina), I am acutely aware that students need to see mirrors of themselves in literature. Here is a list of books I’ve read to my kids.

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Engaging Assessment Tools

By Shametria Routte of The Routty Math Teacher

Using a variety of ongoing assessment techniques is an important way to assess how students are progressing toward mastery of a concept or skill. Traditional methods include tests and quizzes; however, there are a host of other tools that will not only keep your students engaged but will also provide the feedback that you need to get a gauge on your students’ understanding. This post offers 5 engaging assessment tools that you can use to fill your assessment toolbox.

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New Blog Series: Extraordinary Math Hacks

By Tammy Roose of Tarheelstate Teacher

Sharpen your pencils, pull out your 10-sided dice and base-10 blocks, and get ready for some math lesson hacks that you can use right away! I’m going to show you some Extra-ordinary Math Hacks that take my math time from *yawn* to “da-Bomb!”

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TEACH KIDS TO BE THANKFUL THIS HOLIDAY WITH STONE SOUP

By Mary Carr of Carberry Creations

We know that social skills are important, and that many of our students could benefit from a bit of direct instruction in the matter, but alas, testing strategies prevail, and social skills fall to the back burner. Perhaps not today. I would like to share with you my favorite read aloud story for this time of year which will allow you to target the test taking strategies, and with only a little extra time from your day, you can integrate a bit of social skills curriculum in too (but shhh… don’t tell the politicians, or school administrators.)

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Connecting with Parents

By Dr Crystal Brown of Dr Crystal Brown

20th Century and 21st Century Communication Mash-Up: Learn two effective ways to communicate with students’ parents. 


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So Much to Be Thankful For

By Deann Marin of Socrates Lantern

As a teacher, I feel it’s part of my responsibility to help my students think about the good things that they have going, and to be thankful for their blessings.

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So Much to Be Thankful For

 

 

So Much to Be Thankful For!I can remember my grandmother sitting in her big rocking chair that was placed in her favorite spot, next to a picture window where she kept all of her plants. I would sit on her lap and she would sing about the beautiful autumn leaves dancing to the ground in their colorful dresses. I can’t remember the tune or the words, but that wonderful memory has always been vivid in my mind. as if it were yesterday. I’m so thankful for this experience.

I can remember standing on the front porch waiting for my mom to take me shopping downtown. I loved to shop with her. We used to go to a store called Eli Moore, they had everything that a little girl could want. First stop was the shoe department, and I’d get my black patent leather shoes, next we’d go to the clothes department. I was so spoiled back then, as an only child, I was showered with beautiful things to wear and great toys. Shopping done, we’d go to this café for lunch and a yummy desert. My mom passed on when I was 15 so these moments mean so much for me and I’m thankful for the short time that I was able to spend with her.

I have so many things to be thankful for, a wonderful husband, my Siberian Husky, friends and family who love me. We’re healthy, other than some aches and pains. Our house is in the woods and it is our own little paradise. I can’t think of anything else that I need, other than a few million dollars, lol!

As a teacher, I feel it’s part of my responsibility to help my students think about the good things that they have going, and to be thankful for their blessings. To introduce them to this activity, I tell them the story about my grandmother, and or my mom.  Then I will pass out task cards with Thanksgiving images on them and ask the kids to write down what they’re thankful for and we put them into a decorated Thanksgiving box. They can write as many things as they wish, The Wednesday before Thanksgiving recess. I pass the box around the room and each child, as well as myself, chooses a card and we read what is on it, then try to guess whose card it is and give it to its owner.

I usually end up moved to tears  and so do some of the kids, as this activity is so meaningful to all of us..

Please take a look at my values lesson

Seasonal November What I'm Thankful for

What Am I Thankful For?

Two November

Themed Activities

 

 

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FREE MISC. LESSON – “FREE! Christmas Thank You Card from Teacher”

by Jill Nieman

Pre-Kindergarten – 8th Grade

 

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Looking for a cute thank you card to give your students for their wonderful and thoughtful gifts? This colorful card prints in seconds. Fold in half and then in half again. Sign your name at the bottom and voila! Thank you’s are done before you leave school for vacation 🙂

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Enjoy!

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Christmas Making Words Game
I See Christmas Emergent Reader
Holiday Reading Themed Bookmarks
Save Christmas! Game for Kinders

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