Dan Meyer’s Three Act Math Tasks challenge students to make predictions, adapt to new information, and justify their conclusions. Get his full list of published tasks here!
Number Line Stairs: Fun and Simple Activity for Early Math
O, how I love to follow the child! Our four-year-old’s new tricks have led to a fun game for him and his brother, and as usual, they’re learning every step of the way!
Free Digital Resources: Teaching Fractions, Decimals, & Percents
Fear the fraction no longer! These high-quality, FREE digital resources are just what you’re looking for.
FREE Interactive 100-Chart
So many ways to use a 100-chart for math! This interactive digital version is intuitive and fun to use!
FREE Digital Manipulatives from Math Learning Center
Some of my favorite FREE digital resources for math work. Don’t waste your time or money with paid, lower-quality competitors.
Math Monday: Diagramming Ratios & Proportions
Question: Joe has a bag of red, blue, and yellow marbles. For every three red marbles, he has five blue marbles and two yellow marbles. If he has 18 red marbles, how many blue marbles does he have? How many
Linear Equations “Cheat Sheet”
See all the major concepts involved in graphing linear equations in one clear, color-coded summary.
Groups of Ten: Card Games to Reinforce Math Facts
Mastering pairs that add to ten is an important early math skill. Students who commit these pairings to memory are better prepared for concepts such as place value, regrouping, and partial products, as well as more adept at moving from
How to Stop Hating Fractions
O Lord, have mercy on us and save us from fractions! I have never seen a bigger stumbling block in teaching math than those poor God-forsaken fractions. Kids absolutely recoil at them. I have even had a parent say to
Quick Line and Rotational Symmetry Project
A quick project to introduce symmetry: You can either provide or have them use a protractor to draw some simple geometric shapes on construction paper. I typically require a square, an equilateral triangle, and a third polygon of their choice.Â