Resources for Educators
Fractions of Fun
Reinforce concepts and encourage learner engagement with a collection of math games, science experiments, and cross curricular activities. In one fun resource, learners sort objects, keep a diary of everyday fractions, play a game using...
Education Development Center
Thinking Things Through Thoroughly
Problem solving is a skill of its own. Learners use a variety of problems to encourage mental math and logic to get the correct answer. Guiding questions are provided along the way to encourage the right way of thinking to help tackle...
Curated OER
Sunshine Math 3
In this word problems worksheet, learners read and problem solve nine mathematical word problems involving grids, measurement, compensation and angles.
Curated OER
St. Patrick’s Day
Combine math, creative writing, and leprechauns in a fun St. Patrick's Day activity! Using a bag of gold coins and marshmallows, kids write a math story about a leprechaun that includes a multi-step equation to solve.
Curated OER
Finding Solutions by Working Backwards
In this math worksheet, students learn to solve word problems by working backwards. Students read the 20 word problems and solve them, choosing the best answer from 4 choices. There are helpful hints on the page to clue students to work...
Education Development Center
Geography of the Number Line
It's more than just numbers on a line, its an organizational, mental math machine to help learners understand the value of numbers. The tool is handy when introducing positive and negative integers to see their values and...
Curated OER
Mental Subtraction Methods
In this math worksheet, students learn a strategy to mentally subtract a single digit number from a two digit number such as 53-8. Students follow the detailed instructions to subtract in 18 problems.
Curated OER
Problem Solving Strategy: Logical Reasoning
In this problem solving strategy worksheet, students solve 6 math word problems that require them to use logical reasoning skills.
Curated OER
My Test Book: Addition and Subtraction
In this online interactive math skills worksheet, students solve 10 multiple choice math problems that require them to add and subtract using 2-digit numbers. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Curated OER
My Test Book: Addition and Subtraction 2
In this online interactive math skills worksheet, learners solve 10 multiple choice math problems regarding 2-digit addition and subtraction. Students may view the correct answers.
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My Test Book: Addition and Subtraction
In this online interactive math skills worksheet, students solve 10 multiple choice math problems that require them to add and subtract using 1 and 2 digit numbers. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Curated OER
My Test Book: Addition and Subtraction
In this online interactive math skills worksheet, students solve 10 multiple choice math problems that require them to add and subtract using whole numbers and decimals. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Curated OER
My Test Book: Addition and Subtraction
In this math skills worksheet, students solve 10 multiple choice math problems that require them to use the addition and subtraction skills. Students may view the correct answers.
Curated OER
My Test Book: Rounding Numbers and Addition Skills
In this online interactive math skills worksheet, students solve 10 multiple choice math problems that require them to round numbers to the nearest 10. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Candlewick Press
A Classroom Guide to Peter H. Reynolds's Creatrilogy
Help young readers find, identify, and use their voices with a set of empowering activities based on Peter H. Reynolds' trilogy of books. Sky Color, Ish, and The Dot focus on recognizing moods and treating each other...
Brigham Young University
The Giver: Magic Squares
Combine math and vocabulary in a fun activity based on Lois Lowry's The Giver. Before kids begin the book, they look up the definitions of 16 vocabulary words and complete a puzzle that will give them the same number.
Curated OER
Simplify the Problem as a Strategy
In this simplify the problem as a strategy instructional activity, 4th graders solve two word problems by breaking each one down into a simpler problem first.
Computer Science Unplugged
Twenty Guesses—Information Theory
How do we determine how much information to include and what can be left out? By playing a game of 20 questions, the class generates the best strategies for finding a number. They then move on to guessing the next letter in a short...
Willow Tree
Percents
We see percents everywhere! Building a solid understanding of their meaning is important to future mathematics, but also as citizens. Young scholars practice rewriting decimals, percents, and fractions. They also determine percents of a...
EngageNY
Solving a Linear Equation
Solving an equation is the art of creating simpler equivalent equations using properties of equality. Here, classes see that solving an equation is not always as easy as guessing. The lesson presents linear equations that scholars must...
Curated OER
What's Missing Here? - Necessary Information
Take your third graders' problem-solving skills to the next level. Six word problems need a solution, but they aren't solvable in their current forms. Learners explain the piece of missing information that they need to solve the word...
Curated OER
A Teeny Tiny Book: My Friends
In this mini book instructional activity, learners cut apart and complete a teeny tiny book with names of friends and their phone numbers.
Concord Consortium
Gestation and Longevity
Is the gestation length of an animal a predictor of the average life expectancy of that animal? Learners analyze similar data for more than 50 different animals. They choose a data display and draw conclusions from their graphs.
Bowland
Torbury Festival
Have you been to Torbury Fair? In the set of four lessons, learners solve a myriad of problems related to a music festival, including situations involving floods, market stalls, cows, and emergency plans.