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The 9's times tables finger trick
Kids love short-cuts and this one is an oldie but a goodie. The 9's times tables finger trick is demonstrated using images of a child's hands, the multiplication problem represented, and how tens and ones are represented by each finger....
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Making 10
Brilliant! This presentation helps kids discover all the different way they can make 10. Each slide contains 10 balls, as the kids count, each ball blinks, and the number appears under them to show how many. A plus sign pops up and the...
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9 Times Table
Looking for a presentation to help your learners practice their 9 times tables? Youngsters look at each of the slides and try to recall the multiplication facts they've learned. One nice thing is that the slides use language like...
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Multiplication: Doubling and Halving
Intended for summer school, this unit review covers basic multiplication through doubling and halving, division, fraction to decimal conversion, and word problems involving decimal numbers. Use it to warm up the class, review concepts,...
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Odd or Even
Here is a decent presentation on odd and even numbers for young mathematicians. Learners are coached on a few ways to identify odd and even numbers. Then, in the ensuing slides, they sort a variety of numbers into the odd box and the...
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Direction and Angle: Positions and Directions
This is an interesting mix of concepts. Half of this presentation provides double-digit addition and subtraction practice and the other half has students discuss cardinal directions and right angles. Use these together, or use them on...
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Time: Month, Day, Year, Minute
Get all those time questions answered. Each slide contains one informative fact related to time. By the end of the slide show, your kids will know how many days and weeks are in a year, how many hours are in a day, how many minutes in an...
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Teddy Bear Multiplication
A colorful presentation on basic multiplication problems awaits your class. Learners solve a variety of problems and match their answers with the choices on each slide. This basic and brightly colored resource is good for the younger set.
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Just the Facts! Exploring Order of Operations and Properties of Real Numbers
Sixth graders explore the concept of order of operations. In this order of operations lesson plan, 6th graders view a powerpoint about order of operations in society. Students post on a blog about order of operations.
Curriculum Corner
Editable Exit Tickets
Here is a resource with 28 different exit ticket formats that can be used across the curriculum. Opportunities for exit assessments are endless with various prompts such as, "2 facts I learned today are..." or "I need extra help with..."...
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A Watery World
With about 70% of the earth's surface covered in oceans, it's fair to say that we live in a very wet world. Young scientists gain a better appreciation of this fact as they use maps to identify the world's ocean basins in the first...
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Solving Problems and Puzzles
Review the 7's times tables how they relate to division, fractions, problems solving, and using a chart. Basic problem solving strategies are encouraged for each set of different problems.
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Solving Problems and Puzzles 1
Plug in this presentation for a quick start to your day. The class reviews the 6 times tables how they relate to division and then work through patterns to build logical reasoning and sequencing skills. A wonderful warm up or problem...
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Problem Solving and Puzzles: 3
Your class can use this to warm up or to discuss their problem solving strategies. They review the 8's times tables, relate the multiplication problems to division, then use a chart to solve a word problem involving money.
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Problem Solving - Draw a Diagram
There is an excellent strategy for learners to use when faced with a word problem that uses fractions. This presentation shows how to draw a diagram of the fractions in the problem in order to get a visual representation. Although brief,...
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3's Multiplication Quiz
Timed tests don't have to cause stress, they can be fun. To boost automaticity in solving the 3s times tables, this presentation is set up as a speed game. Learners will write out the answers as each 3s multiplication problem is shown on...
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7's times tables
Make practicing the 7's times tables fun with this interactive quiz game. Each slide contains a 7's times table along with four possible answers, learners race to choose the correct one. Build memory skills, automaticity, and your...
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Multiplication Grids: Double-Digit
Kids learn how to use the grid method to solve double by single-digit multiplication problems. They take each double-digit number into its tens and units, place it on the grid, add the multiplier, then solve the problem. There are two...
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Multiplication Grids Starter
How does grid or box multiplication work? Kids create a grid on their white boards then copy down the example problem in order to learn a new way to solve triple-digit multiplication. There are 5 practice problems with answers included.
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Inductive and Deductive Reasoning
High schoolers use logical arguments and inductive reasoning to make or disprove conjectures. After observing a teacher led demonstration, students discover that the deductive process narrows facts to a few possible conclusions. In...
Bowland
Cats and Kittens
Can a cat have 2,000 descendants in 18 months? To determine if this claim is realistic, individuals must take different pieces of information into account when justifying their responses.
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Royal Liver Clock
Using clocks as dining tables? Scholars estimate the number of people that can sit around the face of the clock on the Royal Liver Building in Liverpool. They use estimation to justify their responses.
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Can You Hear Me Now? Cell Phone Accounts
How sustainable are cell phones? Throughout the unit, learners explore the issues around cell phones concerning sustainability. Class members take a graphical look at the number of cell phones across the world using a box-and-whisker...
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All About Circles Post Test
In this geometry worksheet, students answer ten multiple choice facts about circles. The questions include finding the diameter, area, and radius of a circle.