Have you taught your 6th graders mean, median, mode and range? Are you ready to move onto applying those skills to new statistics topics? Then you came to the right … [Read More...] about 10 Ways to Help Students Get Dot Plots, Histograms & Box Plots
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12 Mean, Median, Mode & Range Activities that Rock
Mean, median, mode, and range are so much fun to teach! I love these standards because there’s a wide variety of activities and hands-on practice for students. I think I’ve officially turned into my overly excited math teachers I thought were so odd in middle and high school!
9 Volume of Prisms Activities Your Students Will Love
Teaching how to find the volume of prisms can be downright fun! This geometry topic lends itself so naturally to hands-on activities, and I KNOW you know how important hands-on activities are for students! When teaching 6th grade geometry, I always incorporate real life situations for my class. This helps keep students engaged and take ownership […]
10 Sure-fire Ways to Practice Area of Triangles & Quadrilaterals
I love teaching geometry and I hope you feel the same way! There are so many great hands-on activities that you can use with your students. I’ve found that students respond really well to geometry standards because they can easily see how these skills are … [Read More...] about 10 Sure-fire Ways to Practice Area of Triangles & Quadrilaterals
10 Engaging Exponents & Expressions Activities
I used to teach 5th grade and a student once said to me, “I’m nervous for 6th grade math. They do algebra!!” This student wasn’t confident with his own math skills and didn’t realize that he’d come in contact with algebra before. I think this a common concern … [Read More...] about 10 Engaging Exponents & Expressions Activities
8 Simple Activities to Teach Equivalent Expressions
Equivalent expressions may get mixed reviews from your 6th graders. Some students will be so excited, others will be nervous, and then you’ll have a few who don’t know what that means. This is when you have to decide what you’re going to do: cry or become … [Read More...] about 8 Simple Activities to Teach Equivalent Expressions
12 Ways to Practice Writing Expressions in Math
If you’re a teacher you’ve probably had a student raise their hand and ask you, “When are we ever going to use this in real life?” I’m not going to lie, I’ve had this question asked before in math where I didn’t have a strong, concrete answer. But let me tell … [Read More...] about 12 Ways to Practice Writing Expressions in Math
10 Coordinate Plane Activities to Save Your Planning Time
“Class, what do you know about graphing positive and negative integers in the coordinate plane?” That might not be the best way to introduce this topic to a class full of 6th graders. With this topic your students are going to be learning some new vocabulary … [Read More...] about 10 Coordinate Plane Activities to Save Your Planning Time
10 Comparing & Ordering Rational Numbers Activities that Rock
Rational numbers sound so scary to 6th graders but it isn’t as complicated as they’re all telling themselves. Students need to understand rational numbers before they can move onto irrational numbers. Comparing and ordering rational numbers is going to be a … [Read More...] about 10 Comparing & Ordering Rational Numbers Activities that Rock
