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10 Ways to Help Students Get Dot Plots, Histograms & Box Plots

Last Modified: April 3, 2025 by Rachel

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’ve come to the right place. In this article we’ll dive into different activities and resources to use when teaching dot plots, histograms, and box plots!

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12 Mean, Median, Mode & Range Activities that Rock

Last Modified: December 9, 2024 by Rachel

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!

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9 Volume of Prisms Activities Your Students Will Love

Last Modified: February 28, 2025 by Rachel

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 in their learning.

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10 Sure-fire Ways to Practice Area of Triangles & Quadrilaterals

Last Modified: October 13, 2021 by Rachel

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 applicable in the real world. That’s definitely true when teaching about finding the area of triangles & quadrilaterals.

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10 Engaging Exponents & Expressions Activities

Last Modified: October 12, 2021 by Rachel

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 for math students, especially those who struggle.

It’s good to remember that when we teach students how to write and evaluate expressions that include exponents, there’s a lot going on for them and students can get overwhelmed.

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  • 10 Ways to Help Students Get Dot Plots, Histograms & Box Plots
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