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Effective Activities for Teaching Factors, Prime, and Composite Numbers

What goes through your head when you hear the words ‘factors’, and ‘prime and composite numbers’? If you are like many math teachers, there’s probably

Fun & Engaging Holiday Math Activities

Every time a holiday rolls around, I can feel a shift in my students’ energy levels. They get so excited about the festivities that keeping

$With these engaging and effective 8th grade math worksheets, you will be able to teach students about concepts like transformations, slope, pythagorean theorem and more! Each of the math wheels serve not only as a worksheet, but they are also a note taking strategy that can be used to review information later!$

Engaging and Effective 8th Grade Math Worksheets

I absolutely loved teaching middle schoolers! They’re at that stage where they’re eager to be grown up but still have that wonderful kid energy. When

Students are not always excited about dividing decimals in the classroom because it can be difficult. However, this post will help you teach dividing decimals with ease using engaging resources and tips to help your students!

Tips and Resources for Teaching Dividing Decimals

You know what we can probably all agree on? Our students aren’t exactly fans of division. When you throw decimals into the mix, it’s a

$Wondering how to teach converting fractions to decimals? If so, this is the post for you! I take you through how to teach this important math skill plus share some ideas for converting fractions to decimals resources!$

How to Teach Converting Fractions to Decimals

When it comes to fractions and decimals, I’ve noticed that students’ anxiety levels tend to rise and some of kiddos start feeling overwhelmed. These two

$Looking for some middle school math games that will engage and excite your students? In this post, I share ideas for math games like "Truth or Dare", Bingo, and "Footloose" and how you can use them to target skills like multiplying fractions, probability and area and perimeter.$

Round Up of Interactive Middle School Math Games

In my classroom, I love finding ways to make math more engaging. One of my favorite strategies is incorporating games and hands-on activities. Our middle

$Teach your students how to combine like terms with these fun activities you can put into practice in your classroom today.$

Tips and Activities to Teach How to Combine Like Terms

I love teaching students how to combine like terms. Why? Because combining like terms is one of those math skills that makes the rest of

Looking for a new teacher guide that will help you navigate the first days of school as a new middle school teacher? This post has you covered with ideas for establishing routines, engaging your middle school math students and more!

New Middle School Teacher Guide to the First Days of School

When I first started my teaching career, I felt a loss at what to do with the first weeks of school. I had ideas and

Use these fun and creative fall activities to enhance learning for middle schoolers this year.

Enhance Learning With Fall Activities for Middle School Students

I love to call the beginning of fall the sweet spot of that first quarter of school. At that point, you and your students have

Kick off your school year on the right foot with these fun and exciting middle school icebreakers your students will love.

Middle School Icebreakers for the Start of the School Year

The first week of the school year at the middle school level is always fascinating to witness. I’m busy trying to learn all of my

$Help keep your easily distracted students engaged in learning with these tips and tricks using math wheels.$

How to Help Easily Distracted Students by Using Math Wheels

As a teacher, you already know just how fast-paced the curriculum is. The demands placed on teachers and students seem to grow every year. With

$Use these fun activities to help teach real life math to your middle school students this year.$

How to Teach Real Life Math Problem Solving Activities

Growing up, I vividly recall a moment when a classmate questioned our teacher about the relevance of a math concept. You know the questions he

Math Wheels for Note-taking?