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Teaching Geometry in 6th Grade for Surface Area, Volume, and Area.

Engaging & Effective Activities for Teaching Geometry in 6th Grade

Teaching geometry was one of my favorite 6th grade units because it blends logic, creativity, and real-world applications. Something was exciting about seeing my students

4 Activities for Teaching Area and Perimeter Concepts With Ease

If you’ve ever taught area and perimeter, you know how easily our students mix them up. One moment, they’re confidently adding up all the sides

Tips for Teaching with Order of Operations Activities.

Tips & Activities for Teaching Order of Operations

When I first introduced the concept of order of operations to my students, I quickly saw how essential it was for building a strong math

Early Finisher Activities for the Math Classroom

4 Engaging Early Finisher Activities Your Math Students Will Love

One of the biggest stressors for me in the classroom was coming up with solid early finisher activities. Early in my teaching career, I was

$This round up of fractions, decimals and percents resources will help you teach these concepts with ease in your middle school math classroom! Math activities like color by code, math wheels and Footloose will help your students learn all about fractions, decimals and percents.$

All the Best Fractions, Decimals, and Percents Resources in One Place

If you’ve been working hard teaching converting fractions to decimals, your students are probably really starting to get the hang of it! But, if your

How to Teach Mean, Median, Mode, and Range in Middle School

Teaching middle schoolers how to find the mean, median, mode, and range is an important part of building their math skills. I’ve found that it’s

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

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

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

$Get your middle school students excited about learning the types of triangles with these colorful math wheel notes.$

Teaching the Types of Triangles with Math Wheel Magic!

Have you noticed how triangles can be a bit of a math maze for our students? I mean, equilateral, isosceles, scalene – it’s like they’ve

$Use these math games for teachers to get your year off to an epic start by getting to know your students, playing fun games, and doing some important review activities that are sure to be instant successes in your classroom.$