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The Real Life Project

Allison Kiser — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 00:12:27 +0000

Fun project with a lot of math concepts involved! Students will be given a persona. This character may or may not have graduated high school or college but has a job with a monthly salary. They will also be told the amount of rent they pay. They will be in charge of keeping up with the expenses of daily life.

Subject	Grade Levels	Resource Type	File Type
Math, Problem Solving, Decimals, Computation, Percents, Graphing	5th- 8th	Project	PDF, 15 pages,

Hot Chocolate Equation Exploration

Allison Kiser — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 21:09:44 +0000

Students will discuss equations and composing & decomposing numbers in the Hot Chocolate Equation Exploration. Story Mat Included, so students can represent the story with marshmallows! Enjoy this FREEBIE!

Subject	Grade Levels	Resource Type	File Type
Math, Problem Solving, Equations, Decomposing & Composing Numbers, Addition & Subtraction	K-2	Investigation, Exploration	PDF, 1 page, and PDF, 1 page Story Mat

Hot Chocolate Exploration & Problem Solving

Allison Kiser — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 03:54:19 +0000

Students will discuss equations and composing & decomposing numbers in the Hot Chocolate Exploration. Then students will have fun with concrete-representational-abstract tasks to practice equality and equations in the Hot Chocolate Problem Solving Activity. Story Mat Included!

Subject	Grade Levels	Resource Type	File Type
Math, Problem Solving, Equations, Decomposing & Composing Numbers, Addition & Subtraction	K-2	Activities, Tasks, Exploration	PDF, 10 pages, and PDF, 1 page Story Mat

FREEBIE- Recipe Ratios: Smoothies

Allison Kiser — Sun, 10 Jan 2021 05:19:29 +0000

Engage your students with real-life math ratio tasks! Students will use these smoothie recipes to practice and show their understanding of ratios, proportions, function tables, and graphing!

Subject	Grade Levels	Resource Type	File Type
Math, Problem Solving, Ratios, Proportions, Function Tables, Graphing	6-8	Activities, Math Centers	PDF, 6 pages

Recipe Ratios: Smoothies

Allison Kiser — Sun, 10 Jan 2021 05:09:12 +0000

Engage your students with real-life math ratio tasks! Students will use these smoothie recipes to practice and show their understanding of ratios, proportions, function tables, and graphing!

Subject	Grade Levels	Resource Type	File Type
Math, Problem Solving, Ratios, Proportions, Function Tables, Graphing	6-8	Activities, Math Centers	PDF, 15 pages

Thanksgiving Dinner Project

Allison Kiser — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 02:37:38 +0000

In this engaging, real-life math project, students will plan for Thanksgiving Dinner! They must adjust the recipes to feed 16 people, virtually grocery shop for the ingredients, and plan an outline for timing of cooking and baking the recipes. This project comes with everything you will need (presentation, student recording sheet, and answer key). A fun project that integrates a lot of math for students to problem solve!

Subject	Grade Levels	Resource Type	File Type
Math, Problem Solving, Ratios, Proportions, Graphing, Addition and Subtraction, Patterns, Multiplication and Division, Elapsed Time, Measurements	6th, 7th, 8th	Project, Distance Learning	Google Slides, 26 slides PDF,24 pages and 10 pages Google Docs, 21 pages and 10 pages

Thanksgiving Dinner Project

Allison Kiser — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 00:49:26 +0000

Subject	Grade Levels	Resource Type	File Type
Math, Problem Solving, Addition and Subtraction, Patterns, Charts, Multiplication and Division, Elapsed Time, Measurements	3rd, 4th, 5th	Project, Distance Learning	Google Slides, 21 slides PDF,20 pages and 11 pages Google Docs, 20 pages and 11 pages

Hidden Mistakes

Allison Kiser — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 17:49:02 +0000

We need to train our students that it's ok to make mistakes, and that mistakes grow our brain! This PDF includes student handouts for students to create a 'hidden mistake.'

Subject	Grade Levels	Resource Type	File Type
Math, Problem Solving, Growth Mindset	All	Activities, Distance Learning, Handouts	PDF 4 pages

Project Choice Board: Problem Solving

Allison Kiser — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 16:04:39 +0000

Use this Project Choice Board to engage your students in the learning and show what they have learned about the concept, for either in-class or distance learning at home!

Subject	Grade Levels	Resource Type	File Type
Math, Problem Solving, Addition and Subtraction	Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd	Activities, Choice Boards, Math Centers, Distance Learning	PDF, 8 pages, Teacher rubric included

Practice Choice Board2: Problem Solving

Allison Kiser — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 15:46:58 +0000

Use this Practice Choice Board to engage your students in the learning, for either in-class or distance learning at home!

Subject	Grade Levels	Resource Type	File Type
Math, Problem Solving, Addition and Subtraction	Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd	Activities, Choice Boards, Math Centers, Distance Learning	PDF, 8 pages, Answer Key Included