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Shaped Staff
June 27, 2022
Students will learn how to represent multiplication of fractions by drawing visual models, analyzing hypothetical examples of student work, and creating equations.
Shaped Staff
June 27, 2022
Giving students the tools to tackle division with these shortcuts not only makes division less daunting, it also makes it seem like a fun puzzle.
Shaped Staff
June 17, 2022
Estimate the Volume of a Rectangular Prism in this activity from HMH's Into Math.
Shaped Staff
June 16, 2022
Hand span measurement lesson where teachers have students measure their hand spans and use that to describe and compare distances
Richard Blankman
Shaped Editor
June 14, 2022
Try a factor game to practice finding factors and getting practice with multiplication.
Nicole Kirksey
May 31, 2022
Happy spring! Need some engaging in-person and remote classroom activities to celebrate the season? Try these 8 spring activities for elementary students.
Alicia Ivory
Shaped Editor
April 01, 2022
In this article, we investigate true, false, and open sentences in mathematics, including how to tell whether a sentence is true and false and how to solve open sentences.
Richard Blankman
Shaped Editor
March 21, 2022
Shoot for the moon with free science and math resources, including activities, labs, and FUNomenal Readers.
Ali Habashi
Shaped Editor
February 18, 2022
Get your elementary students hooked on math with these games and activities.
Alicia Ivory
Shaped Editor
January 24, 2022
These 12 Olympics activities for elementary and middle school students will let them sharpen their math, social studies, and writing skills.
Alicia Ivory
Shaped Editor
January 07, 2022
In a special Olympic edition of the Math at Work web series, paired with activities based on the Olympic Games, students will learn how important math is to the world of sports.
Richard Blankman
Shaped Editor
January 07, 2022
Ready for a fresh start in your classroom? Say goodbye to the old and hello to the new with our fun New Year's activities for students.
Brenda Iasevoli
Shaped Editor
December 14, 2021
Celebrate the Festival of Lights with these Hanukkah classroom games and activities for elementary students.
Jordan Friedman
Shaped Editor
November 30, 2021
Teach your students about the different ways to describe data, including the concepts of mean (average), median, and mode.
Richard Blankman
Shaped Editor
October 29, 2021
These math intervention strategies for struggling students provide lessons, activities, and ideas to support Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 math students who are two or more years behind grade level.
Richard Blankman
Shaped Editor
October 26, 2021
Teach students about graphing along the x and y axis on coordinate graphs as a visual method for showing relationships between numbers.
October 22, 2021
Try these fall activities for elementary students in your classroom that put a twist on common fall themes.
Shaped Staff
October 01, 2021
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