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A great game for family game night! Similar to Pass the Pigs, but the only thing you need is dice!

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How to Play PIG Dice - The Classic 2 Dice Game of Greed and Luck

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Favorite Platform for Virtual Manipulatives

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Favorite Platform for Virtual Manipulatives

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On this site, you can do so many amazing things! You can also tie music & art into math!

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This is a great article for parents who are interested in learning more about their child's Map Growth score.

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The Descriptors section of the MAP Growth report provides detailed information about a student's performance in specific skill areas for each tested subject. These insights help parents and educators identify strengths and areas for improvement.

Math Descriptors

The Math test evaluates a range of mathematical concepts and skills critical for academic growth. Key areas assessed include:

Algebraic Thinking: Solving equations, recognizing patterns, and working with variables.

Geometry: Understanding shapes, spatial reasoning, measurement, and properties of objects.

Data Analysis and Probability: Interpreting graphs, calculating probabilities, and analyzing data sets.

Real and Complex Number Systems: Performing arithmetic operations and understanding fractions, decimals, and percentages.

Language Usage Descriptors

The Language Usage test evaluates a student's ability to effectively understand and use language. Key areas assessed include:

Science Descriptors

The Science test assesses understanding across major scientific domains, emphasizing both content knowledge and reasoning skills. Key areas include:

Life Sciences: Exploring topics like biology, ecosystems, genetics, and adaptation.

Physical Sciences: Understanding concepts of matter, energy, motion, and fundamental physics and chemistry principles.

Earth and Space Sciences: Studying geology, weather, environmental science, and astronomy.

Reading Descriptors

The Reading test assesses a student's ability to comprehend and analyze texts across various genres. Key areas assessed include:

Literature: Understanding themes, characters, and plot structures in fiction.

Informational Texts: Analyzing nonfiction materials, such as articles, essays, and reports.

Vocabulary Acquisition: Recognizing and applying new words in context to improve comprehension.

Lexile Range

The Lexile Range, included in the Reading and Language Usage sections, measures the complexity of texts the student can comprehend:

This information helps parents and educators select texts that challenge the student without causing frustration, supporting growth in reading comprehension.

You can use these descriptors to tailor learning strategies that address specific needs in Math, Reading, Language Usage, and Science. This approach ensures targeted support for academic success.

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NWEA MAP Test Scores 2025 Guide [Chart By Grade Level]

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Discover how to interpret NWEA MAP test scores, including RIT scores, chart by grade level, and percentiles. Track your child's progress easily!

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This online tool helps students visualize what it means to balance an equation. It starts easy and builds up to more challenging equations.

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This is one of my favorite sites for generating hidden message graphs and a variety of math puzzles. Skill-based worksheets can also be generated.

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The premier web service for creating professional educational resources. Used by teachers and parents around the world.

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If you are looking for some extra practice with a skill, this site is a great place to find options.

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Subtracting 2-Digit Numbers
How good are your skills at subtracting two-digit numbers? It's time you upshifted! Get into the high gear with our all-new subtraction within 100 worksheets that present abundant practice problems, real-life word problems, enthralling riddles, and more!
Evaluating Expressions with Parentheses
The key to evaluating expressions with parentheses is to first perform operations inside parentheses and brackets. What you do next is multiply and divide from left to right. Up next, you add and subtract from left to right. That's the order of operations.
Types of Fractions
Wonder what the types of fractions are? Well, a proper fraction is where the numerator is less than the denominator, and an improper is where the converse applies. A unit fraction is one part of a whole. And there are a few more! Delve in and explore the various types of fractions.
Surface Area of Triangular Prisms
A prism is called a triangular prism if it has 3 rectangular faces and 2 parallel triangular bases. The surface area of a triangular prism is not as big of a deal as it sounds to be or you're afraid it is - it's nothing but the amount of space on the outside.

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Grab our free printable math worksheets featuring elementary school, middle school and high school topics with practice worksheets and teaching resources.

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This site has been very useful for me over the years! You can use it to create your own graph paper. Different quadrants, labeled, or unlabeled.

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Graphing Worksheets | Coordinate Plane Graph Paper Worksheets

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This Graphing Worksheet will produce a single or four quadrant coordinate grid for the students to use in coordinate graphing problems.

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Ideas for first week activities to build classroom climate. A chance to get the students comfortable talking to each other before talking about math.

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These are things we do in our classroom, during the first week of school. It is not comprehensive, but everything is free and helps build community.

Interest Inventories

Learn more about your students, as you begin the school year, with Interest Inventories. Three versions are available, primary, Grades 3-5 and MS.

Art Lesson

I use this lesson on the first day of school to explain perspective, talk about a growth mindset, and give all students a chance to work in the arts. Moreover, students return to this technique throughout the school year.

Parent Communication

This is the Welcome Packet Aaron shared with his families. Updated for the 2025-2026 school year.

Math

Janda Lannigan created this assessment to gauge student understand in math. The assessment includes the student version, interpretation guide, and scoring sheet. Thanks Janda!

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These are things we do in our classroom, during the first week of school. It is not comprehensive, but everything is free and helps build community. ActivityDescriptionlinkMatriculation FormLearn more about the students who are moving into your classroom with the following guiding questions. Adapted from Solution Tree.hereFind Someone WhoStudents move around the room, asking their...

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"This is Which One Doesn't Belong?, a website dedicated to providing thought-provoking puzzles for math teachers and students alike. There are no answers provided as there are many different, correct ways of choosing which one doesn't belong. Enjoy!"

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© site Copyright 2024 Talking Math with Your Kids • Saint Paul, MN, 55114 Rights to individual sets controlled by the named authors

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Mr. Wyborney has created an amazing amount of resources for teachers to use in their classroom. Esti-mysteries for all ages. Splat! activities. Subitizing activities as well. So many resources available on this website.

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Steve Wyborney\\\'s Blog: I\\\'m on a Learning Mission.

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Steve Wyborney's Blog: I'm on a Learning Mission

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Steve Wyborney is on a learning mission to spread math joy to classrooms everywhere! On this blog you'll find math resources for teachers and for kids of all ages.

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These slides include:

an invitational launch to get students interested in the picture

six grade-level-aligned questions

standards alignment across related domains to demonstrate a potential progression of questions across grades

related “After the Image” questions and activities to do at home

These are created by Illustrative Math and you can find more daily on X.

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Students are given scenarios with two choices, and the goal is to use number sense strategies to make a choice and justify it.

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Would You Rather Math – ASKING STUDENTS TO CHOOSE A PATH AND JUSTIFY IT WITH MATH

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Teachers, sign up for my mini-workshop to learn about how to implement Would You Rather Math into your classroom routines. We will explore some sentence frames, what happens when things don’t go as planned, how to use the prompts in a remote learning setting, and much more. See you there!

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Originally created by Robert Kaplinsky, this website is a compilation of teacher contributions of questions for every grade level that get our students thinking deeper. It gives them something to talk about!

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Home

CHALLENGING MATH PROBLEMS WORTH SOLVING

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HERE'S OUR GROWING COLLECTION

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CHECK OUT THESE FREE WEBINARS TO HELP TEACHERS RETHINK CLASSWORK

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Great conversation starters for 3rd grade and up!

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Find a number talk for every day of the year!

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ESTIMATION 180 Tasks Access Estimation 180 tasks by clicking a group of 20 days below.

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Graham Fletchy's website includes a collection of 3-act tasks for all grade levels. He also has created amazing videos highlighting math progression in young learners, as well as other resources.

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Inspire ALL Students with Open, Creative, Mindset Mathematics

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At youcubed, we inspire, educate and empower teachers of mathematics, transforming the latest research on mathematics learning into accessible and practical forms.

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Simple math test activities for teachers and students, from beginning math operations to calculus. You set the skill level, how many problems, and time limit. A report, which tallies right and wrong answers, is provided after each quiz.

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Math test activities for students and teachers of all grade levels

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Enjoy this free game that allows you to engage your students in quick, fun practice activities to improve their speed and accuracy with a wide range of topics. Easy to set up, fun to play!

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The easiest most fun way to practice math facts in a classroom! Instantly engaging and perfect for all-class activities. No students' accounts required.

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Do your students need more practice with their fact fluency?  This resource allows them to practice and can be differentiated for each student.  Choose the operation you would like them to practice, choose the digits you want them to use, choose how many questions you want them to do and students can choose their characters.  Correct answers move students forward, incorrect answers move them backward.  Enjoy!

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Maths Chase - Times Tables Games - Fun Maths Tests

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Maths Chase provides free maths games to help students learn. Test your times tables, addition and other maths skills in a fun and engaging way.

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This challenge is organized by factors, it is timed and students get statistics that are compared with your county, your state, and the country. So much fun and great practice too!

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Mr. Nussbaum - Great American Multiplication Challenge - Online

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Help your county and state rise to the top of the leaderboards in the Great American Multiplication Challenge. PLEASE NOTE: On or around December 22, we w

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Some amazing virtual tools on this site. My favorite is the partial product finder. These manipulatives are easy to manipulate live to use in the classroom.

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Sharing in an app allows educators to pose problems and investigations for students by using an 8-character code or link. Students can share their thinking with their teachers and classmates. Share codes remain available for continued use for 18 months from the date they are last accessed.
Watch the video to learn how sharing works.

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Sharing in an app allows educators to pose problems and investigations for students by using an 8-character code or link. Students can share their thinking with their teachers and classmates. Share codes remain available for continued use for 18 months from the date they are last accessed.

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Peter Liljedahl, author of Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, has a great collection of resources on his website for classroom use. Enjoy exploring the tasks that he has selected to get your students to think!

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If you try to introduce people to a paradigm shift, they will hear what you have to say and then interpret your words in terms of their old paradigm. What does not fit, they will not hear. Therefore, a change in paradigm cannot be brought about by talking.

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Try to fill in the puzzle to show today's date.

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Our flagship game, nerdle, was inspired by Wordle and a passion for math. It challenges you to find the hidden calculation in just six guesses. In the wider nerdleverse, you'll roam an entire galaxy of puzzles, including number-based crosswords, anagrams, and so much more. Whether you're a math enthusiast or just looking for a daily brain workout, the nerdleverse has something special for you. Join us and let your mind explore the wonders of the nerdleverse!

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Nerdle - guess the solution in 6 tries - try classic, mini, speed and pro

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"No matter what you're looking for — learning or fun — KenKen.com has it! Free online puzzles. Cool math games. Number games. (More addictive than Sudoku or Kakuro? You decide!)"

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Explore as a class, create a monthly bulletin board, or give to your fast finishers. These math puzzles are versatile to meet your needs.

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Free Printable Math Puzzles for the Classroom | Math = Love

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These math puzzle worksheets make it easy to help your students build critical thinking and problem-solving skills while having fun!

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Math Teacher Lounge is a biweekly podcast created specifically for K–12 math teachers. In each episode, co-hosts Bethany Lockhart Johnson (@lockhartedu) and Dan Meyer (@ddmeyer) chat with expert guests, taking a deep dive into the math and educational topics you care about.

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High-quality K–12 Curriculum and Assessments

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Our podcast episodes reveal powerful stories, strategies and “secrets” for building a math classroom that you’ve always wanted.

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Make Math Moments is on a mission to provide an opportunity for all mathematics educators around the world to access professional learning opportunities that will elevate their teaching practice and promote an equitable learning experience for all students. We strive to provide all educators with the opportunity to spark their learning through the Making Math Moments That Matter Podcast as a means to inspire the exploration of new pedagogical practices and to seek out opportunities to deepen their own mathematical content knowledge.

The goal of the podcast is to help more mathematics educators to create a classroom culture where students don't want to stop exploring mathematics when the bell rings by interviewing featured guests such as Jo Boaler, Peter Liljedahl, Sunil Singh, Dan Meyer, Nicki Newton, John Hattie, inviting mathematics teachers on to the show to engage in "Mentoring Moment" episodes where we coach them through a current math classroom struggle, or to simply riff on a specific big idea, tool or strategy for simply.

We strive to positively impact the K-12 mathematical experience for over 1 million students by helping mathematics teachers and mathematics district leadersto strengthen the six (6) key parts of an effective mathematics program.

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Making Math Moments That Matter Podcast - Make Math Moments

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Wondering how to create a classroom culture where students don't want to stop exploring mathematics when the bell rings? Join Kyle Pearce from TapIntoTeenMinds.com and Jon Orr from MrOrr-IsAGeek.com as they team up for EPISODE #1 to uncover how we can Make Math Moments That Matter for every student in the math classroom from Kindergarten through Grade 12.

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Math teacher educator Pam Harris and her cohost Kim Montague answer the question: If not algorithms, then what?Join them for ~15 minutes every Tuesday as they cast their vision for mathematics education and give actionable items to help teachers teach math that is Figure-Out-Able. See www.MathisFigureOutAble.com for more great resources!

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Math teacher educator Pam Harris and her cohost Kim Montague answer the question: If not algorithms, then what?Join them for ~15 minutes every Tuesday as they cast their vision for mathematics education and give actionable items to help teachers t...

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Choose a game for your students to practice a skill. Some are very elementary, others have advanced skills.

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Math Games – Free Online for Grades K–6 | Math Playground

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300+ free math games to build fluency and problem solving. Kid-safe, classroom-ready, no sign-in.

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Do you have a parent or a student who suffers from math anxiety? This video does a great job explaining what it is and how to overcome it.

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Why do people get so anxious about math? - Orly Rubinsten

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Expecting a difficult conversation regarding math at conferences. Review this article to be reminded about what to do to make the conversation more meaningful.

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Communicating With Parents About Their Child’s Progress in Math

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Math can be an emotionally fraught topic for parents, and discussing a child’s performance with empathy can ease the tension.