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Our Decimals and Fractions Interactive Math Unit is perfect for combined Grade 5 and 6 classes. This paper resource teaches decimals to hundredths, place value, adding and subtracting decimals, comparing and ordering fractions, mixed and improper fractions, fraction operations, relating fractions to decimals, ratios, percent and so much more. Lesson plans, templates, photographs, background information, games, activities and assessments are included to align with Canadian math outcomes. Fractions, Ideas, Improper Fractions, Integers Lesson, Subtracting Decimals, Math Problem Solving, Operations With Fractions, Adding And Subtracting, Fraction Interactive Notebook
Decimals, Fractions, Ratios, Percent Interactive Math Unit For Grade 5/6
Our Decimals and Fractions Interactive Math Unit is perfect for combined Grade 5 and 6 classes. This paper resource teaches decimals to hundredths, place value, adding and subtracting decimals, comparing and ordering fractions, mixed and improper fractions, fraction operations, relating fractions to decimals, ratios, percent and so much more. Lesson plans, templates, photographs, background information, games, activities and assessments are included to align with Canadian math outcomes.
Make learning fun with our Decimals and Fractions Interactive Math Unit! Perfect for Grade 5, this paper resource teaches decimals to hundredths, place value, adding and subtracting decimals, comparing and ordering fractions, relating fractions to decimals, ratios, percent and so much more in an engaging way. Lesson plans, student templates, photographs, background information, games, activities and assessments are included to align with Canadian math outcomes. Decimal Lesson, Math Decimals, Math Instruction, Small Group Math Instruction, Ordering Fractions
Decimals and Fractions Interactive Math Unit Grade 5
Make learning fun with our Decimals and Fractions Interactive Math Unit! Perfect for Grade 5, this paper resource teaches decimals to hundredths, place value, adding and subtracting decimals, comparing and ordering fractions, relating fractions to decimals, ratios, percent and so much more in an engaging way. Lesson plans, student templates, photographs, background information, games, activities and assessments are included to align with Canadian math outcomes.
Make learning fun with our Decimals and Fractions Interactive Math Unit! Perfect for Grade 5, this paper resource teaches decimals to hundredths, place value, adding and subtracting decimals, comparing and ordering fractions, relating fractions to decimals, ratios, percent and so much more in an engaging way. Lesson plans, student templates, photographs, background information, games, activities and assessments are included to align with Canadian math outcomes. Math Fractions, Math Interactive
Decimals and Fractions Interactive Math Unit for Grade 5
Make learning fun with our Decimals and Fractions Interactive Math Unit! Perfect for Grade 5, this paper resource teaches decimals to hundredths, place value, adding and subtracting decimals, comparing and ordering fractions, relating fractions to decimals, ratios, percent and so much more in an engaging way. Lesson plans, student templates, photographs, background information, games, activities and assessments are included to align with Canadian math outcomes.
Our Decimals and Fractions Interactive Math Unit is perfect for Grade 6 classes. This paper resource teaches decimals to hundredths, place value, adding and subtracting decimals, comparing and ordering fractions, mixed and improper fractions, fraction operations, relating fractions to decimals, ratios, percent and so much more. Lesson plans, templates, photographs, background information, games, activities and assessments are included to align with Canadian math outcomes. Subtracting Fractions, Adding And Subtracting Fractions
Decimals, Fractions, Ratios and Percent Interactive Math Unit for Grade 6
Our Decimals and Fractions Interactive Math Unit is perfect for Grade 6 classes. This paper resource teaches decimals to hundredths, place value, adding and subtracting decimals, comparing and ordering fractions, mixed and improper fractions, fraction operations, relating fractions to decimals, ratios, percent and so much more. Lesson plans, templates, photographs, background information, games, activities and assessments are included to align with Canadian math outcomes.
Make learning fun with our Decimals and Fractions Interactive Math Unit! Perfect for Grade 4 and 5 combined classrooms, this paper resource teaches decimals to hundredths, place value, adding and subtracting decimals, comparing and ordering fractions, relating fractions to decimals and so much more in an engaging way. Lesson plans, student templates, photographs, background information, games, activities and assessments are included to align with Canadian math outcomes. Fractions Decimals, Fractions Worksheets
Decimals and Fractions Interactive Math Unit for Grade 4/5 Combined Classes
Make learning fun with our Decimals and Fractions Interactive Math Unit! Perfect for Grade 4 and 5 combined classrooms, this paper resource teaches decimals to hundredths, place value, adding and subtracting decimals, comparing and ordering fractions, relating fractions to decimals and so much more in an engaging way. Lesson plans, student templates, photographs, background information, games, activities and assessments are included to align with Canadian math outcomes.
Make learning fun with our Decimals and Fractions Interactive Math Unit! Perfect for Grade 4, this paper resource teaches decimals to hundredths, place value, adding and subtracting decimals, comparing and ordering fractions, relating fractions to decimals and so much more in an engaging way. Lesson plans, student templates, photographs, background information, games, activities and assessments are included to align with Canadian math outcomes. Worksheets
Decimals and Fractions Interactive Math Unit Grade 4
Make learning fun with our Decimals and Fractions Interactive Math Unit! Perfect for Grade 4, this paper resource teaches decimals to hundredths, place value, adding and subtracting decimals, comparing and ordering fractions, relating fractions to decimals and so much more in an engaging way. Lesson plans, student templates, photographs, background information, games, activities and assessments are included to align with Canadian math outcomes.
Make learning fun with our Decimals and Fractions Interactive Math Unit! Perfect for Grade 4 and 5 combined classrooms, this paper resource teaches decimals to hundredths, place value, adding and subtracting decimals, comparing and ordering fractions, relating fractions to decimals and so much more in an engaging way. Lesson plans, student templates, photographs, background information, games, activities and assessments are included to align with Canadian math outcomes.
Decimals and Fractions Interactive Math Unit Grade 4 and 5 Combined
Make learning fun with our Decimals and Fractions Interactive Math Unit! Perfect for Grade 4 and 5 combined classrooms, this paper resource teaches decimals to hundredths, place value, adding and subtracting decimals, comparing and ordering fractions, relating fractions to decimals and so much more in an engaging way. Lesson plans, student templates, photographs, background information, games, activities and assessments are included to align with Canadian math outcomes.
If you are looking to review math concepts, these spring-themed pages might be exactly what you are looking for. They range in activities including place value, number operations, graphing, word problems and fractions. This set generally includes numbers within a thousand. Since we're Canadian, they use SI notation (spaces instead of commas between place values). Come take a look and see if they're right for your class. Math Number Sense, Math Numbers, Spring Math Worksheets, Math Concepts, Math Geometry
Spring Math Worksheets
If you are looking to review math concepts, these spring-themed pages might be exactly what you are looking for. They range in activities including place value, number operations, graphing, word problems and fractions. This set generally includes numbers within a thousand. Since we're Canadian, they use SI notation (spaces instead of commas between place values). Come take a look and see if they're right for your class.
Learning math can be difficult for students because every student has a different way of learning. When it comes to learning decimals, some students might have trouble with place value, some might struggle with number operations, and some might just have trouble with decimals in general. We’ve put together this blog post to share how we help our students master decimal operations, as well as the first steps you can take when starting to teach your students about decimals. Problem Solving, Teaching Math, Interactive Math Journals
Mastering Decimals Operations
Learning math can be difficult for students because every student has a different way of learning. When it comes to learning decimals, some students might have trouble with place value, some might struggle with number operations, and some might just have trouble with decimals in general. We’ve put together this blog post to share how we help our students master decimal operations, as well as the first steps you can take when starting to teach your students about decimals.
Learning multiplication is not all about times tables these days. It can be stressful for young minds to quickly complete math facts. Instead of times table drills, we need to make sure our students actually know how to do multiplication, rather than test their speed at doing so. In this blog post, we share our favourite multiplication strategies to help students learn their multiplication facts, as well as games to practice fluency and what students can do at home. Tables, Multiplication, Multiplication Drills, Multiplication Strategies, Math Drills, Math Skills, Learning Multiplication
Multiplication Strategies
Learning multiplication is not all about times tables these days. It can be stressful for young minds to quickly complete math facts. Instead of times table drills, we need to make sure our students actually know how to do multiplication, rather than test their speed at doing so. In this blog post, we share our favourite multiplication strategies to help students learn their multiplication facts, as well as games to practice fluency and what students can do at home.
Long division can be a challenging concept for grade 4 and 5 students to master. Because we’ve had students struggle with this skill in our own classrooms, we wrote a blog post outlining some of the strategies we use to teach long division to our students to help them master the skill. Long division really doesn’t have to be hard and we’re here to show you how you can teach it successfully. Long Division Strategies, Teaching Long Division, Division Questions, Division Task Cards, Division Strategies
Long Division Strategies
Long division can be a challenging concept for grade 4 and 5 students to master. Because we’ve had students struggle with this skill in our own classrooms, we wrote a blog post outlining some of the strategies we use to teach long division to our students to help them master the skill. Long division really doesn’t have to be hard and we’re here to show you how you can teach it successfully.
Do your students understand how mistakes can make them better mathematicians? We created this Math Error Analysis activity to show our students the different types of errors that mathematicians make and includes questions for students to analyze in order to find the mistakes themselves. You can get this educational and informative activity for FREE when you join our mailing list. Math Errors, Error Analysis Math, Math Worksheets
Math Error Lesson
Do your students understand how mistakes can make them better mathematicians? We created this Math Error Analysis activity to show our students the different types of errors that mathematicians make and includes questions for students to analyze in order to find the mistakes themselves. You can get this educational and informative activity for FREE when you join our mailing list.
If you are looking to review math concepts, these spring-themed pages might be exactly what you are looking for. They range in activities including place value, number operations, graphing, word problems and fractions. This set generally includes numbers to a million and decimals to the thousandths place. Since we're Canadian, they use SI notation (spaces instead of commas between place values). Come take a look and see if they're right for your class. Comparing Fractions
Spring Math Worksheets
If you are looking to review math concepts, these spring-themed pages might be exactly what you are looking for. They range in activities including place value, number operations, graphing, word problems and fractions. This set generally includes numbers to a million and decimals to the thousandths place. Since we're Canadian, they use SI notation (spaces instead of commas between place values). Come take a look and see if they're right for your class.
If you are looking to review math concepts, these spring-themed pages might be exactly what you are looking for. They range in activities including place value, number operations, graphing, word problems and fractions. This set generally includes numbers within a thousand. Since we're Canadian, they use SI notation (spaces instead of commas between place values). Come take a look and see if they're right for your class. Holiday Math Worksheets
Spring Math Worksheets Numbers to 1000
If you are looking to review math concepts, these spring-themed pages might be exactly what you are looking for. They range in activities including place value, number operations, graphing, word problems and fractions. This set generally includes numbers within a thousand. Since we're Canadian, they use SI notation (spaces instead of commas between place values). Come take a look and see if they're right for your class.
Do you have lots of math worksheets and need a fun way to use them (but you don't just want to assign them as worksheets)? Come learn some of the games and activities we use when we have to complete a math worksheet. Our students love these games and your class will too. Come find a math worksheet game to love in your Canadian math class today! 4th Grade Maths, 4th Grade Math Worksheets, 3rd Grade Math Worksheets, 4th Grade Math
Math Worksheet Games Your Students Will Love
Do you have lots of math worksheets and need a fun way to use them (but you don't just want to assign them as worksheets)? Come learn some of the games and activities we use when we have to complete a math worksheet. Our students love these games and your class will too. Come find a math worksheet game to love in your Canadian math class today!
We use logic puzzles to help with problem solving, reading comprehension and they are lots of fun. Our Halloween logic puzzles come with a paper version as well as a Google Slides version, so you can use them whether you are teaching in person or online. We use these during our classroom Halloween party and throughout the month of October. Come take a look today! Halloween, Games, Maths, Canada, Reading, Halloween Activities, Logic Puzzles, Classroom Halloween Party
Halloween Logic Puzzles
We use logic puzzles to help with problem solving, reading comprehension and they are lots of fun. Our Halloween logic puzzles come with a paper version as well as a Google Slides version, so you can use them whether you are teaching in person or online. We use these during our classroom Halloween party and throughout the month of October. Come take a look today!
This collection of math worksheets features numbers up to 1 000 000 with a Canadian Thanksgiving theme. Students will practice number sense, operations, graphing and word problems. It uses Canadian spellings, SI notation and metric measurements. Come take a look. Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Math Worksheets, Math Measurement
Thanksgiving Math | Numbers to a million
This collection of math worksheets features numbers up to 1 000 000 with a Canadian Thanksgiving theme. Students will practice number sense, operations, graphing and word problems. It uses Canadian spellings, SI notation and metric measurements. Come take a look.
If you hate using worksheets, but that's all you have available, turn them upside down. This post is full of ideas to use those worksheets to practice, review or assess in new ways. Best of all, it comes with free math worksheets you can use right away to get started. We've used these games in our upper elementary math class, but you could use them in any grade. Come read today! Math Class
Math Worksheet Games Your Students Will Love
If you hate using worksheets, but that's all you have available, turn them upside down. This post is full of ideas to use those worksheets to practice, review or assess in new ways. Best of all, it comes with free math worksheets you can use right away to get started. We've used these games in our upper elementary math class, but you could use them in any grade. Come read today!
This set of pictograph worksheets helps students learn to read and create pictographs using first hand and second hand data. Students can interpret the data by answering questions. We use these math worksheets to review, practice and assess graphing skills. Each page comes with an answer key so marking is easy peasy. Come take a look. Teaching Reading, Differentiated Instruction
Pictographs Worksheets
This set of pictograph worksheets helps students learn to read and create pictographs using first hand and second hand data. Students can interpret the data by answering questions. We use these math worksheets to review, practice and assess graphing skills. Each page comes with an answer key so marking is easy peasy. Come take a look.
Help your students practice counting Canadian bills and coins with this set of worksheets. These printables come in a variety of layouts making it easy to pick and choose the skills your students need. The coins and bills have realistic clip art images just like Canadian money. These align with the new Alberta curriculum and British Columbia for Grade 3. Come take a look! British, Money Worksheets
Canadian Money Worksheets to $100
Help your students practice counting Canadian bills and coins with this set of worksheets. These printables come in a variety of layouts making it easy to pick and choose the skills your students need. The coins and bills have realistic clip art images just like Canadian money. These align with the new Alberta curriculum and British Columbia for Grade 3. Come take a look!
Are you looking for a way to help your students practice and review single transformations like translations, rotations and reflections (also known as slides, turns and flips)? This set of 15 pages comes with a variety of activities and the answer keys too. We use these worksheets for review, practice and even assessments. Come take a look! Math Interactive Notebook
Transformations Worksheets
Are you looking for a way to help your students practice and review single transformations like translations, rotations and reflections (also known as slides, turns and flips)? This set of 15 pages comes with a variety of activities and the answer keys too. We use these worksheets for review, practice and even assessments. Come take a look!
Would you like a free sample of some of our graphing worksheets for Grade 3 to Grade 5? This set includes a page for bar graphs, double bar graphs, line plots and pictographs. If you're already a ninja, you can find this set in the Resource Library. If you're not a ninja yet, we can send this set to you when you join our email list. Graphing Worksheets, Worksheets For Grade 3
Free Graphing Worksheets
Would you like a free sample of some of our graphing worksheets for Grade 3 to Grade 5? This set includes a page for bar graphs, double bar graphs, line plots and pictographs. If you're already a ninja, you can find this set in the Resource Library. If you're not a ninja yet, we can send this set to you when you join our email list.
Do you want to try out some of our Grade 3 worksheets? They align with math outcomes for Alberta, BC, and Saskatchewan, but can work in any Grade 3 Canadian math class. This set includes 6 pages on different topics and each page has an answer key. Best of all, this set is free. Come learn more! Basic Math Skills
Free Grade 3 Math Worksheets
Do you want to try out some of our Grade 3 worksheets? They align with math outcomes for Alberta, BC, and Saskatchewan, but can work in any Grade 3 Canadian math class. This set includes 6 pages on different topics and each page has an answer key. Best of all, this set is free. Come learn more!
These fifteen math worksheets have a spring theme but touch on several different math concepts including number operations, number sense, graphing, patterns, and word problems. This set is aligned to Alberta Grade 5 Math, but it works for any math classroom in Canada. We use them for practice, review and assessment. Come take a look!
Spring Math Worksheets
These fifteen math worksheets have a spring theme but touch on several different math concepts including number operations, number sense, graphing, patterns, and word problems. This set is aligned to Alberta Grade 5 Math, but it works for any math classroom in Canada. We use them for practice, review and assessment. Come take a look!
The worst part about graphing is trying to make graphs that students can use to learn to read. We took care of that for you. These double bar graphs can be read and interpreted by your students. They feature one-to-one correspondence and many-to-one correspondence. Students will also get to create graphs based on first-hand and second-hand data. All fifteen pages come with answer keys too. Come take a look! Math Writing
Double Bar Graphs Worksheets
The worst part about graphing is trying to make graphs that students can use to learn to read. We took care of that for you. These double bar graphs can be read and interpreted by your students. They feature one-to-one correspondence and many-to-one correspondence. Students will also get to create graphs based on first-hand and second-hand data. All fifteen pages come with answer keys too. Come take a look!
One way to sweeten up your math lessons is to use candy (but don't worry, you can just use buttons or manipulatives). Come read this blog post about some of the ways we use candy to sweeten our math activities and get a few freebies along the way. Math Activities, Math Lessons, Teaching Decimals, Small Group Math
How to Add Candy to Your Math Lessons
One way to sweeten up your math lessons is to use candy (but don't worry, you can just use buttons or manipulatives). Come read this blog post about some of the ways we use candy to sweeten our math activities and get a few freebies along the way.
When students know the mistakes their making in math, it makes it easier for them to fix the errors. Get this free error analysis activity when you join our email list. It teaches students the different types of errors people make when doing math equations and has students find the mistakes. These are the perfect activities for math class and will change how you teach problem solving. Come grab them for your Grade 5 students! People, Math Equations, Math Facts
Free Error Analysis Activity
When students know the mistakes their making in math, it makes it easier for them to fix the errors. Get this free error analysis activity when you join our email list. It teaches students the different types of errors people make when doing math equations and has students find the mistakes. These are the perfect activities for math class and will change how you teach problem solving. Come grab them for your Grade 5 students!
Do your students make lots of math mistakes but don't always know what they've done wrong? Start by breaking down the different types of errors and have students analyze your "mistakes" first. This post comes with a free activity you can download too. It's perfect for your upper elementary math class. Come read it today! Math Questions, Multi Step Word Problems
How to Teach Students to Analyze Errors in Math
Do your students make lots of math mistakes but don't always know what they've done wrong? Start by breaking down the different types of errors and have students analyze your "mistakes" first. This post comes with a free activity you can download too. It's perfect for your upper elementary math class. Come read it today!
Are you looking for ways to teach, review and assess different geometry concepts such as 2-D shapes 3-d objects, transformations, symmetry, congruent shapes and much more? We've collected all of our favourite ways to teach this unit from our years of experience and have put everything together for you. This post even includes a free set of task cards. Come take a read and get your polygon fix. Teaching Geometry
Ways to Teach Geometry Concepts
Are you looking for ways to teach, review and assess different geometry concepts such as 2-D shapes 3-d objects, transformations, symmetry, congruent shapes and much more? We've collected all of our favourite ways to teach this unit from our years of experience and have put everything together for you. This post even includes a free set of task cards. Come take a read and get your polygon fix.