190 Ready-to-Use Activities That Make Math Fun!
This unique resource provides 190 high-interest, ready-to-use activities to help students master basic math skills— including whole numbers, decimals, fractions, percentages, money concepts, geometry and measurement, charts and graphs, and pre-algebra— for use with students of varying ability levels.All activities are classroom-tested and presented in a variety of entertaining formats, such as puzzles, crosswords, matching, word/number searches, number substitutions, and more. Plus, many activities include "Quick Access Information" flags providing helpful information on key concepts.For quick access and easy use, the activities are printed in a big 8 1/2 X 11 lay-flat format for photocopying and are organized into nine sections.ESSENTIAL STRATEGIES FOR WHOLE NUMBER SKILLSfeatures 33 activities, including "The Wonderful Multiplication Puzzle" . . . "Shady Division" . . . and . . . "Math Puzzle Boxes."GETTING TO THE POINT WITH DECIMALSprovides 25 activities, such as "Double-Up Decimals" . . . "Cruising Route 66 with Math" . . . and "Pirate Math."FRACTIONS IN THE LEARING PROCESSgives you 26 exercises, including "The Eight-Piece Fraction Puzzle" . . . . "The Fraction Name Game" . . . and . . . "Bubble-Bath Math" (mixed numbers).UNDERSTANDING PERCENT FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENToffers 14 activities, such as "Percent Stew" . . . "Presidential Percentage" . . . and "Percent of a Hot Rod by Weight."MONEY CONCEPTS FOR THE MODERN CLASSROOMis packed with 22 activities, including "The Monthly Budget" . . . "The Cost of a Tiger" . . . and "Dividing Your Good Fortune."GEOMETRY AND MEASUREMENTFACTS AND INSIGHTSfeatures 22 exercises, such as "Measure Math Match" . . . "The Area of Old MacDonald's Farm . . . and . . . "Measuring Angles"CHARTS AND GRAPHS TO STIMULATE AND ENRICHprovides 11 activities, including "A Cool Bar Graph" . . . "The Line Graph in Action" . . . and . . . "Reading a Chart on Snowboarding."HOOKED ON RATIO, PROBABILITY AND AVERAGEoffers 11 activities, such as "Probability: Reading Story Problems" . . . "Ratio Word Problems" . . . and "Proportions Explained."PRE-ALGEBRA AND EARLY ALGEBRA SKILL BUILDERSgives you 18 exercises, including "Understanding 'N' and 'X' in Math" . . . "Balance in Algebra" . . . and . . . "Translating from Words to Numbers."This volume is one of three books in theHOOKED ON LEARNING LIBRARY, a time- and worksaving series that provides math, English, and science teachers with over 500 stimulating, high-interest activity sheets to teach and reinforce fundamental skills across the curriculum. Other volumes available from the publisher include190 Ready-to-Use Activities That Make English Fun!And190 Ready-to-Use Activities That Make Science Fun!