Number Sense

Looking for a no-prep lesson to teach GCF Greatest Common Factor, and LCM Lowest Common Multiple? This scaffolded lesson walks students through the steps of finding factors and multiples in preparation for more advanced math...

Looking for a no-prep lesson on Opposites and Absolute Value? As you begin your unit on integers, you will want to make sure students understand and can use opposites and absolute value. This lesson uses real world examples, and...

Looking for a way to get students working in teams, matching high and low achievers in a fun "get out of your seat and move" way? This review of Order of Operations has 2 different colored worksheets for...

Looking for a scaffolded, no-prep lesson to effectively teach students the order of operations? This lesson explains why we need an order of operations, and gives an acronym to help students remember the...

Encourage students to explore with numbers in these 3 Box Puzzles lessons. Use as an enrichment activity or to model the Commutative, Associative, and Distributive Properties. Fun activity for the kids in a no-pressure...

Looking for a way to challenge students to look at how numbers work? The third in a series, this Box Puzzles digital lesson demonstrates the number properties while introducing some more advanced puzzles. Students experiment with...

Students will color in numbers on the Hundreds Chart using the fill color feature on Google Slides. They will be asked to find the first four prime numbers and color them red. Then to locate all of the composite numbers, they will count to find...

Looking for a challenge for those more advanced math students? Students will use box puzzles to solve the addition of strings of numbers of any length. This is a great lesson to stretch your students, teach them about...

This lesson on exploring numbers works for students who need more to challenge them, as well as those who need more practice adding and subtracting two and three digit numbers. Students will be so engaged looking for...

  Students will enjoy exploring numbers in solving box puzzles. This is a great way to explain the Commutative and Associative Properties. Students will experiment with different numbers, when one number is a zero, using...