Printables

Invite your students into the world of numerical patterns by watching: Serious Math ~ Serious Fun Patterns Found in Digit Sums of Multiples from Nine to One Let them test each of these beautiful shapes for the attributes mentioned in the video. This PDF is completely free - UnCommon Core protects your privacy!

Folding complex models can help students understand how to translate two dimensional paper into a three dimensional shape! Folding is detail oriented and requires students to be patient, precise, and thoughtful.   Enjoy!

Check out these authentic lupine word problems taken from real world information about wolves! This interdisciplinary approach helps students connect reading non-fiction, science, and math. Students will love cutting out this quirky Wolf Math booklet, reading Wolf Facts, and puzzling through the task cards. The booklet itself looks way weird until it is completely cut out. However, if your students follow the two, simple instructions (fold, cut) then it will turn out great! Students also get a Wolf Fact handout. This information appears in the word problems on the task cards. I had a super fun time making this preview. If you would like to know when the complete set is available, please let me know, Isabelle Isabelle@uncommon-core.com  

When your math students learn the Latin behind the term 'quotient' they will have a much better understanding of division.

This light-hearted activity helps students review how to read and write large numbers by supporting various charity projects. Students will: read Charity Profile Task Cards, compare large numbers to discover the correct project to support, and then write a check for the suggested donation amount.  

Learning about money is an essential math skill that will benefit students throughout their lives. This colorful, three-day project helps students: Connect money and math with art, imagination, and everyday activities like shopping Read prices Count money Make change Add and subtract dollars and cents Share ideas and mathematical reasoning with others Students choose a theme for a shopping list ~ anything from Spring Break Wardrobe to Essential items for Doggy's 2nd Birthday Party. With their theme in mind, they search fliers, newspapers, and local magazines to find items that they need. Once these deals are arranged in a collage, students calculate the cost and count out the money needed to pay for their items. Finally, everyone gets to share the work they've done with others in their class.

Searching for the perfect April Fools' prank to play on your students? Well, this could be it!

How can your students be sure that they have found every single last factor for numbers up to 100?  Well, they can start with 1 times the number and continue systematically until the factors start to repeat.

Invite your students to ~ Use mathematical notation when writing rebus sentences. Use symbols to replace words. U = z 1 4 me.

When remainders are fractions of fractions, math can get a bit confusing. These simple worksheets help students conceptualize: the process of dividing by fractions what the answer means when dividing by fractions Give them a try. Then let me know if you would like more activities like this! Isabelle

Dividing by fractions is one of the most challenging math skills to learn. This PDF introduces students to the simplest division problems that include fractions ~ dividing whole numbers by unit fractions. Students will connect mathematical notation with various ways to model fractions using academic vocabulary make sense of division without resorting to tricks or short cuts  

In this activity, students are given an equation from start to finish. Their task is to find what changed and explain why.