Welcome to the M Teaching Peaks store! With over 20 years of classroom experience across multiple states and countries, we offer a diverse range of products designed to boost student engagement, consolidate taught concepts, and promote classroom discussion. Enjoy exploring our store!
Welcome to the M Teaching Peaks store! With over 20 years of classroom experience across multiple states and countries, we offer a diverse range of products designed to boost student engagement, consolidate taught concepts, and promote classroom discussion. Enjoy exploring our store!
Math Center Concept Development Bundle is a set of 4 matching activities designed to build both a conceptual and working understanding that amounts can be represented in many different ways.
It promotes flexibility in counting and mental computation and is an ideal resource for independent math centers or math station rotations.
Instructions:
Print, laminate and cut the individual cards
Mix the cards. Using the imbedded arrows, students create a match of three by finding the same value in each of the 3 concepts
Cards can be divided into as few or as many sets as required
They are also complimentary with other sets
This resource bundle contains:
A total of 280 cards (92 matches and one title card for each of the four sets).
PDF and PNG files.
Enjoy!
Balancing Equations – Intro to Switching Concepts are task cards designed to provide students with opportunities to improve their understanding of a range of mathematical concepts.
Students need to find the total of all three boxes before being able to determine the number which balances both sides.
The cards are specially designed so that students are required to mentally switch between different concepts several times for every card. This requires a higher level of thinking than simply calculating totals that continuously use the same visual representation.
This resource is aimed at Year 2 and 3 students but is also useful if you have purchased any of the higher levelled balancing equations resources and need something at a lower standard for differentiation.
The concepts included in the cards:
Multiplication arrays
Multiplication equal groups
Repeated addition
Pictorial representations of base ten blocks (single and double-digit numbers)
Doubling
Halving
Although these cards are commonly used as task cards, they have also been used successfully in math centers or rotations.
This resources contains:
A total of 25 cards (24 task cards and 1 title card)
Student recording sheet
Answer key
Complete PDF and individual PNG files of the cards also included
Instructions:
Print, laminate and cut the individual cards. (p. 2-8)
Print student sheet (p. 9) and provide each student with a worksheet.
Distribute the cards around the room
Students may start at any number and work their way through in any order
Check answers
Enjoy!
Know Your Fractions – Complete Conceptual Understanding Bundle are task cards designed to provide students with opportunities to improve their understanding of a range of fractional concepts.
Converting between improper fractions and mixed numbers is an important step and time needs to be invested to allow students the chance to build their confidence to do so fluently. Likewise, simplifying and the ability to recognize an equivalent fraction quickly and easily is a skill that takes practice.
The student with a developed ability to convert with fluency will ensure more complex fractional concepts introduced in high school are met with an established confidence.
In Concept Switch, students will add and subtract fractions (Level 2 only add); however, the cards are specially designed so that students are required to mentally switch between different fractional concepts for every card.
As students work through the questions, they develop a greater understanding of the variety of ways a fraction can be visually represented. This requires a higher level of thinking than simply adding fractions that continuously uses the same visual representation.
While setting an overall time limit is useful, it is important not to overstress time and urgency as students require a slightly deeper concentration to work properly and should be encouraged to work at the pace that works for them.
The fractional concepts included in the cards include:
Fraction with a numerator and denominator
Parts of a whole
Number Line
In words
Fraction of a group
Decimals (Level 2 Concept Switch only)
Percentages (Level 2 Concept Switch only)
Although these cards are commonly used as task cards, they have also been used successfully in math centers or rotations.
This resources contains:
A total of 88 cards (84 task cards and 1 title card for each set)
A total of 120 questions
Student recording sheets
Answer keys
Complete PDF and individual PNG files of the cards also included
Instructions:
Print, laminate and cut the individual cards.
Print student sheet and provide each student with a worksheet
Distribute the cards around the room (or allocate your desired number of cards for use in a math rotation or center). Students may start at any number and work their way through in any order, but it is helpful to remind students to write the answer in the same numbered answer box i.e., if they are on card number 12, they should write their answer in answer box number 12
Check answers
Enjoy!
Math Center: Mixed Representations – Add / Subtract / Multiply / Divide Bundle is a set of 4 matching activities designed to build both a conceptual and working understanding that amounts can be represented in many ways.
It develops mental computational fluency, creates flexibility in counting and is an ideal resource for independent math centers or math station rotations.
Instructions:
Print, laminate and cut the individual cards.
Mix the cards.
Students create a match of three by finding 2 cards that have the same value as the answer card.
Using the imbedded arrows, one of the cards is placed on the left and one on the right while the answer card is always in the middle.
Cards can be divided into as few or as many sets as required. Depending on space and time, I will usually make a center/rotation that requires between 6 or 10 matches. It all depends on your own class situation.
This resource contains:
244 cards / 80 matches (3 cards to a match) as well as one title card per set.
PDF and PNG files
Enjoy!