"Samia's Shop" represents samples of learning experiences/activities aligned with the Math elementary curriculum and PYP program. These resources aim to encourage students to explore concepts through inquiry and play, apply and develop their reasoning and thinking skills, and deepen their understanding of mathematical concepts.
"Samia's Shop" represents samples of learning experiences/activities aligned with the Math elementary curriculum and PYP program. These resources aim to encourage students to explore concepts through inquiry and play, apply and develop their reasoning and thinking skills, and deepen their understanding of mathematical concepts.
The “Which One Doesn’t Belong” strategy is a routine that asks students to identify why each image or number in each of the quadrants doesn’t belong to others using their reasoning skills. This resource provides teachers with all the needed tools to make this routine happens: teacher’s questions, possible strategies, wrap-up questions, follow-up problem, and students’ worksheet.
Tables are used to organize information and are widely present in many situations of our students’ everyday activities. Students usually face difficulties interpreting the Double-entry table. Therefore, this worksheet aims to help students read and interpret double-entry tables and then asks them to construct a table to fill in given data.
Pattern Blocks are a collection of shapes in different colors. In this worksheet, we are using 4 out of these shapes: the yellow hexagon, the red trapezoid, the green triangle, and the blue rhombus, to answer challenging questions about representing part-part-whole in a variety of ways.
“Let’s Sort and Pack Up!” is a sorting activity that stimulates students cognitive abilities, promotes effective communication, and enhances their organizational skills. This booklet presents questions for this activity that encourages creativity and critical thinking, providing an engaging and interactive way for students to explore and understand the connections between various items or concepts.
This booklet contains:
One Sorting question about fractions
Description of the strategy
Guide for teachers
Students template
This engaging resource challenges students to pinpoint the value of a missing number on a number line. With both endpoints provided, students will practice their reading and interpreting skills to identify the mystery number marked by the arrow.
Uncover your students math potential with this engaging diagnostic test! Aligned with Common Core standards, it pinpoints strengths and weaknesses for targeted instruction. Plus, students reflect on their learning while you enjoy easy grading with the included answer key.
Uncover your students math potential with this engaging diagnostic test! Aligned with Common Core standards, it pinpoints strengths and weaknesses for targeted instruction. Plus, students reflect on their learning while you enjoy easy grading with the included answer key.
Uncover your students math potential with this engaging diagnostic test! Aligned with Common Core standards, it pinpoints strengths and weaknesses for targeted instruction. Plus, students reflect on their learning while you enjoy easy grading with the included answer key.
This package aims to help students develop computational fluency and strategic thinking skills through a variety of engaging activities and real-world problem-solving.
Key Features:
Conceptual Understanding: Focuses on the underlying concepts of multiplication and division, promoting deep understanding.
Procedural Fluency: Develops efficient and accurate calculation skills through practice and application.
Strategic Thinking: Encourages students to use a variety of strategies to solve problems, fostering flexibility and creativity.
Real-World Connections: Connects mathematical concepts to real-life situations, making learning relevant and meaningful.
Included Resources:
Detailed lesson plans and SIX Engaging activities and worksheets
9 sixes or 6 nines
The Candy Box
Number Bonds
Put on your thinking cap
Lots of tens
Share the Pen
By the end of this unit, students will be able to:
Use a variety of strategies to multiply and divide
Apply the commutative, associative, and distributive properties to solve problems
Solve two-step word problems involving multiplication and division
Use mental math strategies to calculate quickly and accurately
Estimate products and quotients to check the reasonableness of answers
This resource is perfect for teachers seeking to empower their students with the tools they need to become confident and skilled mathematicians.
This package aims to help students understanding the relationships and properties of operations through a series of inquiry-based activities.
Key Features:
Inquiry-Based Learning: Encourages students to ask questions, make predictions, and draw conclusions.
Hands-On Activities: Provides opportunities for students to experiment and discover mathematical concepts through concrete experiences.
Real-World Connections: Relates mathematical concepts to real-life situations, making learning relevant and meaningful.
Differentiated Instruction: Offers a variety of activities to accommodate diverse learners and ensure success for all.
Included Resources:
Detailed Lesson Plans FIVE Engaging activities and worksheets:
Observe, predict and decide
The Associative stars
The Distributive stars
Function Machine Repair
Problem Solving Carousel
By the end of this unit, students will:
Understand the commutative, associative, and distributive properties
Recognize the relationships between addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
Apply their knowledge of operations to solve problems
Communicate their mathematical thinking effectively
This resource is perfect for teachers seeking to deepen their students understanding of operations and to cultivate a love of mathematics.
This package aims to help students building deep conceptual understanding of multiplication & division.
Key Features:
Conceptual Focus: Emphasizes the “why” behind multiplication and division, encouraging students to think critically and make connections.
Inquiry-Based Learning: Guides students through a process of discovery and exploration, empowering them to construct their own knowledge.
Visual Thinking Routines: Utilizes a variety of visual tools to enhance comprehension and promote creative problem-solving.
Authentic Problem-Solving: Provides real-world scenarios that motivate students to apply their knowledge and skills.
Differentiated Instruction: Offers flexible strategies to accommodate diverse learners and ensure success for all.
Included detailed lesson plans & SEVEN Learning Experiences + Students Worksheets:
How many are there?
An Array Full of Stars
Terms or Factors? Sum or Product?
Hurray! It is working!
How many legs?
Let turn on the function machine!
Problem Solving Carousel
By the end of this unit, students will:
Understand the meaning of multiplication and division
Model multiplication and division in various ways
Recognize the inverse relationship between multiplication and division
Apply multiplication and division to solve real-world problems
This resource is perfect for teachers seeking to deepen their students understanding of multiplication and division and to inspire a lifelong love of learning.