Features 40 challenging math games using Polyhedra and regular dice (sold separately). Includes instructions and game sheets. Based on NCTM Standards. (Reproducible) 96 pp.

Polyhedra Dice Games, Grades K-6

Children's Books

Don Balka

Activities, Crafts & Games

Ideal School Supply

The Algebra using number tiles book by don balk helps teachers to use number tiles to sharpen and reinforce Algebra skills, from the order of operations to quadratic equations. Resource book is filled with reproducible activities, Teacher's Notes, and black line masters. 128 pages.

hand2mind ETA Algebra Using Number Tiles Book

ETA hand2mind

This ready-to-use, practical resource is a great way to prepare your students in grades 6 through 8 for more formal algebra instruction. Using 0-9 number tiles, algebraic thinking is developed through exploring and formalizing patterns, verbalizing relationships, making generalizations, symbolizing relationships, working with functions, and making connections between real world situations and algebraic statements. 144 pages with teacher's notes and over 100 reproducible activity sheets exploring number sense, place value, basic number theory, variables, and simple algebraic expressions and equations. Use with plastic 0-9 tiles or make index card tiles with supplied blackline masters.

Developing Algebraic Thinking with Number Tiles

Didax Educational Resources

A complete resource for using algebra tiles to help students in grades 6 though 12 visualize algebra, build and solve equations, and gain comfort and skill with algebraic expressions. Teacher's notes and reproducible activities cover integer operations, linear expressions, quadratic expressons, perimeter, arrays, binomials and more. Each topic progresses through: objective, prerequisites, getting started and closing the activity.

Working with Algebra Tiles, Grades 6-12

Laurie Boswell

World Teachers Press/Didax

Extend the teaching opportunities of the MathStart series with this new series of three books. Integrating children's literature into your mathematics program can be a fresh, enriching experience for both you and your students!

Hands-On Math and Literature with Mathstart, PreK-K, Level 1

Richard Callan

Reference

Extend the teaching opportunities of the MathStart series with this new series of three books. Integrating children's literature into your mathematics program can be a fresh, enriching experience for both you and your students!

Hands-on Math and Literature with MathStart / Grades 1-2 (Level 2)

Didax

Hands-on Math and Literature with MathStart / Grades 2-4 (Level 3)

The most accessible and useful guide to math terms and procedures available, this reference has more than 600 definitions and scores of additional resources, including tables, rules, and symbols. Math terms are explained simply and visually, with ample examples in two colors and clear, concise wording. Hundreds of illustrations make it easy for students to acquire and retain key knowledge. Visual descriptions of important concepts include rules for finding area and volume, data representation, financial math, rational number equivalents, factors, figurative numers, the international system, transformations, prime and composite numbers, and much more. A wonderful desktop reference for students in grades 5 and up or for anyone who needs a ready reference for math.

Visual Math Dictionary

Jack Bana

Colleen Hoover

Linda Marshall

Paul Swan

Interlocking geometric shapes (Geofix, Polydron, Polycontructo) help students to visualize and internalize key geometric concepts. Geometry and measurement become much more meaningful and exciting with these ready-to-use activities. Moving from 2D patterning to constructing complex 3D structures, each of the 15 activities features NCTM expectations, teaching instructions with extension activities, and reproducibles. Grades 3-6.

2D & 3D Geometry with Interlocking Shapes

Mary Porter

Newly revised and updated for the current Math Standards, this popular title is a complete resource for helping students to visualize the algebraic process. Students model math problems with algebra tiles to build and solve equations while gaining comfort and skill with algebraic expressions. Teacher's notes and reproducible activities cover integer operations, linear and quadratic expressions, perimeter, arrays, binomials and more. Each topic progresses through: objective, prerequisites, getting started and closing the activity.

Working with Algebra Tiles (2nd Edition)

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