What’s included

• Completed version of the puzzle (pre-cut option)
• Student version with mixed-up puzzle pieces (cut-and-assemble format)
• Printable puzzle grid and answer key
• Teacher directions and implementation suggestions

How to use it

Use the puzzle in math centers, for early finishers, as partner work or as independent practice. It also fits intervention classrooms focused on foundational algebra skills.

A few things about the format:

• Self-checking is built into the puzzle
• Hands-on, since students cut out and assemble the pieces, which suits kinesthetic learners
• Builds equation fluency without repetitive drill
• Easy to implement with minimal prep

Quick facts

• Skill: solving one- and two-step equations with whole numbers
• Grades: 6–7
• CCSS: 6.EE.B.5, 6.EE.B.6, 6.EE.B.7, 7.EE.B.4, 7.EE.B.4a
• Answer key: included

Bundles and related resources

This puzzle is also sold with integers, as the Solving Equations with Integers Math Puzzle.

The whole number puzzle is available in these bundles:

• 7th Grade Math Curriculum Resources Mega Bundle
• 8th Grade Math Curriculum Resources Mega Bundle

Free resources

Get my free Warm Up Slides templates.

Terms of use

By purchasing this product, you own a license for one teacher only for personal use in their own classroom. Licenses are non-transferable and therefore can not be passed from one teacher to another. If the teacher who purchased this license leaves the classroom or changes schools, the license and materials leave with that teacher. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire team, grade level, school or district without purchasing the correct number of licenses. If you are a coach, principal or district interested in transferable licenses that would accommodate yearly staff changes, please contact me for a transferable license quote at lindsay@beyondtheworksheet.com.

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What’s included

Each slide covers one of these:

• Beginning of year feelings about math
• End of year feelings about math
• Integers
• Fractions
• Percents
• Solving equations
• The Pythagorean Theorem
• Scientific notation
• Probability
• Order of operations

Two blank slides at the back let you add other skills.

How to use it

Use some or all of the slides, whichever fit your classroom.

Good to know

This digital version is also included with the original print plus digital End of Year Middle School Math Activity and Review Booklet.

Quick facts

• Grades: 6–8
• Answer key: included

Free resources

Get my free Warm Up Slides templates.

Terms of use

By purchasing this product, you own a license for one teacher only for personal use in their own classroom. Licenses are non-transferable and therefore can not be passed from one teacher to another. If the teacher who purchased this license leaves the classroom or changes schools, the license and materials leave with that teacher. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire team, grade level, school or district without purchasing the correct number of licenses. If you are a coach, principal or district interested in transferable licenses that would accommodate yearly staff changes, please contact me for a transferable license quote at lindsay@beyondtheworksheet.com.

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Topics covered

The three methods for graphing a linear equation:

• By creating a table
• Finding intercepts
• Using slope-intercept form

Quick facts

• Skill: graphing linear equations
• Grades: 7–10
• CCSS: 6.EE.C.9, 8.EE.B.5, 8.EE.B.6, HSF-IF.C.7a, HSF-BF.A.1
• Answer key: included

Bundles and related resources

These notes are included in the 8th Grade Math Curriculum Resources Mega Bundle.

Free resources

Get my free Warm Up Slides templates.

Terms of use

By purchasing this product, you own a license for one teacher only for personal use in their own classroom. Licenses are non-transferable and therefore can not be passed from one teacher to another. If the teacher who purchased this license leaves the classroom or changes schools, the license and materials leave with that teacher. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire team, grade level, school or district without purchasing the correct number of licenses. If you are a coach, principal or district interested in transferable licenses that would accommodate yearly staff changes, please contact me for a transferable license quote at lindsay@beyondtheworksheet.com.

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Topics covered

• Finding the least common denominator
• Finding equivalent fractions
• Simplifying fractions
• Reducing fractions
• Adding and subtracting fractions

Quick facts

• Grades: 3–7
• CCSS: 3.NF.A.1, 3.NF.A.3, 4.NF.A.1, 4.NF.A.2, 4.NF.B.3, 4.NF.B.3a, 4.NF.B.3d, 5.NF.A.1, 5.NF.A.2, 5.NF.B.3, 5.NF.B.4, 5.NF.B.4a

Bundles and related resources

These notes are available in the following bundles:

• Fraction Concepts Fold and Flip Notes and Graphic Organizers
• Middle School Math Fold and Flip Notes Bundle
• 5th Grade Math Curriculum Resources Mega Bundle
• 6th Grade Math Curriculum Resources Mega Bundle

Free resources

Get my free Warm Up Slides templates.

Terms of use

By purchasing this product, you own a license for one teacher only for personal use in their own classroom. Licenses are non-transferable and therefore can not be passed from one teacher to another. If the teacher who purchased this license leaves the classroom or changes schools, the license and materials leave with that teacher. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire team, grade level, school or district without purchasing the correct number of licenses. If you are a coach, principal or district interested in transferable licenses that would accommodate yearly staff changes, please contact me for a transferable license quote at lindsay@beyondtheworksheet.com.

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What’s included

• Six stations
• Student answer sheet
• Hint cards. You decide whether or not to give them to students as they work through the stations.

Stations included

• Order of Operations with 3 to 4 Terms
• Order of Operations with 5+ Terms
• Order of Operations with Grouping Symbols
• Order of Operations with Multiple Sets of Grouping Symbols
• Order of Operations Including Exponents
• Making Correct Order of Operations Statements

Quick facts

• Grades: 5–7
• CCSS: 5.OA.A.1, 5.OA.A.2, 6.EE.A.1, 6.EE.A.2c
• Answer key: included

Bundles and related resources

It is also included in the 6th Grade Math Stations Bundle, which has 12 sets of stations covering the whole 6th grade year.

These stations are in two bundles:

• 6th Grade Math Stations Bundle
• 6th Grade Math Curriculum Resources Mega Bundle

Free resources

Get my free Warm Up Slides templates.

Terms of use

By purchasing this product, you own a license for one teacher only for personal use in their own classroom. Licenses are non-transferable and therefore can not be passed from one teacher to another. If the teacher who purchased this license leaves the classroom or changes schools, the license and materials leave with that teacher. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire team, grade level, school or district without purchasing the correct number of licenses. If you are a coach, principal or district interested in transferable licenses that would accommodate yearly staff changes, please contact me for a transferable license quote at lindsay@beyondtheworksheet.com.

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Station topics

• Recursive Relationships
• Pythagorean Theorem
• Percent Discount and Percent Change
• Combining Like Terms and the Distributive Property
• Writing Equations and Inequalities

What’s included

• The stations, with a student answer sheet
• A version where students write on the stations themselves
• Hint cards. You decide whether or not to give them to students as they work through the stations.
• Answer key

Quick facts

• Grades: 6–8
• Answer key: included

Bundles and related resources

It is also included in the 8th Grade Math Stations Bundle, which has 15 sets of stations covering the 8th grade year.

These stations are available in the following bundles:

• 8th Grade Math Stations Bundle
• 8th Grade Math Curriculum Resources Mega Bundle

Free resources

Get my free Warm Up Slides templates.

Terms of use

By purchasing this product, you own a license for one teacher only for personal use in their own classroom. Licenses are non-transferable and therefore can not be passed from one teacher to another. If the teacher who purchased this license leaves the classroom or changes schools, the license and materials leave with that teacher. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire team, grade level, school or district without purchasing the correct number of licenses. If you are a coach, principal or district interested in transferable licenses that would accommodate yearly staff changes, please contact me for a transferable license quote at lindsay@beyondtheworksheet.com.

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Understanding how to answer constructed response questions is critical to student success on standardized testing, in math and in life in general. Encouraging students to explain their thinking and use mathematical terms properly helps them understand the concepts better.

Skills covered

Measurement:

• Area of a Triangle BCR
• Volume of a Rectangular Prism BCR
• Composite Area BCR
• Missing Dimensions Given Area ECR
• Area with Fractions ECR

Numbers and Operations:

• Integer Concepts: 2 BCRs
• Decimal Operations BCR
• Percent of a Number BCR

Quick facts

• Skill: answering brief and extended constructed response questions
• Grades: 5–8
• Answer key: included

Bundles and related resources

This practice is available in the 7th Grade Math Curriculum Resources Mega Bundle.

Free resources

Get my free Warm Up Slides templates.

Terms of use

By purchasing this product, you own a license for one teacher only for personal use in their own classroom. Licenses are non-transferable and therefore can not be passed from one teacher to another. If the teacher who purchased this license leaves the classroom or changes schools, the license and materials leave with that teacher. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire team, grade level, school or district without purchasing the correct number of licenses. If you are a coach, principal or district interested in transferable licenses that would accommodate yearly staff changes, please contact me for a transferable license quote at lindsay@beyondtheworksheet.com.

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How it works

Each station has four word problems, which makes for a quick review. Select the topics that fit your class. Because the skills range from grade 6 to grade 8, you can use the set year after year.

Skills covered

1. Fraction Operations
2. Decimal Operations
3. Integer Operations
4. Writing and Solving Equations
5. Percent of a Number Calculations
6. Systems of Equations
7. Area and Perimeter for Rectangles
8. Volume and Surface Area of Rectangular Prisms
9. Unit Rate Discovery
10. Scale and Similar Figures
11. The Pythagorean Theorem

What’s included

The stations come in these formats:

• Printable PDF
• Customizable PowerPoint
• Google Slides version

Quick facts

• Topic: middle school math word problems with a Christmas theme
• Grades: 6–8
• Answer key: included

Bundles and related resources

These stations are available in the Middle School Math Stations Mega Bundle.

Free resources

Get my free Warm Up Slides templates.

Terms of use

By purchasing this product, you own a license for one teacher only for personal use in their own classroom. Licenses are non-transferable and therefore can not be passed from one teacher to another. If the teacher who purchased this license leaves the classroom or changes schools, the license and materials leave with that teacher. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire team, grade level, school or district without purchasing the correct number of licenses. If you are a coach, principal or district interested in transferable licenses that would accommodate yearly staff changes, please contact me for a transferable license quote at lindsay@beyondtheworksheet.com.

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How to use it

Each prompt is written to draw out an insightful response and to make math accessible. The prompts fit a variety of settings:

• Task cards
• Stations
• Exit tickets
• Interactive notebooks

Response sheets are included to suit different classroom needs.

Quick facts

• Topic: writing in math
• Grades: 6–8

Bundles and related resources

For more writing in math activities, see Writing In The Middle School Math Classroom.

Free resources

Get my free Warm Up Slides templates.

Terms of use

By purchasing this product, you own a license for one teacher only for personal use in their own classroom. Licenses are non-transferable and therefore can not be passed from one teacher to another. If the teacher who purchased this license leaves the classroom or changes schools, the license and materials leave with that teacher. No part of this resource is to be shared with colleagues or used by an entire team, grade level, school or district without purchasing the correct number of licenses. If you are a coach, principal or district interested in transferable licenses that would accommodate yearly staff changes, please contact me for a transferable license quote at lindsay@beyondtheworksheet.com.

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