Sandwich Substitution

A comprehensive 6th-grade math unit that applies area and perimeter formulas to real-world garden planter designs. Students sketch architectural blueprints, calculate boundaries, determine surface coverage, and solve for missing dimensions across squares, rectangles, triangles, parallelograms, circles, and pentagons.

A functional math lesson teaching the Next-Dollar Up method through a basketball team shopping scenario. Includes differentiated worksheets with visual scaffolds to help students round prices to the next whole dollar for purchasing equipment.

Comprehensive teacher facilitation guide and complete answer keys for Rookie, All-Star, and MVP worksheets. Contains clear strategies for scaffolding the Next-Dollar Up functional math method.

A 10-day instructional unit on rigid transformations and congruence mapping for 8th-grade mathematics, aligned with NC Math Standard 8.G.2. The sequence covers translations, reflections, and rotations, emphasizing coordinate rules, properties verification using patty paper, and composition of transformations to define and prove congruence.

A comprehensive geometry review lesson covering points, lines, rays, segments, proper geometric notations, and solving various perimeter problems using linear algebraic equations.

Level 3 (MVP Division) worksheet for the Next-Dollar Up method. Challenging multi-item scenarios (calculating quantities first, then next-dollar up) and a bill combination section to pay cash.

A curriculum unit tracing the development of linear equations. Students journey from ancient informal heuristics (False Position) to modern symbolic algebraic equations.

A lesson focused on calculating area and finding missing side lengths using formulas across squares, rectangles, triangles, parallelograms, circles, and pentagons. Includes architectural blueprint-themed guided practice, standard independent practice, and a scaffolds-enabled modified version.

Level 2 (All-Star Division) worksheet for the Next-Dollar Up method. Features a Team Order Sheet scenario where students select 5 crucial sports gear items, calculate the next-dollar up value for each, and calculate the budget total.

A summer-long math intervention bypassing rote memorization of multiplication to build intuitive pre-algebraic thinking using visual grids, helper facts, and balance puzzles.

A lesson focused on calculating perimeter and finding missing side lengths using formulas across squares, rectangles, triangles, parallelograms, circles, and pentagons. Includes architectural blueprint-themed guided practice, standard independent practice, and a scaffolds-enabled modified version for students needing algebraic support.

Level 1 (Rookie Division) worksheet for the Next-Dollar Up method. Features simple basketball gear items priced under $10, with visual scaffolding such as dollar bill blocks for students to circle and a clear rounding number line.