IA Prep Challenge Handout

A targeted sequence of progress monitoring assessments and evaluation guides designed to measure and document key IEP mathematics benchmarks, including multi-step word problems and multi-digit operations.

A foundational statistics lesson focusing on calculating measures of center and spread, constructing and interpreting box plots, and recognizing distribution shapes.

An engaging, visually rich slide deck for Grades 6–7 that introduces the Pythagorean Theorem through geometric visual models and simple integer examples. Students explore right triangle anatomy, discover the sum of square areas on the legs equaling the hypotenuse square, and practice finding missing sides with 3-4-5 and 6-8-10 triangles.

A scaffolded 7th-grade math practice sequence designed for special education learners, focusing on breaking down multi-step tasks into clear, bite-sized directions of 2 to 4 prompts. Students follow explicit written directions, track their progress with visual step checkpoints, and record each intermediate calculation.

A focused mini-unit that demystifies the difference between negative signs (numerical state) and minus signs (operational action). Students master visual identification, read-aloud conventions, calculator syntax, and algebraic expressions.

A two-page print-ready Do Now warm-up packet for middle school math students to practice converting between mixed numbers and improper fractions. Page 1 includes visual anchor strategies, conversion drills, an open computation workspace, and a brain teaser comparison; Page 2 offers a parallel practice set with an error analysis task in place of the brain teaser.

A 3-day scaffolded sequence designed for self-contained 6th and 7th grade math students preparing for North Carolina End-of-Grade (EOG) testing. The sequence develops foundational ratio reasoning through concrete visual models, structured guided practice, tape diagrams, and equivalent ratio tables.

A targeted 7th-grade mathematics lesson designed to build student fluency in identifying Greatest Common Factors (GCF) and divisibility rules, seamlessly bridging conceptual factor knowledge with long division of 2-digit numbers and fraction simplification.

A 10-slide instructional presentation demonstrating that integer sign rules and Keep-Change-Change work identically for signed decimals, featuring horizontal problem setups converted into stacked vertical scratchwork with larger absolute values on top, removing redundant horizontal equation work below the stacks, with clean final answers, problem set, and homework launch.

A two-part 50-minute geometry unit exploring angle classifications and angle pair relationships through rich geometric diagrams, guided algebraic problem-solving, and visual practice.

A comprehensive 7th-grade unit covering probability standards 7.SP.C.5 through 7.SP.C.8, including simple events, experimental probability, predictions, and compound events.

A 10-slide instructional presentation explaining how to solve integer problems that start with an addition sign (+) or subtraction sign (−) using Keep-Change-Change, distinguishing leading signs from middle operation signs, with full worked examples, guided practice, independent challenges, common traps, and homework launch.