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How You Can Enhance Your Middle School Math Worksheets in just ONE DAY!

Updated: Mar 28, 2020




You already know the value of worksheets in your middle school math classroom. They are quick to use for skills practice work, homework, quizzes and more.


The truth is that not all math worksheets are created equal.


Some worksheets are really nothing more than busy work.


Consider Bloom's Taxonomy.


What level of thinking are your worksheets expecting your students to perform?


Ideally, your worksheets should ask students to apply, analyze, evaluate and create. If you have some leftover go-to worksheets that are stuck in the "remember" mode, your worksheets are probably not doing much for you nor your students.


The comprehension and application of math skills is complex. Megan Mead (Getting Smart) shared that "The intermediate grades serve as formative years for conceptual understanding of content as well as an emotional connection to math." Students who fall behind in math at the middle school level are more likely to struggle in high school.


Again, well-developed worksheets designed with specific learning objectives that ask students to apply, analyze, evaluate and create are valuable tools in your middle school math classroom.


How can you implement middle school math worksheets that meet these requirements and more?


If you could enhance your math worksheets in just one day, what would that be?


What if they were digital and self-scoring?


What if they were laminated and could be used with quick answer sheets and even quicker answer keys?


What if your students could use middle school math worksheets for skills practice (preparing for state tests), and could receive automatic feedback?


You can enhance your middle school math worksheets in one day by using math task cards. Math task cards contain one problem per page and give students a quick tool to practice and demonstrate their mastery of math skills and concepts. They can be printed on paper/cardboard to use in centers or as homework. They can also be digital, accessible online, and self-scoring.


Many of you are struggling with how to create and implement online learning with literally no warning and prep time.


Digital math task cards are as easy as providing your students with quick instructions and a link. The students use the link to access and complete the digital task cards. When the students are done, they can submit their work for automatic scoring.


If you are interested in using their results as a formative assessment, you can ask your students to take a screenshot of their final score report and send it to you.


Are you ready to enhance your middle school math worksheets in just one day?


Look for no prep, printable and digital middle school math task cards at our store! Or you can make your own.


Give digital math task cards a try. Comment to share more ideas about how you have improved your math worksheets to be effective, quick and efficient!




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