Code Breakers SS, Math, Reading, Writing PBL/ Distance Learning

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"This resource was exactly what I needed! Clear instructions, thoughtful design, and super easy to implement. It worked well with my students and made planning so much simpler. I’ll definitely use it again!"

Khristina S.

Description

This cross-curricular project invites students to notice, create and decipher codes (math), learn about Native American Code Talkers (reading & SS), and present their findings (writing). Included are both paper and digital formats, as well as teacher models and extension activities. It is engaging for students and low-prep for the teacher!

This product includes 3 versions of the document for flexible online or offline use! There is a PDF with teacher suggestions, there is a PDF with a printable student packet, and there is a version that can be digitally filled out with Powerpoint or Google Slides. Perfect for an in-school, out-of-school, or distance learning project, with or without internet!

Target skills & content: Patterns, input/output tables, research, note-taking, presenting information, informational writing, Native Americans, text features

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Code Breakers SS, Math, Reading, Writing PBL/ Distance Learning

Name: Code Breakers SS, Math, Reading, Writing PBL/ Distance Learning
Brand: Dancing Through 4th
SKU: 5459468
Price: 5.95 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.83 (6 reviews)

Rated 4.83 out of 5, based on 6 reviews

4.8 (6 ratings)

Dancing Through 4th

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$5.95

Highlights

Digital downloads

Google Apps

Grades

3rd - 5th

Subjects

Basic Operations, Native Americans, Writing

Standards

CCSS3.NBT.A.2

CCSS3.OA.C.7

CCSS3.OA.D.9

What others say

Khristina S.

Description

Target skills & content: Patterns, input/output tables, research, note-taking, presenting information, informational writing, Native Americans, text features

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4.8

Rated 4.83 out of 5, based on 6 reviews

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Great for early finishers

Rated 5 out of 5

May 21, 2026

Met expectations

Great value

Standards-aligned

This resource was fun and engaging for my early finishers to enrich them!

Ashley M.

166 reviews • Mississippi

Grades taught: 3rd

Time Saver

Rated 5 out of 5

August 6, 2025

This resource was exactly what I needed! Clear instructions, thoughtful design, and super easy to implement. It worked well with my students and made planning so much simpler. I’ll definitely use it again!

Khristina Smith

(TPT Seller)

247 reviews • Montana

Grades taught: 4th

Student populations: Autism, Emerging bilinguals, Learning difficulties, Mild to severe disabilities

Rated 5 out of 5

January 22, 2024

My 5th grades loved this! I used this the code breaking activity and my students stay focused and engaged during my entire lesson.

Jennifer Walker

(TPT Seller)

162 reviews

Grades taught: 5th

Student populations: Autism, Emerging bilinguals, Learning difficulties, Mild to severe disabilities

Rated 4 out of 5

July 31, 2023

My students really enjoyed this activity! They loved learning about codes!

Melissa R.

303 reviews

Grades taught: 4th

Rated 5 out of 5

May 11, 2023

Great work, my students really enjoyed working on them.

Elevatedu

(TPT Seller)

454 reviews

Grades taught: 6th

Student populations: Learning difficulties

Rated 5 out of 5

November 21, 2020

We made up a TOP SECRET spy 'unit' using this resource! We have it ready to go if and when we have to close due to covid-19. I am just as excited to see what kids do with this resource if we close. I would love to see the indigenous research expand to a Canadian version as well :)

Sherry D.

126 reviews

Grades taught: 4th

Response from

Dancing Through 4th

(TPT Seller)

Nov 21, 2020

What a great idea! Anything top secret is a winner with my 4th graders, too :)

Questions & Answers

Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).

CCSS3.NBT.A.2

Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.

CCSS3.OA.C.7

Fluently multiply and divide within 100, using strategies such as the relationship between multiplication and division (e.g., knowing that 8 × 5 = 40, one knows 40 ÷ 5 = 8) or properties of operations. By the end of Grade 3, know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers.

CCSS3.OA.D.9

Identify arithmetic patterns (including patterns in the addition table or multiplication table), and explain them using properties of operations. For example, observe that 4 times a number is always even, and explain why 4 times a number can be decomposed into two equal addends.