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Magic Square Math for All Seasons (Computation Puzzles)
Magic Square Math for All Seasons (Computation Puzzles)
Magic Square Math for All Seasons (Computation Puzzles)
Magic Square Math for All Seasons (Computation Puzzles)
Magic Square Math for All Seasons (Computation Puzzles)
Magic Square Math for All Seasons (Computation Puzzles)
Magic Square Math for All Seasons (Computation Puzzles)
Magic Square Math for All Seasons (Computation Puzzles)
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Three levels of magic squares on holiday-themed activity sheets that will challenge minds, support a math center, and differentiate in your classroom. These puzzles support mental math and math fluency. One magic square has nine boxes and adds up to 15. Another magic square has sixteen boxes and adds up to 34. The most challenging magic square has twenty-five boxes and adds up to 65. All of the activity sheets look identical, except for the square in the middle. For example, there are three turkey activity sheets, each with a different level of magic square in the middle. This allows students to feel as though they are all doing the same activity, yet you are able to differentiate. An additional differentiation trick is to provide a few of the numbers ahead of time. Early finishers can color the holiday-themed background image. An answer key is provided for all three puzzles.

Three levels of activity sheets are included for each of these holidays:

Halloween (two different images)

Thanksgiving

Winter

Valentine's Day

St. Patrick's Day

Easter

Spring/Summer

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Magic Square Math for All Seasons (Computation Puzzles)

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Three levels of magic squares on holiday-themed activity sheets that will challenge minds, support a math center, and differentiate in your classroom. These puzzles support mental math and math fluency. One magic square has nine boxes and adds up to 15. Another magic square has sixteen boxes and adds up to 34. The most challenging magic square has twenty-five boxes and adds up to 65. All of the activity sheets look identical, except for the square in the middle. For example, there are three turkey activity sheets, each with a different level of magic square in the middle. This allows students to feel as though they are all doing the same activity, yet you are able to differentiate. An additional differentiation trick is to provide a few of the numbers ahead of time. Early finishers can color the holiday-themed background image. An answer key is provided for all three puzzles.

Three levels of activity sheets are included for each of these holidays:

Halloween (two different images)

Thanksgiving

Winter

Valentine's Day

St. Patrick's Day

Easter

Spring/Summer

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Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning. Mathematically proficient students notice if calculations are repeated, and look both for general methods and for shortcuts. Upper elementary students might notice when dividing 25 by 11 that they are repeating the same calculations over and over again, and conclude they have a repeating decimal. By paying attention to the calculation of slope as they repeatedly check whether points are on the line through (1, 2) with slope 3, middle school students might abstract the equation (𝑦 – 2)/(𝑥 – 1) = 3. Noticing the regularity in the way terms cancel when expanding (𝑥 – 1)(𝑥 + 1), (𝑥 – 1)(𝑥² + 𝑥 + 1), and (𝑥 – 1)(𝑥³ + 𝑥² + 𝑥 + 1) might lead them to the general formula for the sum of a geometric series. As they work to solve a problem, mathematically proficient students maintain oversight of the process, while attending to the details. They continually evaluate the reasonableness of their intermediate results.
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