🌟 Overview

Help students discover what makes a number prime or composite through inquiry, factor trees, and playful analogies.
This concept-based, animated PowerPoint lesson breaks down prime and composite numbers in a way that’s visual, memorable, and student-friendly.

Built around the 5E Model (Engage – Explore – Explain – Elaborate – Evaluate – Exit Ticket), it encourages deep reasoning rather than memorization — with songs, visuals, and Smartie Steps characters guiding the learning! 🐰🐿️

💡 What’s Included

✔ Editable PowerPoint Presentation (12+ animated slides)
✔ Riddle-style warm-up (“Is 7 lonely or friendly?”)
✔ Factor Tree exploration with step-by-step visuals 🌳
✔ Clear definitions with side-by-side comparison
✔ “Remembers” rhyme for prime factorization 🎵
✔ Practice tasks + Bloom’s Taxonomy activities
✔ Exit Ticket and answer key included
✔ Smartie and Nutty characters to support visual learning

👩‍🏫 Best For

• Grades 5–7
• Concept-based math or inquiry lessons
• Number sense review
• Digital classroom use
  

💻 File Type

• Editable PowerPoint (.pptx)
• Works on PowerPoint, Google Slides, and Nearpod
  

🧩 Bundle Reminder

Get this lesson inside the LCM & GCF Mastery Bundle
🎯 Includes:
✅ Find the LCM
✅ Compare Fractions using LCM
✅ Prime vs Composite
✅ Find the GCF

💬 Need Something Custom?

If you need a custom worksheet, PPT, activity, or full lesson plan, feel free to contact me on Instagram, Facebook (@SmartieSteps), or LinkedIn (Nardine Shawky).

🐰 Created by Smartie Steps by Nardine S

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