Students use letter values from a chart to create a hidden message for other students to discover. Students write a series of blanks to represent the hidden letters, and below each blank, students write a math equation that, once solved, will reveal the missing letter. After solving the equations and writing down the corresponding letters, the hidden message reveals itself. I’ve typed up and provided two real student examples in the collection of files.

In the downloadable Zip file are .pdf files and matching .docx files. If you want to edit any of the content to better fit your students’ needs, open the .docx version of the file in Google Docs and adjust each of the page margins to 0.5 inches. There are visual instructions for how to edit your page margins in the Zip file should you need them.

If you want to adjust the Teacher Example, you’ll need to change the left and right page margins to 0.25 inch.