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These mathematical escape rooms can be used any time of year for early finishers, small group activities, or math stations since math doesn't change with the seasons. These escapes rooms involve higher order thinking skills, not just quick computations, to challenge your students and make the adventure fun. Both are no-prep, digital activities with an extensive teacher's guide included. Quest for the Perfect Feast activities: Completing multiplication, division, addition and subtraction proble

This resource provides a fun, no prep, digital activity in which students solve a variety of problems to figure out five escape codes needed to reach The Tantalizing Treasure. By progressing through the Google Slide Presentation, they will encounter five characters in Descartes’ haunted house. By following the directions on the slides, the students will be able to determine what the needed escape codes are. Once they have them all, they will go to the final form where they will enter the escape

This resource provides a fun digital activity in which students solve a variety of math problems to figure out five escape codes needed to finally get to The Perfect Feast. By progressing through the Google form, they will encounter the five activities, sometimes linking to a prompt to make a copy of a Google slide deck. By following the directions on the form or linked slides, the students will be able to determine what the needed escape codes are. They cannot progress unless they enter the pro

This self-checking digital resource provides an engaging, interactive review of 8th grade material--or as challenging enrichment for younger grades--culminating in a pixel art activity. The fun graphics and story line intrigue students, while the problems themselves provide ample opportunities for mathematical discourse, making it ideal for small group collaboration. The product includes an extensive Teacher's Guide with screenshots, ideas for differentiation and implementation, and fully worke

These digital stickers let your students know their hard work hasn’t gone unnoticed. Inspired by the growth mindset, the feedback focuses on acknowledging the process of learning, offering realistic praise while underscoring the hard work inherent on the road to mastery. The whimsical fonts and outlines create a sense of personalization, while the copy-and-paste format via Google Slides makes them easy-to-use for all student digital assignments. Includes all these stickers from the free resourc

Use this activity as an icebreaker with middle-school or high-school students. It will get them talking with classmates beyond their normal circle of friends. They might even learn something new about their bff! The idea is to keep the atmosphere playful. The goal is community-building fun, not winning! Instructions included to play this via distance learning!

This digital resource uses Google Slides and is great for DISTANCE LEARNING or classroom use. Students complete three mazes by solving addition problems involving fractions (Maze 1), subtraction of fractions (Maze 2) and a combination of addition and subtraction of fractions (Maze 3). Once they find the solution, they drag an arrow onto the slide that will point to the next problem they need to complete. The process continues until they reach the end. Use this in math centers, as a in-class acti

This digital resource uses Google Slides with a Halloween theme and is great for DISTANCE LEARNING or classroom use. Students complete three mazes by solving multiplication problems involving fractions (Maze 1), division of fractions (Maze 2) and a combination of multiplication and division of fractions (Maze 3). Once they find the solution, they drag an arrow onto the slide that will point to the next problem they need to complete. The process continues until they reach the end of the maze. Use

This bellringer bundle includes three math resources to use as an engaging start to your math class, in math centers, as a review, or as a fun activity any time. As students solve the problems on these Google Slides product, the answer to a Halloween riddle slowly appears as if by magic! The product is self-correcting because the riddle answer only gets revealed if the correct answers are entered in the proper place. Includes integer addition and subtractions, decimal operations, and solving equ

This bellringer activity can be used as a no-prep warm-up, exit ticket, or math station activity to assess students' proficiency with mathematical proportions. Although it's a riddle about a turkey, it can be used any time of year. The teacher's guide provides a link to a Google spreadsheet with a riddle and 12 proportion problems and a complete answer key. As students insert the correct solutions, pieces of the riddle appear as if by magic. The pixel art format provides immediate feedback t

Use this bellringer as an engaging start to your math class, in math centers, as a review, or as a fun activity any time. As students solve the decimal multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction problems on this Google Slides product, the answer to a Halloween riddle slowly appears as if by magic! The product is self-correcting because the riddle answer only gets revealed if the correct answers are entered in the proper place. This product is designed to be used digitally by individual

Use this digital bellringer as an engaging start to your math class, in math centers, as a review, or as a fun activity any time. As students solve the equations on this Google Slides product, the solutions they input cause the answer to a Halloween riddle to slowly appear as if by magic! The product is self-correcting because the riddle answer only gets revealed if the correct answers are entered in the proper place on the Google Slide. All twelve equations are in one variable. Solutions are po

Provide scaffolding! Encourage positive feedback! Teach academic vocabulary!Do you have students sharing their thinking via self-made videos they post on Flipgrid, Seesaw, Padlet, Google Classroom or other online platform? Videos help make students’ thinking visible in a very engaging format.  Having other students comment on those videos takes the learning a step further, by helping them learn to effectively critique others. Although students are quite comfortable watching and commenting on onl

Use this bellringer as an engaging start to your math class, in math centers or as a fun activity any time. As students solve the integer addition and subtraction problems on this Google Slides product, the answer to a Halloween riddle slowly appears as if by magic! This product is designed to be used digitally by individual students of students. Ideally, you should distribute the your copy of the resource through your learning management system (like Google Classroom or Schoology) and MAKE A

This free sample of digital stickers lets your students know their hard work hasn’t gone unnoticed. Inspired by the growth mindset, the feedback focuses on acknowledging the process of learning, offering realistic praise while underscoring the hard work inherent on the road to mastery. The whimsical fonts and outlines create a sense of personalization, while the copy-and-paste format makes them easy-to-use for all student digital assignments. Stickers included: Mistakes are the stepping stones t