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Differentiated Real World Math Projects | Open-Ended Problem Solving Tasks
This bundle brings together 7 differentiated open-ended math projects for 4th grade and 5th grade students — each one a low floor high ceiling real-world problem solving task available at two levels of challenge. This isn't a worksheet collection. It's a thinking collection. Save up to 30% compared to purchasing individually.Each project puts students in a real situation — managing a budget, planning a meal, making strategic decisions — and asks them to figure out what to do, show their work, an
3rd - 5th
Arithmetic, Math, Other (Math)
CCSS
4.MD.A.2
, 3.NBT.A.2
, 4.NBT.B.4
+7
Logic Puzzles 3rd Grade Math Enrichment Puzzles Games Problem Solving Activities
Brain Teaser Higher Level Thinking Enrichment Logic Puzzles 3rd Grade Math Engaging, hands-on, DIGITAL and PRINTABLE critical thinking and problem-solving math logic puzzle center activities. Quick and easy setup plus clear student directions make these activities perfect for centers or substitute days, too! Give your students fun activities to discover how to problem solve by exploring it on their own using these pig theme math brain teaser tasks. Students will love problem solving as they us
2nd - 4th
Applied Math, Math, Mental Math
CCSS
MP1
, MP2
, MP3
+5
April Early Finishers | April Enrichment | Morning Work | Brainteasers
Challenge your students with a puzzle to solve each school day in April! These can be used for early finishers, morning work, centers, or to engage students during a whole group lesson. Use Puzzle of the Day as an enrichment activity. Give your students the opportunity to practice the critical skill of problem solving. There are 22 {April themed} puzzles/brainteasers included in this resource that will help your students practice logical thinking and deductive reasoning skills, plus persev
3rd - 5th
Also included in: Puzzle of the Day Full Year BUNDLE | Brainteasers | Early Finishers
February Early Finishers | February Enrichment | Morning Work | Puzzles
Challenge your students with a puzzle to solve each school day in February! These can be used for early finishers, morning work, centers, or to engage students during a whole group lesson. Use Puzzle of the Day as an enrichment activity. Give your students the opportunity to practice the critical skill of problem solving. There are 20 {February themed} puzzles/brainteasers included in this resource that will help your students practice logical thinking and deductive reasoning skills, plus
3rd - 5th
Also included in: Puzzle of the Day Full Year BUNDLE | Brainteasers | Early Finishers
May Early Finishers | May Enrichment | Morning Work | Brainteasers
Challenge your students with a puzzle to solve each school day in May! These can be used for early finishers, morning work, centers, or to engage students during a whole group lesson. Use Puzzle of the Day as an enrichment activity. Give your students the opportunity to practice the critical skill of problem solving. There are 22 {May themed} puzzles/brainteasers included in this resource that will help your students practice logical thinking and deductive reasoning skills, plus perseveran
3rd - 5th
Also included in: Puzzle of the Day Full Year BUNDLE | Brainteasers | Early Finishers
March Early Finishers | March Enrichment | Morning Work | Brainteasers
Challenge your students with a puzzle to solve each school day in March! These can be used for early finishers, morning work, centers, or to engage students during a whole group lesson. Use Puzzle of the Day as an enrichment activity. Give your students the opportunity to practice the critical skill of problem solving. There are 22 {March themed} puzzles/brainteasers included in this resource that will help your students practice logical thinking and deductive reasoning skills, plus persev
3rd - 5th
Also included in: Puzzle of the Day Full Year BUNDLE | Brainteasers | Early Finishers
June Early Finishers | June Enrichment | Morning Work | Brainteasers
Challenge your students with a puzzle to solve each weekday in June! These can be used for early finishers, morning work, centers, or to engage students during a whole group lesson. You can even send them home to keep them thinking over the summer! Use Puzzle of the Day as an enrichment activity. Give your students the opportunity to practice the critical skill of problem solving. There are 22 {June themed} puzzles/brainteasers included in this resource that will help your students practice
3rd - 5th
Also included in: Puzzle of the Day Full Year BUNDLE | Brainteasers | Early Finishers
Sleepover Differentiated Math Project | Open-Ended Problem Solving | 4th 5th
This differentiated open-ended math project challenges 4th grade and 5th grade students with real-world problem solving centered around planning the perfect sleepover. Students apply money skills, elapsed time, basic multiplication, and multi-step problem solving through a low floor high ceiling task — at two levels so every learner is challenged. This isn't a worksheet. It's a thinking task.Your students are going to plan an entire sleepover — choosing movies, ordering food, managing a budget,
3rd - 5th
Arithmetic, Math, Money Math
CCSS
3.MD.A.1
, 4.MD.A.2
, 3.NBT.A.2
+5
Easter Logic Puzzle 5th Grade Brain Teaser Math Morning Work 4th Early Finisher
Teach your kids critical thinking skills with this fun, Easter logic puzzle that is the perfect challenge for spring! This Easter brain teaser contains an engaging logic puzzle, enrichment writing prompt for early finishers, answer key, printable pdf. file, link to Google slides, and Easel worksheets. Your kids will love using problem solving strategies, and you will love the extra time from this no prep resource. Click here to save off the price of individual resources with the April Activiti
4th - 6th
CCSS
CCRA.R.1
August Early Finishers | August Enrichment | Morning Work | Puzzlers
Challenge your students with a puzzle to solve each weekday in August! These can be used for early finishers, morning work, centers, or to engage students during a whole group lesson. Use Puzzle of the Day as an enrichment activity. Give your students the opportunity to practice the critical skill of problem solving. There are 22 {August themed} puzzles/brainteasers included in this resource that will help your students practice logical thinking and deductive reasoning skills, plus perseve
3rd - 5th
Also included in: Puzzle of the Day Full Year BUNDLE | Brainteasers | Early Finishers
Critical Thinking and Creative Thinking Morning Work - Brain Warm Up
Looking for a way to challenge your students and get their creative juices flowing? Critical and Creative Thinking morning work is the perfect brain warm up for your students! This product is perfect for your gifted and talented classroom or your regular class to encourage your students to think critically and creatively! This product includes morning work or a bell ringer for 36 weeks! There are five types of activities on each page so you can have your students complete one a day if you
4th - 6th
English Language Arts
Toothpick Problem-solving
33 printable pages for students to improve their problem solving. Each page has three toothpick problems in which students either add, remove or move toothpicks to create a new shape. Students have been solving these brain teasers for hundreds of years (in the old form of "matchstick" problems) and now you have 99 puzzles (and their solutions) to challenge your eager learners. Use at a math center, for homework, for the beginning of year, end of year, summer, or anytime. Take a look at the
3rd - 8th
CCSS
MP5
Also included in: September Back to School BUNDLE
Logic Puzzles gifted critical thinking problem solving brain teaser
Make critical thinking fun with this pack of 5 logic puzzles. Puzzles progress from easy to challenging to help you scaffold for your students or differentiate for diverse skill levels. Great for gifted education classes, enrichment, morning work, or early finishers. Answer keys are included for all 5 puzzles.
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3rd - 9th
For All Subjects
End of Year Problem Solving - Brainteasers, Patterns, Sequence, Word Puzzles
40 printable or digital pages of brainteasers to use at the end of the year: Patterns,Sequences, Word Puzzles, Toothpick (or Matchstick) Problems, How Many Squares, Number Analogies, and more... Take a look at the Preview to view a few of the pages in this packet. And if you would like more END OF YEAR challenges, here are the others in this series: End of Year Division, Squares & World RecordsEnd of Year Writing, Words & WhalesEnd of Year Money, Measuring & MultiplicationEnd of Year Multipl
3rd - 7th
Vacation Math: Middle School Trip Budget Project Problem Solving 5th 6th 7th 8th
This vacation math project will get students in 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade excited about using math, budgeting skills, and financial literacy in everyday life: when planning a trip to another city! How to Use:Students will plan a personal vacation including a flight, hotel, transportation, food, attractions, shopping and insurance. I have included two simple budget spreadsheets for students to use a working budget that they can erase and play around with as they plan a final budget for when
5th - 8th
Applied Math, Family Consumer Sciences, Financial Literacy
CCSS
5.NBT.B.7
, 6.NS.C.5
, 6.NS.C.6c
+4
Morning Work Bundle Bell Ringer Bellringer Early Finishers Fast Finishers
Get those brains up and moving first thing in the morning! These critical thinking activities will rev up your learners. Use this morning work to keep your students engaged and learning and their brains razor-sharp!Each page has four higher-level thinking activities. There are seven different pages for each week. This provides your students with 20 different activities for the week. Check out the preview for a sample of the first week. *Thank you so much to everyone who was patient while
2nd - 3rd
Critical Thinking Puzzles | Early Finishers | Morning Work
Are you looking for a way to keep your upper elementary students engaged during morning arrival or when they finish early? This free set of puzzles [with answer keys] includes: 1. Drop quote puzzle 2. Rebus math puzzler 3. Pigpen cipher puzzle 4. Hexagon number puzzler 5. Logic puzzle Puzzles are a great tool because they give students an opportunity to practice problem solving and critical thinking skills, while building perseverance in a fun way. If you are looking for a full month or year of
3rd - 5th
Fairy Tale STEM (Goldilocks and the Three Bears) Construct a Working Latch
This is a STEM engineering projects based on Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Students will construct working latch so no one else can break in. This activity is designed to encourage critical thinking and scientific reasoning skills, as well as, problem solving and teamwork.
Included:
-Student recording sheets (four options)
-grading rubric
-parent letter
-extension menu
-detailed notes to teacher
Additional resources you will need:
-card stock for the door
-variety of building materials suc
3rd - 5th
Engineering
Also included in: STEM Challenge Bundle (Fairy Tale, Nursery Rhymes, Seasonal STEM)
Early Finishers & Bell Ringers: Problem Solving, Sequencing & Critical Thinking
Great time fillers for fast finishers, when you need a few minutes to get ready for the next lesson. A bell ringer teacher favorite for years. These creative and extremely fun no prep worksheets give the busy teacher a viable supply of activities that will keep students constructively busy and challenged for periods of 5 to 15 minutes. Directions are clear so students may work on their own without assistance. Directions are clear so students may work on their own without assistance. Skills Cove
2nd - 4th
For All Subjects
STEM Challenges for use with LEGO® or Building Blocks:Morning Work/Indoor Recess
Jump start every morning for building brick challenges for kids! These hands on mini-challenges get students excited for their day! Integrate STEAM/STEM hands on learning into your morning work tubs. Your class will be thrilled to start their day! Ideal for any classroom! Get the mornings off to a great start with building blocks mini-challenges! Use these for morning work, indoor recess, or in connection with your STEAM/STEM teaching block. Personally, I have TONS of building bricks and I know
1st - 4th
Independent Work Stations Gifted and Talented Students Early Finishers BUNDLE 2
Get creative with gifted students or high achievers!This bundle provides 11 separate workshops that include 2 to 2.5 hours of learning opportunities with each one. Suitable for 4th-6th grade, these independent projects and enriching activities are perfect for gifted and talented programs, homeschooling, or after-school programs. Buy now & save 30% off the total price!Creativity is a skill that should be nurtured in all students. Creative thinking activities provide the necessary practice and div
4th - 6th
For All Subjects
Printable Math Enrichment Game | Critical Thinking Activity | Fast Finisher Work
This Gomoku Enrichment Game is a perfect math enrichment activity. This partner game challenges students to think critically about how to ensure they win the game. This can be used as a math center, or as an option for fast finishers. This is a great printable, no-prep enrichment game! An engaging option for gifted and talented students, as well as everyone else! This game is easy to differentiate to meet your needs. Great for 3rd, 4th, 5th, or 6th grade students. This Product Includes:Student
3rd - 6th
Math
January Morning Work Warm Ups Bell Ringer Bellringer Early Fast Finishers
Get those brains up and moving first thing in the morning! These critical thinking activities will rev up your learners. Use this morning work to keep your students engaged and learning and their brains razor-sharp!Each page has four higher-level thinking activities. There are seven different pages for each week. This provides your students with 20 different activities for the week. Check out the preview for a sample of the first week.
2nd - 3rd
MEGA Math Mazes Bundle: 1st-6th Grade Morning Work, Test Prep, Spiral Review
Our multi-grade level Math Mazes bundle is perfect for morning work, test prep, and spiral review. Review 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, & 6th grade math skills with this multi-grade level bundle of 240 Math Mazes. We include 2 options: no-prep worksheets & google slides Teacher Feedback: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐“My kiddos LOVED this! It was a fun twist on doing the same math, and they didn't even know they were reinforcing their learning! Thanks so much :) Math time is a happier time in my room now!” - Jenny R
1st - 6th
Math, Math Test Prep
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