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This math activity is the perfect way to engage students, get them moving, and practice different ways to write numbers in standard form, word form, expanded form, and using place value blocks. The Monster Math packet includes 24 cards, 5 student work pages and a corresponding answer key. Each monster card features a unique monster and a number in either standard form, word form, expanded form, or using place value blocks. Numbers are either two or three digits. Set these cards up around the

This math activity is the perfect way to engage students, get them moving, and practice different ways to show multiplication: through problems, products, arrays, and fact triangles. The Multiplication Monsters packet includes 24 cards, 5 student work pages and a corresponding answer key. Each monster card features a unique monster and a multiplication problem, array, or fact family. Multiplication problems are from the 2-9 times tables. Set these cards up around the class for an all-class s

Do you struggle to stay on top of all of the 3rd Grade Common Core Math Vocabulary? These cards can help by providing your students with math terms and helpful illustrations! Be sure to download the "PREVIEW" for a full list of words, as you may find these cards cover many grade levels' needs :) This HUGE set of cards is currently at 104 terms. These cards measure approximately 2 1/4" x 5" and come with full-color illustrations to held deepen your students' understanding. Use these laminated w

This is another great activity to combine math and word work! I pair this sheet with a baggie of place value blocks in ones, tens & hundreds to have students determine the worth of each word. On the bottom of this page, they are also asked to order the words from least to greatest, which word is worth the most, least and more. The second page is a simple recording sheet for up to five words. I print out several of these on cardstock and laminate. Kids use dry erase markers to record their wor

This math activity is the perfect way to engage students, get them moving, and practice different ways to write fractions using pictures, word form, numerators & denominators, and a number line. The Fraction Friends packet includes 24 cards, 5 student work pages and a corresponding answer key. Each monster card features a unique monster and a fraction in either picture form, word form, using a numerator & denominator, or on a number line. Set these cards up around the class for an all-class s

This math activity is the perfect way to engage students, get them moving, and practice different ways to write money amounts using pictures, dollars & cents notation, and finding change. The Money Monsters packet includes 24 cards, 5 student work pages and a corresponding answer key. Each monster card features a unique monster and a money amount in either picture form or dollars and cents notation. Set these cards up around the class for an all-class scavenger hunt or use them in centers as

This freebie is the perfect way to review polygons, from triangles through decagons. Students will trace each regular polygon in a color, then fill in the side and name. A word box is included to help with spelling. Polygons include: - Triangle - Quadrilateral - Pentagon - Hexagon - Heptagon - Octagon - Nonagon - Decagon A key is included. This works well as an assessment, homework assignment, center activity, extra credit, or even whole class! Find more information on my blog: 3rd Grade Tho

This is another great activity to combine math and word work! I pair this sheet with a baggie of place value blocks in ones, tens, hundreds and thousands to have students determine the worth of each word. On the bottom of this page, they are also asked to order the words from least to greatest, which word is worth the most, least and more. The second page is a simple recording sheet for up to five words. I print out several of these on cardstock and laminate. Kids use dry erase markers to rec

This math activity is the perfect way to engage students, get them moving, and practice different number sense activities such as even/odd, rounding to the nearest tens and hundreds, placing a number on a number line, and telling the value of the underlined digit. The Number Sense Monsters packet includes 24 cards, 5 student work pages and a corresponding answer key. Each monster card features a unique monster and a three or four-digit number. Set these cards up around the class for an all-c

This math activity is the perfect way to engage students, get them moving, and practice different ways to write time to the minute and work with elapsed time both before & after a given time. The Clock Monsters packet includes 24 cards, 5 student work pages and a corresponding answer key. Each monster card features a unique monster and a time (to the minute) in either an analog clock or digital clock. Set these cards up around the class for an all-class scavenger hunt or use them in centers a

This is another great activity to combine math and word work! I pair this sheet with a baggie of place value blocks in ones and tens to have students determine the worth of each word. On the bottom of this page, they are also asked to order the words from least to greatest, which word is worth the most, least and more. The second page is a simple recording sheet for up to five words. I print out several of these on cardstock and laminate. Kids use dry erase markers to record their words and t

This math activity is the perfect way to engage students, get them moving, and practice adding 2 and 3-digit numbers. A fun QR Code twist makes this even more popular :) The QR Critters packet includes 24 cards, 6 QR Code cards, 2 student work pages and a corresponding answer key. Each card features a unique monster, number, and a 2-digit subtraction problem written either "stacked" or horizontally. Set these cards up around the class for an all-class scavenger hunt or use them in centers as

This math activity is the perfect way to engage students, get them moving, and practice subtracting 2 and 3-digit numbers. A fun QR Code twist makes this even more popular :) The QR Critters packet includes 24 cards, 6 QR Code cards, 2 student work pages and a corresponding answer key. Each card features a unique monster, number, and a 2-digit subtraction problem written either "stacked" or horizontally. Set these cards up around the class for an all-class scavenger hunt or use them in center

This math activity is the perfect way to engage students, get them moving, and practice adding 2 and 3-digit numbers. A fun QR Code twist makes this even more popular :) The QR Critters packet includes 24 cards, 6 QR Code cards, 2 student work pages and a corresponding answer key. Each card features a unique monster, number, and a 2-digit addition problem written either "stacked" or horizontally. Set these cards up around the class for an all-class scavenger hunt or use them in centers as fla

This math activity is the perfect way to engage students, get them moving, and practice adding 2 and 3-digit numbers. A fun QR Code twist makes this even more popular :) The QR Critters packet includes 24 cards, 6 QR Code cards, 2 student work pages and a corresponding answer key. Each card features a unique monster, number, and a 2-digit addition problem written either "stacked" or horizontally. Set these cards up around the class for an all-class scavenger hunt or use them in centers as fla

This math activity is the perfect way to engage students, get them moving, and practice subtracting 2 and 3-digit numbers. A fun QR Code twist makes this even more popular :) The QR Critters packet includes 24 cards, 6 QR Code cards, 2 student work pages and a corresponding answer key. Each card features a unique monster, number, and a 2-digit subtraction problem written either "stacked" or horizontally. Set these cards up around the class for an all-class scavenger hunt or use them in center

This math activity is the perfect way to engage students, get them moving, and practice adding 3 and 4-digit numbers. A fun QR Code twist makes this even more popular :) The QR Critters packet includes 24 cards, 6 QR Code cards, 2 student work pages and a corresponding answer key. Each card features a unique monster, number, and a 3-digit addition problem written either "stacked" or horizontally. Set these cards up around the class for an all-class scavenger hunt or use them in centers as fla

This math activity is the perfect way to engage students, get them moving, and practice subtracting 2 and 3-digit numbers. A fun QR Code twist makes this even more popular :) The QR Critters packet includes 24 cards, 6 QR Code cards, 2 student work pages and a corresponding answer key. Each card features a unique monster, number, and a 2 or 3-digit subtraction problem written either "stacked" or horizontally. Set these cards up around the class for an all-class scavenger hunt or use them in c

This math activity is the perfect way to engage students, get them moving, and practice multiplying single digits and multiples of ten. A fun QR Code twist makes this even more popular :) The QR Critters packet includes 24 cards, 6 QR Code cards, 2 student work pages and a corresponding answer key. Each card features a unique monster, number, and a multiplication problem written either "stacked" or horizontally, using both the x and * sign. Set these cards up around the class for an all-class

This math activity is the perfect way to engage students, get them moving, and practice adding 3 and 4-digit numbers. A fun QR Code twist makes this even more popular :) The QR Critters packet includes 24 cards, 6 QR Code cards, 2 student work pages and a corresponding answer key. Each card features a unique monster, number, and a 3-digit addition problem written either "stacked" or horizontally. Set these cards up around the class for an all-class scavenger hunt or use them in centers as fla