Students in partners work through this mystery challenge to solve the riddle. Students answer the questions correctly to earn clues. The clues should be given in numerical order as they solve problems correctly. Once they have all the clues, they can guess what the item is to win. Answer key provided.
Students roll dice to create a fraction and a factor to multiply the fraction by. Students in a partners can check one another's work to confirm answers.
This activity consists of three tasks requiring students to make sense of the area model for multiplication. Students will be solving for the area of rooms and a house in order to figure out the square footage of carpet needed. Students begin by solving for the area of four pre-cut out rooms and then calculating the area of the entire house (all four rooms). Students then proceed to solving for the area of a house without pre-cut rooms and finally to solving by creating their own area model. Thi
Students will be practicing adding two-digit and one-digit numbers (with and without regrouping) and adding and subtracting groups of 10. Students will work in small groups to solve each question. Upon getting a correct answer, they will receive a clue. As they solve questions and earn clues, they will try to figure out what's in the mystery box. At the end, you can have students guess what's in the box and then show them. This example has clues for Candy Canes, but you can change the clues to m
Students are to draw models to compare decimals. This homework also includes spiral standards with the basic operations.
3rd - 5th
Basic Operations, Decimals, Math
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Experience
Taught both 3rd and 4th grade as a classroom teacher. Also taught as an ELL teacher for all of 3rd grade consisting of approximately 60 ESOL students.
Teaching style
I love for students to learn through hands-on activities and higher level thinking tasks. I love to relate the learning to the children and to their lives to make it exciting and memorable.
My own education history
Bachelors of Science in Education (K-6) with a Reading and ESOL endorsement. Also, a minor in Psychology.
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