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This Benjamin Franklin - inspired twist on the more traditional observation of the 100th day of school, gives your middle school students a little education with their fun. (Or, maybe, a little fun with their education!). The no-prep activities in this packet all have to do with the $100 bill and Benjamin Franklin, and differentiated levels make them are suitable for 5th -8th graders. There is also a self-reflection journal that allows students to analyze their performance in the first 100 da

UPDATED FOR 2026! This resource includes an assortment of math, reading, writing and critical thinking activities, all involving different aspects of the 60th Super Bowl on February 8. It's perfect for upper elementary and middle school students who need activities that allow them to review concepts while engaging them with the excitement of the big game. This is the same product as previous years, but the activities that are directly related to the current Super Bowl have been updated to refle

Teachers of Beginning and Intermediate level language learners will be able to help their students make connections between words in math problems and the arithmetic operations needed to solve those problems. The activities in this packet also encourage students to think "reasonably". Does the answer make sense? After teaching my eighth grade Newcomer ELLs these reasoning strategies, I've been able to extend their thinking to more difficult concepts, such as finding sides of right triangles.

Escape rooms harness the natural competitive nature of middle-school students to encourage them to work cooperatively and to use critical thinking and comprehension skills to complete a series of tasks which allow them to succeed. In this escape room, students get a chance to hone their calculator skills while searching for the codes the will open the locks. This product features four math activities that must be solved to find the codes to “escape”. In one activity, students practice calcul

Younger students can develop algebraic skills by working on these problems, while older students who already take algebra can use the problems to review systems of equations. This resource contains: *four 8.5” x 11” posters with one problem each, to be used in math centers or for a get-up-and-move classroom activity. The posters are available in black and white or color. * a sheet with all four problems on it which can be used for individual work. * a recording sheet for answer

Help your students practice addition and subtraction, sharpen their logic skills, and strengthen their problem-solving abilities with these Addition Grid puzzles. There are ten different sets. Each set contains an EXPERT level puzzle, an ACE level puzzle, a NOVICE level puzzle and an answer key. These puzzles are perfect for early finishers, homework, centers, cooperative learning, extra credit, and even times when you need a fun but educational activity at the end of the week. Because they

Not only do ESL students have to learn social language, they also have to comprehend academic vocabulary. What may seem to be obvious to your native English speakers is not so easy for LEP students who are struggling to make meaning out of word problems and standardized test questions. This resource is designed to help students make connections between certain vocabulary words and the number operations they represent. This free sample is from a larger lesson that guides students through the p