Challenging Minds

All you need are rulers, these easy-to-use data sheets and a United States atlas of individual state maps for New Mexico, Utah, Iowa, and Oklahoma for this lesson! Whole Class: Use one map to practice measuring distances between cities together. Points to emphasize: • Shortest distance between two cities is straight line, but not all interstates and roads are straight! • Check map scales for each state, size of states vary and scale could change Small Group/Individual: Use remaining three map

Flexible Basic Math Operations Activity for Whole Group or Small Group Instruction - the perfect practice for math centers, early finishers, and task card stations! Two ways to PICK 5: **Use the 12 Task Cards for pre-selected numbers, plus a blank template to create your own Task Cards for centers and stations. **Choose Your Own Numbers 1– 24 Activity In random selection of numbers, you can determine which of the five numbers should be the answer. You can also allow multiple equations and the