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ENGAGE YOUR STUDENTS in practicing their math skills while HAVING FUN pretending to be detectives solving mysteries! This package includes 7 engaging activities designed to help students practice: ONES, TENS, HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS STANDARD FORM EXTENDED FORM WORD FORM ROUNDING COMPARING VALUES The activities are centred around a Thanksgiving theme with mysteries such as: "Runaway Turkeys!", "Missing Pie!" and "Giant Pumpkins!" Answer key included. We hope your students enjoy these activities as m

Teach your students Area and multiplication of Decimals through designing and constructing their very own burger truck! A great Math and Art activity! Congratulations! You have embarked upon the journey of designing and building your own burger truck! Before you can begin construction, you will need to design the floor plan and calculate the cost of your equipment while staying within your $15,000 budget. Follow the steps below to get started. Good luck! This fantastic no-prep resource guides

Engage your students in real-world mathematics! Let's Go Shopping is a print-and-go collection of 21 real-world math activities that take your students on an exciting, fast-paced, journey to Valley Shopping Mall. Everything form creating a wish list, estimating costs, researching actual costs, reviewing a shopping list, staying within a prescribed budget, viewing street maps, reading bus schedules, calculating bus fare, keeping track of the time, navigating the mall map, choosing a shopping ro

Teach your students Area and multiplication of Decimals through designing and constructing their very own hot dog truck! A great Math and Art activity! Congratulations! You have embarked upon the journey of designing and building your own hot dog truck! Before you can begin construction, you will need to design the floor plan and calculate the cost of your equipment while staying within your $15,000 budget. Follow the steps below to get started. Good luck! This fantastic no-prep resource guide

ENGAGE YOUR STUDENTS in practicing their math skills while HAVING FUN pretending to be detectives solving Valentine's Day mysteries! This package includes 7 engaging activities designed to help students practice: ONES, TENS, HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS STANDARD FORM EXTENDED FORM WORD FORM ROUNDING COMPARING VALUES The activities are centred around a Valentine's Day theme with mysteries such as: "Catch Cupid!", "Ring Robbery!", and "Candy Challenge!" Answer key included. We hope your students enjoy the

If you would like to purchase the 100% EDITABLE version of this product, click here! Great for differentiation! Engage your students in learning how to evaluate the area of complex irregular shapes using unit squares! This resource guides students through the process of calculating the area of complex irregular figures. Three different types of practice worksheets are included (e.g., 1) The Area of Leaves, 2) The Area of Countries/States, and 3) The Area of Irregular Shapes) for a total of 15 p

Teach your students Area and multiplication of Decimals through designing and constructing their very own pizza truck! A great Math and Art activity! Congratulations! You have embarked upon the journey of designing and building your own pizza truck! Before you can begin construction, you will need to design the floor plan and calculate the cost of your equipment while staying within your $15,000 budget. Follow the steps below to get started. Good luck! This fantastic no-prep resource guides st

When you have a chance, feel free to download this free decimal place value using base 10 blocks resource. How does this resource help students learn Decimal Place Value?provides a visual for place value positionsgives a concrete understanding of proportional valueestablishes a ten-to-one relationshipimproves numeracy skills and confidenceI have been using this template with my class for the past few years and find it to be very helpful. I hope that you find this resource to be useful too! T

When you have a chance, feel free to download this free place value to decimals using base 10 blocks graphic organizer. How does Place Value to Decimals Using Base Ten Blocks help students?provides a visual for place value positionsgives a concrete understanding of proportional valueestablishes a ten-to-one relationshipimproves numeracy skills and confidenceI have been using this template with my class for the past few years and find it to be very helpful. I hope that you find this resource t

When you have a chance, feel free to download this free hundreds grid printable template resource. How do Hundreds Grids help students learn math?provides a visual for number patternsimproves mental math and operationsbuilds foundation for fractions, decimals, and percentscan be used for teaching decimals and percentsdevelops spatial reasoning skillsI have been using this template with my class for the past few years and find it to be very helpful. I hope that you find this resource to be us

When you have a chance, feel free to download this free math word problem-solving resource I created a few years ago. How do Math Problem-Solving Templates help students?Helps organize student's thinkingHelps students understand what the question is askingEncourages multiple ways of representing understandingProvides a "reasonableness" checkHelps students assess their own learningI have been using this template with my class for the past few years and find it to be very helpful. I hope that you

When you have a chance, feel free to download this free multiplication times tables resource. How do Multiplication Charts help students?provides a visual for understanding multiples and factorsbuilds number sense and pattern recognitionhelps to improve mental math abilitycan improve numeracy skills and confidencecan be used for understanding the commutative propertyI have been using this template with my class for the past few years and find it to be very helpful. I hope that you find this r

When you have a chance, feel free to download this free subtracting decimals graphic organizer and practice questions resource. How does Subtracting Decimals with Hundreds Grids help students?provides a visual for place valuegives a concrete understanding of "taking away"makes regrouping (borrowing) intuitiveprevents lining up errorsimproves numeracy skills and confidenceI have been using this template with my class for the past few years and find it to be very helpful. I hope that you find t

When you have a chance, feel free to download this free subtracting decimals resource. How does Subtracting Decimals with Hundreds Grids help students?provides a visual for place valuegives a concrete understanding of "taking away"makes regrouping (borrowing) intuitiveprevents lining up errorsimproves numeracy skills and confidenceI have been using this template with my class for the past few years and find it to be very helpful. I hope that you find this resource to be useful too! Thanks so

When you have a chance, feel free to download this free multiplication and division instructional strategies resource. How do Multiplication and Division Strategies help students?builds conceptual bridgesmakes abstract concepts concretereduces cognitive load through strategic thinkingdevelops fluency and number senseimproves student confidenceI have been using this template with my class for the past few years and find it to be very helpful. I hope that you find this resource to be useful to

When you have a chance, feel free to download this free tens frames printable template resource. How do Tens Frames help students learn math?develops students' subitizing skillshelps students master numbers beyond 10improves understanding of place valuecan be used to learn fractions, decimals, and percentsimproves understanding of equivalent fractions I have been using this template with my class for the past few years and find it to be very helpful. I hope that you find this resource to be

ENGAGE YOUR STUDENTS in practicing their math skills while HAVING FUN pretending to be detectives solving mysteries! This package includes 7 engaging activities designed to help students practice: ONES, TENS, HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS STANDARD FORM EXTENDED FORM WORD FORM ROUNDING COMPARING VALUES The activities are centred around an Easter theme with mysteries such as: "Missing Eggs!" , "Clumsy Bunny!" and, "Database Hacked!" Answer key included. We hope your students enjoy these activities as much

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