Creative Learning Ideas

This bundled package includes all your favorite Calendar Math patterns, now in one convenient place. Patterns include: types of triangles, types of angles, types of lines, 2D shapes, 3D solids, add by 1, 10, 100, parts of a circle, growing geometric pattern, fraction pattern, and basic shapes. Each pattern has enough for 31 days so it doesn't matter which month you use it. You can even mix and match patterns once you print them out.

Puzzled Penguin is a cute, little penguin who needs student's help in figuring out whether he has the right or wrong answer. Students respond to P. Penguin in a speech bubble and use words and numbers to justify their response back to him. Students must use critical thinking skills in order to support their reasoning. This pack includes: comparing numbers, writing numbers, subtracting and adding numbers, multiplying, dividing, comparing fractions, unit fractions, mixed numbers, decimals, and ela

These three problems allow for students to construct their own answer and then justify the solution. The questions are based off facts about the human body system: respiratory, digestive, and circulatory. The math word problems require students to round to the nearest ten, repeated addition or multiplication, and subtraction.

This pack includes everything you need to help your students become more fluent at their basic multiplication facts, practice larger problems (up to 2 digit by 2 digit), and develop higher order thinking skills with word problems and performance tasks. Games such as bingo, I have-Who has, and Multiplication War will make learning facts fun. Also included are 30 problem timed quizzes organized by fact family (0-12's) plus 4 quizzes which are mixed fact families. Students can track their progress

Need some great Halloween themed math resources to engage and challenge your students? Try this pack which includes a multiplication/division activity using candy corn, a game called Candy Corn Double +1 where students roll a dice, double the number and then add 1 to the product, and finally a Halloween logic puzzle where students must figure out which character dressed up with each costume and how many pieces of candy they got trick-or-treating.

This project was the performance task we used at the end of our first nine weeks in 4th grade to assess students on several components: informational writing, human body systems, labels, place value, prime, composite, factors, multiples, patterns, word problems, creative writing. Students are given a lot of choice in this task. Once the pages are completed, they are glued into the "little book." This becomes a great piece to show at parent-teacher conferences since it encompasses so many differe

This pack includes 3 unique games to practice and reinforce basic division skills and concepts. Division Monster Mash is a great way for students to practice finding simple quotients with problems written in both division formatting. Fishing for Remainders reinforces students' understanding of remainders. In this game, students are looking to create the largest remainder to earn points. Finally, in Find the Missing Factor, students use their understanding of multiplication and division to find t

This scavenger hunt uses cute fall and Halloween themed cards to review concepts such as multiplication, division, comparisons, unit conversions, basic operations, and place value. Laminate the cards, hide them around the room, and let students use their answer sheets to record their answers to the questions. Great active review of beginning of the year concepts. Graphics from © Laura Strickland/MyCuteGraphics.com.

In this game, students either work by themselves or with a group to sort the frogs onto the correct lily pad by either rounding to the nearest ten, hundred, or thousand. Game includes color board which can printed and glued into a file folder and then laminated, 12 game cards, student recording page, and an answer sheet.

These cards can be used as a daily Calendar Math pattern or as practice cards. They fit the traditional calendar pocket charts or can be laminated and used with velcro or magnets. The concepts covered in this set include adding by 1, adding by 10, and adding by 100. Created by Jaclyn Seiders.

Bundled together in one great pack are activities themed for the fall and Halloween! Included are: Candy Corn Activities for problem solving and a game where students use a dice to practice doubling and adding 1 to a number. A logic puzzle where students must read clues in order to discover who collected the most candy and who wore which costume. Math Scavenger Hunt cards and answer sheet--Hide these cards around the room and let students work individually or with a partner to solve the quest

These division cards have a cute ocean theme and cover simple remainders all the way to 4 digit dividends. There are 4 levels of cards with approximately 9 cards for each level. These work great in Math Centers, intervention, or a way to enrich students ready for a greater challenge. If you enjoy these cards, check out my Division Game Pack! Created by Jaclyn Seiders, NBCT.